Studio 5 Book Arts

Next to be bound is BEYOND GIVING poems, by Robert Graves. The text block is in good condition but being only a few sections I have decided ...

Kyffin number 1 A full calf binding with multiple leather inlays. The calf has been hand dyed with lines cut out and filled in with hundreds...

Both the bindings for the Kyffin project are finished. Boxes made, gold tooling done, things checked over. I hope to be able to take some im...

So, I have a friend who is a thesp (actor) and I am led to believe good. Anyway, for the next production she is going to be a Pope who gives...

Towards the end of 2007 I made application to become a member of the Society of Designer Craftsmen. It is with pleasure that I am able to sa...

I am going to open a bottle of cheap wine, let it breath for about....well for as short a time as possible, pour a glass, put my feet up, ta...

I am amazed at how quickly this 2nd Kyffin is coming on. The colours work, the composition is NOT traditional and why should it be ?. Though...

The 2nd Kyffin is to be a double hollow binding. The vellum has dried out, the leather pared and dyed. The vellum is semi transparent and I ...

Kyffin number two, soft plate off-set on Vellum.

I am getting old, there was a time when I could work through the night. Oh well. Any way, the design has realised now it is just in-filling,...

Kyffin, work in progress. Blind tooling to the front cover. Just one of the techniques used on this particular binding. As the binding nea...

Books, bones,bike seats and pulleys. A small selection of some of the research material that one studio member was using to work on a proje...

Yes, with only the floor left to paint (this will be done over a number of nights) the studio is open. There is more floor space more that w...

The studio is in chaos, bin bags have been leaving the studio with alarming regularity, new shelves have been put up and taken down, only to...

Studio 5 would like to wish everyone a good New Year.

Slightly bigger and red I promise to get back to books and stuff soon.

As my camera and mac have now been joined together I am able to give you (as promised) something that is horny and a little blue.

Back up to my home city, tourist free Lincoln. No work, no more running around, rest for a few days. The Burning question, did I have the H...

Having just got back from Japan I must apologise for not being in touch. The last few days were spent in the most charming Ryokan with no op...

Feeling much refreshed I feel that I am now able to describe my meal for you. After wandering around the centre of Fukuoka looking for a sui...