{"id":92,"date":"2021-01-26T16:13:01","date_gmt":"2021-01-26T16:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/robcarter.org\/?page_id=92"},"modified":"2025-03-10T10:44:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T10:44:58","slug":"pippa-pippa-they-broil-frogs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/robcarter.org\/index.php\/pippa-pippa-they-broil-frogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Pippa Pippa, They Broil Frogs"},"content":{"rendered":"<section  class='av_textblock_section av-m81dsckq-308fa80cfa17136608ee6d10f8badc35 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3>Pippa Pippa, They Broil Frogs &#8211; Collaboration with Lauren Velvick<br \/>\nScreen printed textile series<br \/>\nModern History Vol.1, Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool, 2015<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-m81ed6k7-d754d372e79bd8abeb91b23be15e0ab7 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Curated by Lynda Morris, <em>Modern History Vol.I<\/em> selected work by contemporary artists based in the North West of England whose work displayed a sense of history. We were invited to show based on our collaboration with the writer Michael Butterworth &#8211; a key figure in sci-fi and countercultural publishing in Manchester in the 1960s and 70s.<\/p>\n<p>Lauren and I produced a series of screen printed textile &#8216;backdrops&#8217; inspired by the original wallpaper in Butterworth&#8217;s office and the home of his publishing house, Savoy Books. Our prints combined Aubrey Beardsley illustrations with a drawing of a Surinam toad specimen held in the Manchester Museum.<\/p>\n<p>Together we co-wrote an essay for the Modern Histories catalogue touching on the origins of science fiction, Surinam toads, and the role of Italian furniture design in 1970s television:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/robcarter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/PippaPippaEssay-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PippaPippa.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-m81egqb3-9bf6768d6935993b665a153ddf42c940\">\n.avia-image-container.av-m81egqb3-9bf6768d6935993b665a153ddf42c940 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-m81egqb3-9bf6768d6935993b665a153ddf42c940 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-m81egqb3-9bf6768d6935993b665a153ddf42c940 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-2  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