Studio 5 Book Arts

The Tempest, lovely illustrations by Dulac.... what more can I say. First job is to clean off the old spine linings and adhesive, in this ca...

Detail of the hand dying and tooling.

After a lot of work and experimentation I was not happy with the results of the first Gilbert and George. I had to make the decision to star...

Sorry, I have been a bit bit busy over the last few days, normal service will resume very soon.

Some times I find it important to go back to the basics. A simple paper covered case binding. The structure is based on the Bradel with a mi...

Dear Reader, In my previous post I mentioned that I was going to Japan, to see family, friends and do a lecture or two. My flight was for Fr...

The gold is on, the resin is set, all is right. Going to Japan for a few days.......

The resin has done its stuff and the gold leaf has been applied to the back board. The effect is about what I am looking for. More work to d...

A long with Gilbert and George I am submitting two other books for the Designer Bookbinders touring exhibition. Work in progress. Brave New ...

The back board, a label from an empty Gordon's Gin bottle. Some of G and G's early work feature Gin.....

34 Fellows and Licentiates of Designer Bookbinders are producing a collection of designed boards to be housed in a specially made wooden pre...

As the new year is behind us the bench begins to fill with work. Gilbert and George is well on the way with initial dye stuffs on and then c...

Working on a number of different projects, some big and some small. More news when I have time.....

Evenings in the pub (The Red Lion Barnes) open fires and my second biggest critic inspecting a pint of Porter ! Now that the seasonal break ...

Happy Christmas and a good to new year from Studio 5.

A fantastic book, full of colour, full of some of the most influential work produced in the 20th century and beyond. A signed edition that c...

Ally, the gold leaf was applied with a mix of PVA and a rice starch paste... simple.

Images coming very soon.

Lysistrata is very nearly finished, just the box to finish... Hope to have images up very soon.