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Binding • 28.2 x 20 x 2.2
Bound in brown French morocco using both 'hair' and
suede sides moulded over carved blocks, abraded and
coloured; the reverse impressions of each carved
'stone' piece filled to preserve depth before covering
onto boards. Spine and front 'mortar' line of suedeside
grey morocco. Doublures of reversed leather,
matching cover markings. Matched impressed and
embossed doublures and endpapers airbrushed with
acrylics, fading towards the text block. Touches of
painted and stippled 'lichens' appear on the edges. The
head is coloured and gilded and overlaid with palladium.
Silk head and tail bands match each end.
Container • 30.5 x 22 x 4
Vertical draw box
embossed, airbrushed
using the woodcut
to create the texture.
base and lid is of suede- lining
covered with simulated
darker and rougher,
smoother.
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Concept
Sandstone of many
and walls around Edinburgh
the rusty and reddish
They are the two
weathering and pollution
stonemasons' riven
characteristic hand signatures
- people now
there would be no
boundary walls. There
raw material, man's
nature reclaiming it
was the stepping-off
retaining the book
thoughts.
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