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Elemental Ireland — Memoir

Elemental Ireland: Earth, Air, Fire, & Water
Magnolia Press, Guerneville, California

©2010, Phyllis Jean Beaty
Magnolia Press

All photographs ©1990, Phyllis Jean Beaty

image: Elemental Ireland: Earth, Air, Fire, & Water Front Cover
Elemental Ireland: Earth, Air, Fire, & Water
Front Cover

During my Adobe InDesign certification classes at Santa Rosa Junior College, my final project was to produce an original book using the Adobe Suite. This book utilizes my photos taken in 1990 on a holiday and road trip throughout County Galway, County Clare, and the cities of Galway and Dublin in Ireland, as well as my text written during the production of the book.

The text relates my adventures on that wonderful island and blends with the photos to depict how Ireland is uniquely composed of the basic elements of our planet. I created symbols for each of the four chapters — earth, air, fire and water — using their color schemes throughout each chapter. The photographs were minimally enhanced with Photoshop, and green really is that green in Ireland! [ … Read More ]

Twenty years after my visit I printed copies for family and friends in the USA and Ireland as a 40-page, 10x8 inch, spiral-bound, coffee table style book.

I feel that this special labor of love for the Emerald Isle may well be one of my best works. As it combines my well-developed sense of composition and layout, my acute sensitivity to typography's visual and emotional impact, along with thirty-seven years of hands-on experience in the print graphic industry producing high-quality volumes for others.
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Elemental Ireland: Earth, Air, Fire, & Water
													Introduction
Elemental Ireland: Earth, Air, Fire, & Water
Introduction
Elemental Ireland: Earth, Air, Fire, & Water 
													Table of Contents
Elemental Ireland: Earth, Air, Fire, & Water
Table of Contents
Elemental Ireland: Earth, Air, Fire, & Water Forty Shades of Green and a Sewing Machine
Elemental Ireland: Earth, Air, Fire, & Water
Forty Shades of Green and a Sewing Machine
Elemental Ireland: Earth, Air, Fire, & Water Earth Chapter Opener
Elemental Ireland: Earth, Air, Fire, & Water
Earth Chapter Opener
Elemental Ireland: Earth, Air, Fire, & Water 
												Air Chapter Opener
Elemental Ireland: Earth, Air, Fire, & Water
Air Chapter Opener
Elemental Ireland: Earth, Air, Fire, & Water 
                                           		Fire Chapter Opener
Elemental Ireland: Earth, Air, Fire, & Water
Fire Chapter Opener
Elemental Ireland: Earth, Air, Fire, & Water 
												Water Chapter Opener
Elemental Ireland: Earth, Air, Fire, & Water
Water Chapter Opener
Elemental Ireland: Earth, Air, Fire, & Water Wild Irish Roses in Moycullen
Elemental Ireland: Earth, Air, Fire, & Water
Wild Irish Roses in Moycullen
Elemental Ireland: Earth, Air, Fire, & Water 
												Aoife, Clusa and Orphan Annie
Elemental Ireland: Earth, Air, Fire, & Water
Aoife, Clusa and Orphan Annie
Elemental Ireland: Earth, Air, Fire, & Water 
												Cliffs of Moher, County Clare
Elemental Ireland: Earth, Air, Fire, & Water
Cliffs of Moher, County Clare
Elemental Ireland: Earth, Air, Fire, & Water 
												Doolin, County Clare
Elemental Ireland: Earth, Air, Fire, & Water
Doolin, County Clare
Elemental Ireland: Earth, Air, Fire, & Water 
												Lisdoonvarna and Doolin Pubs
Elemental Ireland: Earth, Air, Fire, & Water
Lisdoonvarna and Doolin Pubs
Elemental Ireland: Earth, Air, Fire, & Water 
												Guinness Plant, Dublin
Elemental Ireland: Earth, Air, Fire, & Water
Guinness Plant, Dublin
Elemental Ireland: Earth, Air, Fire, & Water 
												Athlone Train Station
Elemental Ireland: Earth, Air, Fire, & Water
Athlone Train Station
Elemental Ireland: Earth, Air, Fire, & Water 
												Galway Bay Locks
Elemental Ireland: Earth, Air, Fire, & Water
Galway Bay Locks
Elemental Ireland: Earth, Air, Fire, & Water 
												Kevin Armitage at Salt Hill, Galway, R.I.P.
Elemental Ireland: Earth, Air, Fire, & Water
Kevin Armitage at Salt Hill, Galway, R.I.P.