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Prospero's Books

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Gina Pisello

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I recently spent 5 days in Idyllwild, CA at their Art Center taking a class from Andrea Matus DeMeng , intriguingly titled Prospero's Books. We had an ambitious plan to make 4 different books and decorate a wooden box to hold them all in just 4 days! It was a busy and creative time and I didn't finish everything there. I am still not really finished, but here is my version of Prospero's Books so far.

Enjoy!

-Gina

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Prospero's Books: The Book of Harsh Geometry, The Book of Mirrors, The Primer of Small Stars, and The Book of Architecture and other Music.


A different arrangement of the books.


The Book of Mirrors, coptic stitched with folded signatures and single sheets bound together.


A page spread in the Book of Mirrors.


The Canadian binding was used for the Book of Architecture and other Music.


A page spread from the same book.


The Primer of Small Stars is of course a small book bound using long stitch.

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The case bound Book of Harsh Geometry resonates with me as Geometry was my most difficult class in high school. I barely passed. I also find case binding difficult so they work well together.


Page spread from Harsh Geometry.


The Book of Water, long stitch binding.


I used plastic sheets to create this book's pages as I wanted the contents to look like water.
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