a huge volume of 250 pages of (510 by 360 by 110mm), the book brings together the work of 121 artists, 143 poets and 9 composers who painted, drew and wrote directly on the vellum. calligraphy by denis brown to each opening serves to unify the book, which was bound in elm by a.g. cains, eamonn martin and gene lambert of mills trust and theo dorgan of poetry ireland, who initiated the project in 1989.