Archives: Studio portfolio items

A unique book printed and bound for a student featuring her sequence of drawings. The binding uses dried halibut fish skin on the covers and the exposed spine is hand embroidered with the title of the work.

A special fine binding for a book created for Factum Arte documenting the traditional wall painting patterns from a village of Amir on the Yemeni border. One of the hand drawn designs was used in the form of leather onlays onto the front and back covers of the calfskin binding. Some of the onlays are … Continued

Printed book with exposed sewing on the spine, and a specially designed and printed acrylic slipcase.

The wooden menu holders had walnut veneer covers and solid wood spine.  The covers were hinged with a cloth to allow easy opening. The walnut spine has a recess on the inside to accommodate an elasticated band, to allow the menu to be inserted. Laser etched logo on the front cover. The acrylic menu is … Continued

A small run of books showing the work of Gail Traversy. The books are Indigo printed and are quarter bound in bookcloth with printed paper sides.

A digitally printed photographic book in an edition of 5 copies, covered in a selection of different bookcloths. The cover and spine is foil blocked with the title.

Simple hand stitched pamphlet style booklets with digitally printed contents. The booklets each have a letterpress title label with loose dust jacket.

A limited edition from a commercially published book featuring the title sewn in two colours of thread on the exposed spine. The threads were left long on the front and back covers.

A series of promotional books with slipcase. The slipcase has an etched design on the front cover revealing the book inside. The pages of the book are indigo printed and section sewn. The cover has a foil blocked title.

Primary school project made into a large concertina binding from pages provided by the pupils. The covers are made from papier-mâché in collaboration with the kids and were then painted and varnished.