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: “Being the first draft for the penultimate chapter of the Book of the Erinyes: The extent of my research has expanded from the classical esoterica to gnostic epistles in any field. They inhabit the hinterlands…”
: “Earlier today I took more photographs of Tisiphone, the first of the three Furies — many thanks to Dawn for modelling again. I’ve got a couple of the photographs up in the artwork section already,…”
: “Last weekend I took the photographs of Megaera, the second of the three Furies — many thanks to Alice for modelling (again!). I managed to shoot 668 photos — it’s simply amazing how differently…”
: “Work on the letterpress side of the Book of the Erinyes is on temporary hiatus while I wait for the letterpress facilities of Brighton Independent Printmaking to re-open as Ink Spot Press in June. I’ve…”
: “I was lucky enough to be on a business trip to New York again last week, and I so had the opportunity to visit the Center for Book Arts. The Center is a great resource — they have a decent-sized Letterpress…”
: “Just a quick post to let you all know that I’ve been doing a few new lino prints and my first ever woodcut for the Book of the Erinyes. I'm hoping to do quite a few of these for the project, as I they…”
: “In early January I’m planning to print a number of Broadsides as related side-projects of the Book of the Erinyes. 1833 broadside about the execution of Captain Henry…”
: “As I’ve been working on The Book of the Erinyes I’ve been trying to work out who it’s likely to appeal to. The problem is that it doesn’t fit comfortably in any one area. It sits between art and…”
: “I’m making very good progress with the Letterpress part of the Book of the Erinyes at the moment — I’m managing to fit in 2 sessions of work at Brighton Independent Printmaking each week, and I’m…”
: “I thought I’d share a very short video I put together from some clips of me printing out a page of the Book of the Erinyes. At some point in the not-too-distant future I’ll put together something…”
: “Yesterday I spent the day in London doing a whistle-stop tour of a few exhibitions as background research for the Book of the Erinyes. Bookbinding at the V&A The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters,…”
: “I’ve been putting some hours into the Letterpress side of the Book of the Erinyes recently, and have made a fair bit of progress. Yesterday evening I managed to print out the text for the first section…”
: “One of the fashions of the “Gothic Revival” during the mid-1840s to 1860s was for “monastic” style bindings that imitated the Medieval wooden book covers. Rather than reproducing these in wood,…”
Read the rest of “Victorian Gothic Revival “Papier Mâché” Binding”…
: “One of the elements of the handmade Book of the Erinyes will be the use of marbled paper — sometimes on the outside cover, and sometimes on the endpapers/inside cover. As with all the parts of the book,…”
: “I’m happy to say that I’ve printed out the title and half-title pages. On Wednesday at the Letterpress workshop I monopolised the press to run off 30 copies of each (I’ve finalised the limited edition…”
Read the rest of “Title and Half-Title Page Proofs (part two)”…
: “I’ve just got back from this week’s letterpress workshop where I managed to print some proofs (photo below) of the title and half-title pages of the Book of the Erinyes. These two pages will make…”
: “As the pace has started to pick up on the Book of the Erinyes project I decided it was time to get some much-needed bookbinding practice. I’d sewn together a collection of blank signatures a week-or-so…”
: “Last year I did an evening course in Letterpress Printing at the Brighton Independent Printmaking centre. Last week Les Ellis, the course tutor, invited me back for a 4-evening follow-on course where I…”
: “Just got back from seeing Romilly Saumarez Smith: Bookbindings for Eileen Hogan at the V&A. It’s a small exhibition, just outside the National Art Library, but it’s definitely worth a visit. Obviously…”
: “I’m lucky to be on a work trip to New York at the moment, and this morning—my bodyclock still working on UK time, and the rain pouring down—I managed to grab some time to visit the Morgan Library…”