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I am not sorry for my soul
That it must go unsatisfied,
For it can live a thousand times,
Eternity is deep and wide.

I am not sorry for my soul,
But oh, my body that must go
Back to a little drift of dust
Without the joy it longed to know.


Sara Teasdale, Longing

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Melancholic freelance illustrator of meagre ability and questionable health, who thinks far too much and worries so much more. Tries to be more business-minded and more efficient at time management: fails at both miserably. Wishes for a simpler life, but is too hampered by concerns great and small. An ancient child. Patron Saint of Mediocrities.
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*N.B. Please pardon my present silence and inactivity; I'm afraid I'm very busy and haven't much time for dA. ^^; My apologies and thank you so much. Unfortunately, I would also be less able to reply to notes, etc. If you need to contact me more personally, please send an email to the address below.

My sincere thanks to all who watch me and favourite my work. I'm sorry I can't thank everyone personally.

Devious Info

  • Current Residence: London, United Kingdom
  • Interests: Illustration,literature,nature,history,languages,historical costume,animation,film,theatre, etc....
  • Favourite band or musician: Mozart, Schubert, Gilbert & Sullivan, Ella Fitzgerald, Richard Harvey, many, many more...
  • Favourite genre of music: Classical and Opera, Traditional Jazz, World Music, Film Scores
  • Favourite artist: Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac, Leonardo da Vinci, The Pre-Raphaelites, the list goes on and on...
  • Favourite poet or writer: William Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Tennyson, Umberto Eco, A.S. Byatt; so many more...
  • Favourite photographer: Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Frans Lanting, Bernhard Edmaier, Steve McCurry, Julia Margaret Cameron
  • Favourite style of art: 'Style' of art? That's an indistinct category if there was one...
  • Shell of choice: Nacre
  • Skin of choice: I don't believe a choice was permitted me...
  • Tools of the Trade: Pen & ink and watercolour,graphite and carbon pencils,conté,pastels,scalpel,Moleskine books

Rubáiyát Bookbinding Slideshow

Journal Entry: Tue Oct 20, 2009, 7:23 PM
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All 1,000 copies of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám sold out last week. :faint: I am utterly astonished, as I could neither have believed nor foreseen such demand for it.

{New watchers who are interested can find out more about this book in this entry: [link] }

The Fine Book Bindery, who bound the copies of the book, have made a quick slideshow of some of the process: [link]

The huge stacks in the first pictures are the uncut, printed sheets of the book's pages. These are then cut down to the book size, and the pages are further hand-cut for a deckled edge. The ornate, silvery thing in the next few pictures is the brass they made of my endpaper design, which is used to block the design onto the blue endpapers. Next, you can see that the wording of the limitation spread are typeset and printed by letterpress, not digitally. The top edge of the text block is then gilded. The spine is quarter-bound in vellum, then the lettering blocked in 22-carat gold (it's so funny to see a whole roll of the stuff!) - incidentally, the spine lettering was done by a professional calligrapher, and is the only part of the book not by me. The illustration plates are finally 'tipped' in by hand. The last picture is of the cloth-bound solander presentation box.

I love seeing processes like these and the genuine craft involved, by people who truly know their work. It's also just wonderful to see one's book being physically put together this way (although this is only a fraction of it).

By the by, in case anyone had wondered: there are no royalties from sales of books published by the Folio Society, because of the nature of their books. I do get paid for being commissioned, of course; but I don't get a brass farthing from the sales of the magnificently-priced 1,000 copies. :laughing: This is not a complaint at all, mind; it's just so you know, in case anyone imagined that I've become loaded as a result of all this. :giggle: And no, please don't attack Folio; this is simply how they have to work. :)


A plug for a fellow deviant
Whilst we're on the subject of bookbinding, ~changeweaver has a number of handbound sketchbooks for sale, and is happy to receive commissions for them. The profits will also go towards some much needed medical funds. Please visit this journal entry for details: [link]



Thank you


Thank you so much to new watchers, to everyone for all your favourites, for your continued interest, and quite simply for your general tolerance.

I am not always able to reply to every comment (though I do try), and I have had to choose not to thank everyone individually for favourites and watches (but again, I try to acknowledge the latter as much as possible), for which I do beg your pardon. Please be assured, however, that I appreciate them very much.


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Comments


:iconheliocyan:
Thank you so much for your watch, I'm thrilled!! I love your art, so amazing!
:iconphallusdei:
Beyond words...
:iconying-temptra:
No worries about replying so late. I understand fully.
How are things going with Illustrating? Also did you enjoy Loykratong?
My degree show went very well, My illustrations went into a magazine, so far so good for a graduate. :)
My website is here if you want to visit. :D
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~ Yielding from the light when we came on this earth
In the end, we are all Tainted :blackrose: ~
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Thanks a lot for the favourite

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