Fundraising sale for Crafting Arcadia

Buy works by Julie Farthing, Robin Gillanders, and Gary Hincks to support the first book on Ian Hamilton Finlay’s collaborators. Items from £15.

I am currently editing the first book on Ian Hamilton Finlay foregrounding the voices of his collaborators: the many skilled artists and artisans who helped him realise his creative vision, from poets to photographers, graphic designers to gallerists, gardeners, and stonemasons. Entitled Crafting Arcadia: On Collaborating with Ian Hamilton Finlay, my book will be a beautifully presented hardback published by Lund Humphries.

Three of Finlay’s prolific and talented collaborators, the ceramic and lettering artist Julie Farthing, photographer Robin Gillanders, and graphic artist Gary Hincks, have donated a series of works to drum up support for the book. I am truly grateful to Julie, Robin, and Gary for their generosity. Oo Press is managing the sale and will donate all profits to publication costs for Crafting Arcadia.

NB All prices are inclusive of UK postage. If you live outside the UK please email gregthomaswrites@gmail.com to request works. We may have to agree an additional charge to cover postage depending on the size of the work in question.


Robin Gillanders vintage silver gelatin prints from Little Sparta/Collaborations (ca. 1998)

24 unframed prints. 24cm x 30.5cm.

Wave weir £50. SOLD

Column head £50. SOLD

Headstone £50. BUY HERE

Boatshelf £50. SOLD

Boat (portrait) 1 £50. SOLD

Boat (portrait) 2 £50. SOLD

Wing 1 £50. SOLD

Wing 2 £50. BUY HERE

Garden/sundial £50. SOLD

Ian’s Fleet 1 £50. SOLD

Ian’s Fleet 2 £50 SOLD

Ian’s Fleet 3 £50. SOLD

Boat (landscape) 1 £50. SOLD

Boat (landscape) 2 £50. SOLD

Brount bowl 1 £50. SOLD

Brount bowl 2 £50. SOLD

Brount bowl 3 £50. SOLD


Robin Gillanders vintage silver gelatin prints from Little Sparta/Collaborations (ca. 1998)

7 framed prints. 51cm x 61 cm with frame. £200 each.

Sample images of framed work

Schooner £200. SOLD

Dürer path £200. BUY HERE

Garden gate £200. SOLD

Stepping stones £200. BUY HERE


Gary Hincks linocuts (& woodcut)

From Letters and Numbers (nd.) 18cm x 12.5cm. £15. SOLD

Star Knot (ca. 2007). 18cm x 11.5cm. £15 SOLD

Boat-shelf (2023). 37.5cm x 29.5cm. £50. SOLD

Paper-boat at Anchor (2018). 25 x 14cm. £40. SOLD

Under the Waterfall (2012). 35 x 19cm. £30. SOLD


Julie Farthing and I.H. Finlay silkscreens (£80-£200)

A,E,I,O,BLUE (1992). £200. SOLD

Water-Cooled Watercress (1990). 49cm x 102cm. £120 (scuffed top edge). SOLD

Zimmerit-Haunting Wood Nymph (1992). 35cm x 90cm. £160. SOLD

Pastor of Oaks Shepherd of Stones (1992). 32cm x 90cm. £160. SOLD

Diamond Studded Fish-net (1991). 26cm x 90cm. £160. SOLD

Retardé dans sa Course par des Cerises (1993). 26cm x 90cm. £160. SOLD

Poverty, Pitted with Larks (1992). 20cm x 90cm. £100. SOLD

Fax, Idling its Sails (1992). 18cm x 90cm. £100. SOLD

Sackcloth [with Pip Hall] (1993). 42cm x 42.5cm. £80. SOLD