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Published on the occasion of Don't be far from me - Matthew Damhave & Sue Tompkins curated by Caroline Stevenson with Tenderbooks.

Aftercast is published in the context of the research and exhibition project the humility of plaster (2016-2018), initiated by Florian Roithmayr as a new partnership between the Museum of Classical Archaeology and Kettle’s Yard at the University of Cambridge, and Wysing Arts Centre. Moulding and casting are widely used techniques in modern and contemporary art making. Their use and application can be found in many other areas of production and material transformation not immediately associated with art practices, and in times before casting became an acceptable form of sculptural production in its own right. Plaster as a material remains the same: its inherent properties and qualities don’t change. Moulding and casting are ancient techniques of giving and taking form and shape to objects and sculptures, and they continue to do so. And yet the way casts are symbolised, the way meaning and values are attributed to these works cast in plaster, has often shiftedAftercast includes texts by Agnieszka Gratza and Alexander Massouras and was designed by Sara De Bondt, printed by Albe de Coker and is published by Tenderbooks. With support by the Henry Moore Foundation, the Arts Council England, and The Elephant Trust, and the Paul Mellon Centre for the Study of British Art.

Recipes from Tender Friends is a new cookbook published by the Tenderbooks Imprint. A recipe book is also a story. This is the story of a meeting between twenty-four people of different ages and different lives, who are geographically separated but united in this book, because they share the pleasure of cooking. From Madrid to London, with a zest of the Middle East, a pinch of Mexico, a sprinkle of Portugal, a drop of Charente-Maritime, a drizzle of Italy, plus a sweet delicacy from Paris. And of course the main ingredient for a perfect dinner is a good bunch of Tender Friends. Keep cooking and read more books. With recipes from Evangeline Abbott, Lou Boyault Koen, Ninon Chaboud, Julie Chojnacki, Acilino Dias, Acilino Jr Dias, Augstin Gougeon, David Horvitz, Maxime Lebrun, Jeremy Lee, Benoit Margerie, Ella Marlow, Laure Massot, Maya Moumne, Jonathan Nunn, Adèle Onnion, Victor Plaza, Richard Porter, Scott Rogers, Alice Rousseau, Margherita Sabbioneda, Loïc Salvisberg, Céline Strolz, Hadrien Tranchant, Nathalie Tranchant & France Zirmis. Tenderbooks, 2023Designed by Duo Impair (Claire Mouton & Hadrien Tranchant)With Illustrations by Claire Mouton