The Circle Press
“Ron King is a maker. He is not just an artist – though this is his primary identity – he is a craftsman, capable of turning his hand to the ready solutiion of practical problems. He is not overawed by unfamiliar materials or equipment: each new encounter is a challenge, whether it’s a questtion of making satisfactory hinges for leaves of wood, or devising the format for Tabernacle … He rises to meet the challenge and he will resolve it, even if it takes years. (He [had] for instance, been working on Tabernacle intermittently since 1988.) It is in this quality of inspired fabrication that his real genius resides. King’s books have not only been thoroughly thought-through and lived with until properly crystallized, they have been made, to the highest standards possible. These are not mere concepts or intellectual fripperies, they are things, things which have a real independent existence of their own. This accounts for their strength and for their singularity. Of course, King has never been arrogant enough to go it alone – … he has been careful in the selection of collaborators on his book projects …” – Andrew Lambirth, Introduction to ‘Cooking the Books’, 2002.
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