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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