Thursday 1 March 2012

Omar Khayyam Book

I keep records of my bookbinding and the first mention of this book was on 3rd February 2010. It is The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam and belonged to my father. Indeed it is signed with his name and the inscription Jubbulpore 1936. The cover was in a bad way and I decided to repair it and started by designing special end papers. I ran into lots of trouble with this idea and eventually put it away as I had Michael to look after. In the last few months I have put a lot of effort into it and here is the book in its final state - finished yesterday 29th February 2012, two years after starting. The outline of the buildings was created from photos taken by me in various places but most of it is Fatepur Sikri.

Here is a photo showing the end papers and the inside. I have put so much effort into this project. I even created four copies of the cover, in case of accident. But there wasn't one and the finest copy made it to the cover!

If you enlarge the upper photo, you will see that the first verse is written on the back of the book.

And the question is What  do I do now in the way of a major bookbinding project? I have not decided yet








This morning Dorothy and I did a lot with stencils and so on. This one is interesting because it used the large Okinawan stencil!!!

I fancy it done on gold material.

We walked Jake on the Malvern Hills this afternoon and it was very sunny and warm up there but foggy in the Severn Valley.

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I am weaver and - -. I dye my yarns with acid dyes, I paint my warps, put fabric collages and stencils on my weaving. I have three looms, a 12 inch wide, 12 shaft Meyer for demos and courses, a 30 inch Louet Kombo which is nominally portable but has a stand, two extra beams and a home-made device containing a fan reed. And last a 32 shaft Louet Megado which is computer controlled, has a sectional warp and a second warp beam and I am the proud owner of an AVL warping wheel which I love to bits and started by drilling holes in. I inserted a device for putting a cross in. I have just acquired an inkle loom and had a lesson from an expert so I can watch TV and weave at the same time. I am interested in weaving with silk mostly 60/2 although I do quite a bit with 90/2 silk. I also count myself as a bookbinder with a special interest in Coptic binding.