In Horne's House

1950–2010 · Virkested

Solingen

1970s

Rita Donagh and North End farm

In the 1970s he finds a new companion in the painter Rita Donagh; together they set about converting North End, a farm in the Oxfordshire countryside, into a home and studios.

late 1970s

Immersion in printmaking processes

From the late 1970s his activity is concentrated largely on investigations of printmaking processes, often in unusual and complex combinations.

1983

The joint show “A Cellular Maze” in Derry

“The citizen” is shown at “A Cellular Maze,” a joint exhibition with Donagh at the Orchard Gallery in Derry; for it the pair create a yellow pamphlet appropriating the style of the 17th-century political pamphlets distributed by the Diggers and Ditchers, linking the cause of the Republican strikers to earlier historic struggles.

1984–1986

Designing computer casings

In the 1980s he again ventures into industrial design, designing two computer exteriors: the OHIO computer prototype (for the Swedish firm Isotron, 1984) and the DIAB DS-101 (for Dataindustrier AB, 1986).