The ‘Wind in the Willows’ 2026 calendars are printed letterpress from the original linocut by Hugh Ribbans at the Hellbox Foundry Press, Faversham. They are trimmed and folded to fit in the included C5 envelope for easy posting, and finished with a metal eyelet, ready to hang.
Dimensions: 21.5 x 42 cm.
Hugh Ribbans, trained at Canterbury College of Art as a graphic artist and now runs a graphic design business. Relief printmaking was the practical subject on the National Diploma course and in 1989 he purchased a restored Columbian press, circa 1830. He spends as much time as his graphic work allows producing woodcuts and linocuts, mixing heavily grained wood – often driftwood – and lino in his prints. Subject matter is derived from images of animals and birds often with a stylised treatment much influenced by ethnic art and his graphic background. Some are multi-colour block prints with each colour registered to print with the next block, others are hand coloured using acrylic and watercolour inks.