Showing posts with label ode to the west wind. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ode to the west wind. Show all posts

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.