Tuesday 15 August 2017

Duke Bluebeard's Castle

It takes me a long time to design a book. Actually making it only takes a week over two. It can take me between one and two years to complete a design. This time I have excelled myself. It is three years since I bought an unbound text of the libretto of Duke Bluebeard's Castle complete with illustrations (rather fine). I have been down several dead ends and eventually put it aside. At the conference last week I was struck by several thoughts and have come home, measured everything up, worked out how to make it and completed the artwork in Photoshop.


The black border has been added just for this blog to show up the cover. The book itself is a very odd size, at 27.5 cm wide by 37.5 cm high. I will print this out on A3 canvas in three sections, front, back and spine. Then it will be bound in a double cover - -  and when it is all done, I will paint on  the canvas - blood red! from one of the doors on the back so that the blood runs over the spine and on to the front. I also need to paint on in grey for tears (You see I know the libretto well!!) I jib at trying to add four queens but I might try. I intend to make coloured paper cut outs

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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.