Category Archives: Puffin Exhibition

Puffin Post Vol.9 no.1

Jill McDonald, Puffin Club, Puffin Exhibition, Puffin Post


This is a work in progress. The copy I have in my collection is badly printed (the magenta isn’t in register) This makes the original look very pink. I have been tweaking it on my Mac to realign the magenta part of the image and then retouch the damage of the years. It’s nearly there, but I thought I’d share it with you. I wonder if every copy in the print run was printed this badly? Was yours in a better condition?

I got hold of this when the club had a clear out and made them available to members – I sent off my pocket money as fast as I could!! Some of my others were grabbed at the Exhibitions – again with most of my saved up pocket money.

Jill McDonald did a few of these ensemble covers – a mass of puffins all symbolising different personalities, moods or activities. They were a story in their own right.

The Most Gigantic Tiny Notebook…

Jill McDonald, Kaye Webb, Puffin Club, Puffin Exhibition

Something a bit different. I got this notebook at one of the Puffin Exhibitions – I can’t remember if they were free or not, but I ended up with two or three of them. The print registration was pretty poor on the original, with the orange leaving gaps of white around the left hand edges. I’ve tidied this up and kept the texture of the card (about 240gsm for the pedants out there).

As an added point of interest, Kaye Webb had a rubber stamp of the same design without the text, that she used to stamp autograph books and fly sheets of autograph hunters.

This is a pretty rare item as many kids ended up throwing them away after filling them with scribble. I remember seeing loads of them being swept up at the end of the exhibition, sans cover or contents. There may be a few out there that were used as impromptu autograph books – if so, I would love to hear from you.

The Most Gigantic Tiny Notebook…

Jill McDonald, Kaye Webb, Puffin Club, Puffin Exhibition

Something a bit different. I got this notebook at one of the Puffin Exhibitions – I can’t remember if they were free or not, but I ended up with two or three of them. The print registration was pretty poor on the original, with the orange leaving gaps of white around the left hand edges. I’ve tidied this up and kept the texture of the card (about 240gsm for the pedants out there).

As an added point of interest, Kaye Webb had a rubber stamp of the same design without the text, that she used to stamp autograph books and fly sheets of autograph hunters.

This is a pretty rare item as many kids ended up throwing them away after filling them with scribble. I remember seeing loads of them being swept up at the end of the exhibition, sans cover or contents. There may be a few out there that were used as impromptu autograph books – if so, I would love to hear from you.