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Binding • 28 x 20.5 x 2
Boards comprised of folding layers of different-coloured
handmade papers pressed hard and straight-
at edges to reveal formation in cross
airbrushed with colour, sealed, and dusted with
mica. The split boards and doublures trap the
spine which is further secured with stained linen
resembling iron pyrite studs through boards
doublures. These are textured by heavy pressing
the cover boards before assembling, and airbrushed
fade gradually towards the book block. Head coloured
and part-gilded reflecting the main colouring.
Silk head and tail bands to blend with each end.
of padded velvet brushed with colour.
Container
Slip (inner) • 30 x 22 x 2
The inner slip has a structure of textured, laminated
layers, matched to the book boards. The solid rounded
spine holds that of the book which, in turn, fits into
the outer box's concealed curved spine area. The overlapping
flap slots over an iron pyrite stud of stained
millboard and paper laminates, with two small peg
studs fitting into complementing holes.
Case (outer)
• 37 x 24.5 x 5.7/6.6
The asymmetrical outer case is built to stand at a jutting
angle; textured and worked with acrylic and casein
tempera colours. The Celtic strapwork cross is in
low bas-relief of layers of paper; the iron pyrite shapes
are impressed and inlaid. The lined interior is padded
and covered with velvet which overlaps the edges in
places at the irregular foredge, and inserted at the
spine fissures.
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Concept
On the hills above our house greenish grey rocks jut
perilously from their foundations, cleft in straight lines
and sharp angles. Their moss-filled fissures and lichen
covered surfaces soften and add colour to their sombre
tilting forms. One day I found a long forgotten cetlic
carving on a rock half hidden by tussocks and
bracken, its face daubed with a pale lichen. The rock is
phyllite (from the Greek phyllos meaning leaf ), which
unlike slate is often undulatory. It seemed obvious to
infer the parallels of a book and its case with the
blocks and crevices of the rocks, and to allude to their
off-balance leanings. The iron pyrite studs occurred in
a particular outcrop suggested a practical solution to
ensuring that the trapped velvet joints of the binding
would remain firmly embedded, whilst the rounded,
padded spine crept between the two faces like the
mossy ridges in cracks.
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