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Babel by R.F. Kuang

Front cover of the book is the English title of the book foiled in gold. Around it are Bible verses in Cantonese Chinese (Genesis 11:8-9) foiled in silver.

The back of the book is a mirror of the front. It has the Cantonese title foiled in gold. Around it is the English translation of the same bible verses.

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Babel by R.F. Kuang

Front cover of the book is the English title of the book foiled in gold. Around it are Bible verses in Cantonese Chinese (Genesis 11:8-9) foiled in silver.

The back of the book is a mirror of the front. It has the Cantonese title foiled in gold. Around it is the English translation of the same bible verses.

#babel #rfkuang #bookbinding #handmadebooks #thepoppywar #rebinding #rebind #renegadebookbinding #renegadebindery #bibleverses #canto #cantonese #cantoneselanguage

Join me and learn how to make your own handmade books - stab bound and stitched.
Saturday 28th June, Bradford on Avon

https://www.theworldofmattparker.com/workshops/p/handmade-books

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Epic: The Muscial Lyric Book

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I hope this video will explain how the foiling happens. I created a design for the cover and printed it in plain recycled paper. After securing the foil to the cover, I lay the design over the foil and trace it with the quill, the nib of which is heated metal. It takes practice to figure out how much pressure is needed and how long the quill should stay on any section.

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Epic: The Muscial Lyric Book

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I hope this video will show the foiling process. I created a design for the cover digitally, then printed it in plain recycled paper (nothing thick at all). After securing the foil to the book cover, I lay the design over the foil and traced it with a foil quill, the nib of which is heated metal.

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Open Veins of Latin America by Eduardo Galeano

Spine is Forest Green Allure Bookcloth from Hollanders. ArtDeco rose gold foil for the title was applied using a foil quill. Printed on wooqu ivory bookcloth for the cover. The map image is by John Speed, viewable in the Library of Congress online catalog. Endbands are handsewn with cosmo cotton embroidery floss.
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Open Veins of Latin America by Eduardo Galeano

Spine is Forest Allure Bookcloth from Hollanders. Used rose gold foil for spine title applied using a foiling quill. Endpapers are lokta metallic copper paper. I printed on ivory bookcloth for the cover. The map printed on the cover was created by John Speed (Library of Congress control # 76690846). Endbands are sewn with cotton embroidery floss.

#bookbinding #handboundbooks #handmadebooks #handmade #colonialism #history #latinamerica #imperialism

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

It’s one day late for spooky season, but here’s a bind of a classical gothic horror tale.

The typeset for this book was originally by Canon in D Press (tumblr handle: canon-in-too-deep).

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Babel, Or the Necessity of Violence by R.F. Kuang

Inspired by The Locked Library’s special edition. The image in the window is part of a steel plate engraving of 19th century Oxford which was drawn and engraved by William Westall & Edward Finden. All other elements come from Canva. The typeface is Lovelace.

I printed on Wooqu bookcloth using an inkjet. The end papers are from Two Hands Paperie.

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Wise cookie message #beginnings for #handmadebooks finally exiting hermit mode 🐌 slow life

Babel, Or the Necessity of Violence by R.F. Kuang

I kept this one simple. I have a few more Babel rebinds I plan to make, so they’ll probably become progressively more and more complex with each iteration.

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Want to see the process of making a book? Here are some brief words and photos about the current project here at St Brigid Press, an illustrated excerpt from Thoreau’s journal called “The Angle of Dazzle” —

http://eepurl.com/iinf_L

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A new concertina book of Vicar Lane. A few weeks work on and off. Two very cold trips into Leeds to start the pen sketch, and lots of work at home finishing it off. From 4 different viewpoints all on a single horizon I drew across the pages.
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Early mail brought Moab and Fabriano papers. Ready for future art book projects. Happiness. #art #artwork #literaryprojects #handmadebooks