| The author of Illustrating Time's Shadow and Linocuts And Prints |
| Simon, the author, was first interested in sundials when his grandmother gave him a portable sundial when he was around 13. Later he studied celestial navigation. A year later he was taught basic wood cut printing. He studied sculpture under Donald Potter, however, he did not excel at all when it came to drawing and painting. He has also worked with stained glass for over 30 years, which included the black and brown fired paints or pigments of the 13th century, the fired stains used in the 14th, as well as the fired 19th century enamels; bevelling, and also sand blasting of glass. His first career was in data processing, he designed, coded, and produced FIDO, PATCHES, and SHADOW. That career kick started his next career, flying, where he ended up flying the B737 models 100, 200, and 300, as well as the Merlin and Falcon. His grandfather Sergei flew, his great aunt Violette also flew (Flying Gypsies is a book about her around the world flight in a Gypsy Moth), and his great grandfather's cousin was the first man killed in powered flight, a US airfield was named after him. He is now fully retired except for sundial work and block relief printing. Simon's mother was the only child of Rosalie Selfridge (de Bolotoff, Wiasemsky) who was Mr Selfridge's eldest child. |