Studio category: Facsimiles and Film Props

A facsimile of a hand painted scroll created for an exhibition at the Wellcome Collection. The paper scroll is lined with a cotton material and attached to newly turned scroll bars.

A miniature facsimile Bible created as a film prop at a quarter of the size of the larger original on the left hand side in the photograph. Certain pages were reproduced inside the book, and the edges of the pages were coloured, gilded and distressed to perfectly replicate the original.

Various leather bound account books replicating old volumes produced for the film. The books are bound in the traditional spring-back account book style with indexed internal pages and edge colouring.

Facsimile of the original book produced for Kew Gardens. The book is bound in vellum and hide to replicate the original but was left intentionally new looking without being aged. The text is hand painted onto the spine and covers and the headbands are hand sewn. The page edges are coloured.

A sheepskin bound book with a foredge flap and lock created as a film prop. The spine and covers feature sheepskin and vellum sewing bands following the medieval style. The printed pages and book edges are also aged.

A specially created Pop-up book produced for the film depicting various scenes.

An authentic replica of an original 1930s album of photographs showing seances and supernatural activity produced for an exhibition.. Every part of the album was replicated to look like the original including the specially grained leather cover. The pages were printed white onto black paper and the book and mounted photographs were aged to match … Continued

Facsimiles of two different Antonio Canova sketchbooks produced in a small edition. All the work in the books were produced to faithfully replicate the original works. The facsimile pages have been printed onto paper by Factum Arte with the same textural qualities as the originals. The leather bound covers with paste paper sides are an … Continued

A special cloth covered presentation case housing three separate scrolls authentically replicating the originals. Each of the scrolls is held in a specific compartment and additional facsimile fragments are contained in a pocket on the inside lid. Foil blocked vellum labels on the spine and lid display the title of the works.

Facsimile leather binding and two-part case replicating the original miniature book. Every aspect of the original has been reproduced including the design of the tooling, the metal fittings on the covers, and the specially decorated book edges. The book pages were printed by Factum Arte, and the work is presented in a two-part goatskin presentation … Continued