THE SONGLINES by Bruce Chatwin. (London: Folio Society, 2010). Illustrations by Simon Pemberton. Art binding by Erin Fletcher (Herringbone Gallery).
“Bound in chocolate brown goatskin. Lizard is a back-pared onlay of fair goatskin with a mauve buffalo skin tongue. The center design consists of parchment onlays, Ascona onlays in maroon goatskin and hand painted with fluid acrylic paints inspired by Dreamings Aboriginal art. The lizard's eye is tooled in gold and the claws are hand painted. Title is hand tooled in gold with a series of gouges, line palettes and blending tools. Edges were divided and painted in four different colors to create a striped pattern, headbands sewn to continue edge decoration. Edge-to-edge doublures in chocolate goatskin with hand painted Aboriginal symbols. Endpapers are granite, teal and ochre Cave Paper.” — from the Herringbone site
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