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The Black Spot Books are one of a kind books made of archival insides and antique outsides. Inside you'll find lineless strathmore drawing paper - thick, hand-torn, acid-free pages that work well with ink, pens both thick and superfine, pencil, glue and myriad other mediums. The pages are each torn and hand sewn with archival linen binding tape and thread.
The books' covers are made using hand-picked scraps and worn leather from wherever I can find them, which often involves travel and sometimes includes abandoned houses! The images, when included, are taken from olde books, embedded in the cover and sealed with matte varnish. Other antique objects, such as keyholes, bones and hardware find their own way in through rivets, thread, etcetera. The books can be carried daily and beat up. They are very strong and created to outlive the person filling it.
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This was a request for a big book to be made in record time with whatever I had that would suit it! The book's future is to be amongst many, many travelling hands... 11 x 14 Covered in leather scrap from a cowboy boot maker, purchased t The World's Longest Yard Sale in the Kentucky stretch! The fabric is from the abandoned, now gone, Rementer House. |
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