How to renew Library items!

We've all been there... find loads of really interesting books, take them home, and then forget to read them.

If you need to renew a library item you can do this by:

1 - logging into your library account, here (you might need to set a password if you have never done this before - click on the 'forgot password link')

2 - by replying to the overdue items email that the library sends (these may be in your spam folder)

3 - by emailing the library at library@pca.ac.uk

4 - by calling us on 01752 203413

5 - by popping in to the library and either using the self service machine, or coming to the library desk.

A History of Screen Printing.

We have received a lovely donation of 'A History of Screen Printing' by Guido Lengwiler .

This is a comprehensive guide to the history of screen printing, and has some wonderful examples of screen printed work, from advertising and mass production, to recreation of art works.

You can find it at 764 LEN

Wabi Sabi.

Wabi - Sabi
'this Japanese term means “a way of living that focuses on finding beauty within the imperfections of life and accepting peacefully the natural cycle of growth and decay.”' Collins, 2018.

Wabi-sabi for artists, designers, poets & philosophers  /  by Leonard Koren.  (1994)

701.170952 KOR












Wabi-Sabi - Further Thoughts.  /  Leonard Koren.  (2015)

701.170952 KOR




Wabi-Sabi Wisdom: Inspiration for an Authentic Life.  /  Andrea Jacques  (2016)

158.1 JAC

Kintsugi : heal your life, repair the cracks and embrace imperfection - the Japanese way  /  Tomás Navarro.  (2018)

158.1 NAV

Illustration books for April!

A river  /  by Marc Martin.  (2016)

741.642092 MAR

There is a river outside my window. Where will it take me? So begins an imaginary journey from the city to the sea. From factories to farmlands, freeways to forest, each new landscape is explored through stunning illustrations and poetic text from this award-winning picture-book creator.






Reportage illustration : visual journalism  /  Gary Embury and Mario Minichiello.  (2018)

741.6 EMB The power of reportage drawing is in the immediacy of the images that are created and the feeling of the illustrator's presence on location. Comparable in some ways to photojournalism, reportage illustrators are acting as visual journalists, proactively creating narrative work about issues and subjects, translating what they witness into handmade imagery.