This October, two new products have joined the range in the Jonah Jones Store. They are a new set of greetings cards, and a free-of-charge downloadable e-book based on one of Jonah’s daily journals.
Our new set of 8 cards
The cards celebrate Jonah’s short but accomplished foray into the world of architectural glass during the 1960s.
Jonah turned his hand to this specialised craft only because he was given the commission for all the artwork in Ratcliffe College’s new chapel, including stained glass and dalle de verre. As usual, he treated this as a challenge. As he observed laconically, “If the work is there, you must have a go.” He spent some time learning from Keith New, who had made windows for Coventry Cathedral, then bought a kiln and got stuck in.
Our eight cards are a dazzling selection of details from windows that Jonah made for Ratcliffe, Ampleforth College, Loyola Hall (now Rainhill Hall) on Merseyside, and churches in Rugby, West Heath (Birmingham), and Morfa Nefyn on the Llŷn Peninsula (which have been relocated to Mold).
The Venice Journal
“Oh, how they built! … all light and air,” Jonah exclaimed when he finally set foot in Venice, fulfilling a lifelong dream. In May 1994, his family had given him a joint present of a four-day trip to the city. As usual, he kept a daily journal/sketchbook in which his experiences now come to life.
Our free e-book is based on the journal and includes all his watercolour sketches. We see Venice through the eyes of an artist wandering through “a different world” and entranced by how the Venetians could “devise such daring design, such taste, such gusto.”
Published as a free downloadable 24-page e-book, it is in interactive PDF format readable on any modern device, though preferably on a desktop screen or at least a tablet.