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Binding • 28.2 x 20 x 1.7
Grey morocco worked into folded forms across both
boards, although independently from the spine, separate
to give appropriate jointing. Stained with colour
and drybrushed with iridescent gold and silver acrylics.
Head airbrushed and patch 'gilded' with palladium,
airbrushed over. Head and tail bands in silk to
match either end. Doublures and endpapers embossed
using covers as blocks to create male/female texturing;
airbrushed and finely sanded, fading towards text
block, reverse of the innermost endpaper leaves textured
but uncoloured.
Folio • 28.2 x 21.2 x 1
Handmade paper formed over the book boards and
coloured as for doublures etc. Spine and foredge in
leather worked to match binding; two little loop-andbutton
catches of twisted and knotted leather touched
with colour and silver iridescent acrylics. Inner folio
flaps and linings of thick sand-pink handmade paper.
Container • 30 x 23.5 x 8
Double draw box, leather-hinged at base, with independent
lid to be withdrawn upwards. Constructed
with laminates of millboard, acid-free Kraft paper,
asymmetrically curved overlapping profiled edges covered
in grey morocco; outer faces covered in grey
suede-side leather manipulated into folds and pressed,
airbrushed with acrylic. Padded lining covered with
pale grey lining fabric.
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Concept
The side of Craignish Peninsula facing Scarba displays
intriguing geological features. High above the stony
beach are outcrops of folded upthrusts, squeezed and
crunched by huge forces; tracksides and small quarries
too, reveal the movement of the Earth's crust. Colours
are mainly greys and sandy rusts, often shimmering
with mica. The binding stems from these forms, the
compression and movement is reflected in the struggle
of the making process to convey the idea, as materials
chosen to suggest the forms, textures and colours assert
their own characteristics and dictate their application
- forces at work shaping the outcome. (The morocco
is tough, heavily grained chrome-tanned goatskin
resisting manipulation, even when thinly pared,
unlike a softer natural tanned and dyed goatskin, adding
to the challenge). The rock-heavy box is a foil to the
binding and lighter folio, alluding to slivers picked up
from the mass; to be used to display the pair vertically
as continuing layers, the weathered surfaces contrasting
with the silky, mica sheen of the interior face.
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