My biblionautic chums and friends .........
THE MARRIAGE of TRUE MINDS. A commission is finished.
The overall design is largely inspired by the poem All Souls’ Night by Frances Cornford (1861-1960) page 76.
Under the November tree
Shelterless and dim.
He put his hand upon my shoulder,
He did not think me strange or older,
Nor I him.
All Souls' Night uses the superstition that a dead lover will appear to a still faithful partner on that November date.
Full leather binding with exposed sewing structure (Jean de Gonet style). The sewing structure brings together the front and back boards, creating a physical bond that infers of the link between the partners, though separated they are joined in their love for each other. The boards are covered in emulsified fragments of leather in the style of David Sellars, the surface left rough and hand dyed a consistent black. Layers of lacquer, made from an old 78 record - I love the Moon by Tom Cline, 1928 HMV recording - are repeatedly applied and polished. The raised areas catch the light with the recessed areas remaining matt.
The resulting surface create both texture and the illustration of bare branches caught in the moonlight. The end papers are printed from reclaimed wood, I slightly augmented the existing scratches and gouges. The resulting print gives us the outline of figures under a bare tree in a midnight landscape.
267mm x 186mm x 20mm
Please note.... there are other construction methods, studios/binderies doing stuff, spelling and grammar. Please further note, the opinion of the author may change at any moment. This is due to having an open mind of sorts.
