Friday 20 November 2020

London Scenes...... Is finished.

 

My biblionautic chums and friends.
London Scenes. Hand dyed leather and cloth collage. Edge to edge doublers. Yamato Toji style binding. 23.5cm x 19cm x 1.1cm when closed.
A commission for The Clothworkers' Company founded in 1528 is finished. I was inspired by the wood engravings in the text block. If, my dear reader you are interested.... I encourage you could look up.... London Scenes. The Whittington Press 2001. Wood engravings by Hellmuth Weissenborn. Then I hope all will come together.
The final image is from one of the boxes (3 in total) with recessed panels of the leather collage work.
Please note there are other ways of doing things, binding styles and opinions..... 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.....
London Scenes. Front and back boards with spine.


The texture.

Dark detail.

Edge to edge paper doublers, highlight the sky line.



Spine, hinging detail of the Yamato Toji style construction. External skyline.

Panel collage - leather work detail in the boxes.

Wednesday 11 November 2020

London Scenes The book takes shape.

 

My biblionautic chums and friends.
 
A commission for The Clothworkers' Company........ founded in 1528. 
 
London Scenes.
 
With the text block now attached to the binding is complete. The true form, shape if you will, is in relation to the function and the design. Talking of the design... I was inspired by the wood engravings in the text block. If, my dear reader you are interested.... I encourage you could look up.... London Scenes. The Whittington Press 2001. Wood engravings by Hellmuth Weissenborn. Then I hope all will come together.
Just a box to make for it, a box for the accompanying portfolio of prints and another box to house the two. So, in theory I am only one third of the way through this particular commission.
 
Please follow the link at the bottom of this post for a short film of the final binding.
 
Please note there are other ways of doing things, binding styles and opinions..... 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.....

Friday 6 November 2020

London Scenes. Unified fragmentation.

 

My biblionautic chums and friends.
 

A commission for a UK based Worshipful Company founded in 1528.
London Scenes.
 
Unified fragmentation.
 
For the last few days I have been working of the binding. Making sure all the edges of the on-layed or collaged leathers are firmly adhered, the dye stuff fixed. Work started on the doubler... edge to edge... which was interesting due the the shapes and contours on the head, tail and fore edge.
I am happy with what is going on with the binding. In different light conditions subtle colour changes occur. Weave and grain again playing their part in the overall effect. Line, shape and form move across the surface depending on the light source.
Please note there are other ways of doing things, binding styles and opinions..... 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.....




 

Sunday 1 November 2020

London Scenes, leather and dying.

 

My biblionautic chums and friends.
 
Application of the leather and dye stuff (spirit)
 
A commission for a UK based Worshipful Company founded in 1528.
London Scenes.
 
Though I have very careful with the placement of the leather (collaged) it is only when the dyes are applied that the true nature of the binding will come through. Starting with a yellow dye, going through red, blue and finally black gives different tones of black. The different layers of paper, cloth and the grains of the leather add to the effect, all combining to create a unified fragmentation.
 
Please note there are other ways of doing things, binding styles and opinions..... 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.....