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We are proud to showcase fine examples of the bookbinding art. The bindings
below were all created using our leathers. Click on the
thumbnails for details and a bigger picture.
The Indomitable Servantbound by Mel Jefferson Feathered leather onlays (back-pared/recessed), blind debossing, inkjet printing and airbrushed dyes. Drop-back box in black buckram and grey Windmill paper. website
The Royal Game of the Goosebound by Derek Hood website
Cicero's Orationsbound by Dimitris Koutsipetsidis Bound in Harmatan Valencia leather. Laced-in boards. Surface gilding in 22 carat gold. Gilt (22 carat) onlays. Initials tooled in gold (22 carat. Handsewn endbands in silk thread. Hand-marbled endleaves. Custom clothbound case with velvet paper interior. Interior leather joints. Cicero and the events and identity of Rome are intertwined. The design should emit a sense of splendor, novelty, but also of distortion and transformation. The river symbolizes the gradual transformation of the Roman republic (wide beginning at the back cover) to civil strife and power accumulation by ambitious individuals which led to the decline of the Senate (narrower part of the spine), eventually leading to an empire with a single dictator (narrow part at the front cover). At the same time it represents the “flow of words”, the growth and enrichment of the Latin language which is a core aspect of Rome and Cicero’s personality, leading to a finesse peak – a pinnacle of form and meaning. Combined with this visual element Cicero’s name on the spine adopts a narrative role – it shows us that he was pivotal in all that transpired. The cover however would feel empty with just that. There was need to fill the rest of the binding in a way that displays its content but at the same time remains discreet. The golden river in the middle zone dominates the design, I couldn’t have something as intense – rather the opposite, so in order to celebrate Cicero I decide to blind tool parts of his orations in Latin. The text is in capitals and you can also notice the absence of punctuation – that is how Latin texts were written or inscribed on surfaces. I took exerpts from his speech “Against Catilina”, one of his most famous orations. You can locate the renown phrase “O tempora, o mores” (“what times do we live in?”) in the text. website
Quarto, Quarter Leather (blank book)bound by Brien Beidler Dimensions: 6” x 9 1/2”, 204 pages Paper: Hahnemule Ingres, Antique Sewing: six raised linen cords, linen thread Edges: solid indigo Endbands: crimson and white silk thread, linen core Covering: quarter leather, crimson goatskin with handmade hemp and cotton paper over the boards Decoration: all over gold tooling on the spine website
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Triominosmade by Rahel Scheufele Full leather container for the game Triominos (Goliath toys). contact
Breakfast at Tiffany's bound by Yuko Matsuno
Emily Dickinson: Selected Poemsbound by Glenn Malkin website
Through the Looking Glass bound by Jeanette Koch
Of a Feather bound by Pamela Richmond
Emily Dickinson: Selected Poems bound by Richard Beadsmoore
The Fall of the House of Usherbound by Glenn Malkin website
The Girl From the Sea bound by Miranda Kemp
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