Monday 30 January 2012

Ode to the West Wind

I got this charming paper with dried flowers in a flimsy tissue from Kate's Paperie in New York, a treasure trove of amazing papers.
Then I discovered that a big pattern like this requires a big book, so it and several other sheets that I got with it remained unused for years until I discovered that four flowers just fitted on this slim volume from the Simon King Press of Shelley's Ode to the West Wind.
The single section book was sewn into a simple fold of Khadi card and the tissue drummed on it. Totally basic but quite effective, I think.
The box is a deliberate contrast, highly precise and covered in a very artificial buckram, lined with green baize.

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