The 4 Gospels, the boards, leather, collage, colour, tooling and the boards are on. The Clients

The clients for The Four Gospels have seen the books, handled them and liked them..... which is good.

Box making now.... something with a twist.

The 4 Gospels, the boards, leather, collage, colour, tooling and the boards are on. The first images.

The 4 Gospels, the boards, leather, collage, colour, tooling and the boards are on. The first images.

In the back ground is the box, taking shape with the help of a young and gifted French Bookbinding student.....

The 4 Gospels, the boards, leather, collage, colour, tooling and the boards are on !

The 4 Gospels, the boards, leather, collage, colour, tooling and the boards are on.

The 4 Gospels, the boards, leather, collage, colour and tooling, nearly finished.

Nearly there!......

The 4 Gospels, the boards, leather, collage, colour and tooling.

The collage work is finished. With black line work giving us the memory of stained glass the tooling can begin. The reflected light from the tooling reminds me Byzantine wall mosaics. By knocking back the collage I hope to give the impression of aged fresco work.

The 4 Gospels, the boards, leather, collage and colour..

Progress, having cobbled together a very long desk easel it is easier to see the whole design taking shape. The colours will be blended and with heavy black line work I am aiming for a sort of Icon look. It has taken me a while to sort this out but I realise that I am making four separate design bindings........

The 4 Gospels, the boards, leather and collage. Progress.. perhaps.

The 4 Gospels, the boards, leather and collage. St Matthew.

Progress on the first set of boards ( St Matthew) the initial guide lines have been worked out and the collage has begun to take shape over both boards. The theme is the birth of Christ, pretty obvious with the Madonna and Child. We begin to see the three wise men from the east.


Detail of one of the wise men. There is still more to do but things are taking shape, fun.

The 4 Gospels, the boards, leather and collage.

The boards have been covered in fair goat skin with the key lines for the design being worked on to all 8 boards.


Using a variety of techniques the design begins to take shape.


Detail of the front board of Matthew.


Detail of the hand traversing both front and back boards.