SomeBody, endpapers and binding

 

 

   The first and last pages of the book are of wide woven silk ribbons all embroidered and slashed. Gold and silver are interwoven to suggest the two lives woven together in this tragedy. 

 The inspiration came from Tudor slashed doublets, a technique popular during the 16th C. to create texture on leather or silk, fashionable for both men and women.

 The book itself was constructed and bound for me at the Wyvern Bindery in east London. The covers, hinges and page mounts are all in black silk with silk covered rods holding the split pages together. We spent a long time working out the depth of each page and how it was to turn, making mock up paper hinges to see how the rods would slide in and out.

  There was also a lot of time spent playing with the contents to ensure they all turned happily with the heavy pages. Above you can see the guts having a little surgery to keep it all in one place!

 There is also a cover, not pictured here, which has volvelles in the front which rotate to reveal the name of the piece.

next: a split view