Biography
Mel Gooding first met Bruce McLean (b. 1944), at their pub, the Bull’s Head in Barnes, south-west London. They collaborated on a series of artists’ books published under their invention, Knife Edge Press. Dreamwork (1985), featuring screenprinted images by McLean, and text by Mel, appeared first, followed by titles including Ladder (1986), A Scone Off a Plate (1990) and Knife Edge Academy: The Prospectus (1992). In 2013 the Press was given a retrospective exhibition at the Cooper Gallery, Dundee.