Gaimanesque bookbinding
Saturday, 27 June, 2009
While we're on the subject of craft bragging, here's something else I made recently. The cover paper came from the last Finders Keepers market. From memory, it came from Publisher Textiles. It's actually wallpaper, which makes it lovely and thick. (Hope there's no rule against using wallpaper for bookbinding!)
Anyway, as these things do, it reminded me of Neil Gaiman—well, more specifically, the design work on the paperbacks that have been released in Australia for books like American Gods, Anansi Boys, Neverwhere and Smoke and Mirrors. The design work on those was done by gray318 (who has also done a whole raft of other book cover designs).
The endpapers came from a craft shop in Newtown whose name eludes me at present. I thought red would make a nice contrast. I made 10 signatures of four sheets of 100 gsm paper each, and, as usual, the binding thread was black linen from Amazing Paper done in a nine-stitch coptic bind (boring, I know; I wasn't feeling particularly innovative and I was in a hurry). Here's how it tuned out:
This one has also gone in the mail to someone special.
Current:
Bible: Isaiah (ESV) 28/09/2010
seen: Tropic Thunder 26/09/2010
seen: The Life of Mammals 24/09/2010
seen: What a Girl Wants 19/09/2010
seen: Jerry Maguire 19/09/2010
seen: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 06/09/2010
seen: Tomorrow Never Dies 05/09/2010
seen: Nanny McPhee 28/08/2010
read: Mercury (Hope Larson) 27/08/2010
read: Spellcheckers Vol 1 (Jamie S Rich, Nicolas Hitori de, Joelle Jones) 16/08/2010
read: Solipsistic Pop Vol 2 (Solipsistic Pop) 16/08/2010
read: Chiggers (Hope Larson) 15/08/2010
seen: Josie and the Pussycats 14/08/2010
seen: Mr & Mrs Smith 14/08/2010
seen: Step Up 2 13/08/2010
Blinks:
How to recalibrate the home button on your iPhone.
Unsolicited manuscripts accepted by Pan Macmillan with certain conditions.
Thought Balloon is a group blog in which the writers tackle a new theme every week? month? with one-page scripts. This URL is for their Phonogram ones.
How to sew a zipper on a knitted garment.
Issues organised by tale.
Online magazine that publishes fairy tales that are not reworkings of old tales.
Journal that publishes fairy tale writing.
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Karen, it’s beautiful! I have been reading your blog every so often for about 2years but haven’t ever got around to commenting. I am in awe of your shawls especially. They are stunning!!!!! What a talented person you are.
Thank you, Miriam! And thank you for commenting! I’m always interested to know who reads this blog—especially if I don’t know you!
Oooh… It looks lovely!!
You are clever
Actually Karen, you might find you do “know” me! =) I was at uni with you in ECU (Mim Moir). Studied primary education, hung out with Bec Graham and Erin Macarther (we were the loud ones!) =)
@Miriam: Ah yes, I do know you! Thanks for jogging my memory!