Monthly Archives: January 2014

There is no better time to order your own copy of “The Works of Master Poldy” (Salvage Press, Dublin, 2013) than right now, this very month, today! Jamie Murphy of The Salvage Press has just opened his online store and is offering everyone 15% off any purchase in January. (The special discount code is JANLAUNCH.)

There aren’t many copies left of this beautiful letterpress limited edition volume published for Bloomsday 2013. The book was inspired by Molly Bloom herself in the pages of James Joyce’s Ulysses. She imagined collecting some of her husband’s quirky/funny sayings into a volume titled “The Works of Master Poldy.” And now it exists, lovingly printed and bound by hand in Dublin.

Make Poldy yours! Buy him today.

Over the last several months a new Ulysses has been rising over Temple Bar.

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Designer James Earley is painting the lead characters of James Joyce’s novel all around the exterior of Blooms Hotel in Temple Bar, four stories tall. Epic!

“I must confess that I was new to Ulysses and am still getting my head around the book as I go on this project,” James wrote via email. “It’s the forever pealing onion with a million layers!”

“I am depicting the five lead characters from the book: Bloom, Molly, Stephen, Blazes, and Buck Mulligan. In between the character panels are graphic representations of various themes in the book. The illustrative style is inspired by graphic illustrator Alphonse Mucha. The Art Nouveau style is in keeping with the era the book was based. I have added in my own twist on the style, but the basis is still all there.”

The photos presented here that James kindly provided show the development of Stephen Dedalus last year. More photos to come as the mammoth murals progresses, which James plans to complete by the spring.

The project is part of James’ multidisciplinary design practice Inputout, which specializes in branding, illustration, hand-painted signage, and large scale graffiti murals. You can follow his work on Facebook (studioinputout). http://www.inputout.com/

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May this be the year of The New Bloomusalem as envisioned so long ago in the pages of James Joyce’s Ulysses!