Gavin Dovey's unique leather covers, end sheets and binding of the Walt Whitman edition w/illustrated engravings by Gaylord Schanilec.
Mindy Belloff & Denise Dovey on the boat with Lady Liberty in the background!
Last night we headed to Governor’s Island for an unusual exhibition of artisans and fashion designers (http://www.govisland.com/visit_the_island/default.asp). Gavin Dovey of Paper Dragon Books (www.paperdragonbooks.blogspot.com) created an amazing leather binding. The details and craftsmanship are awesome! The talented leather bookbinder was inspired by the “Wrenching Times” edition from Gregynog Press. Gavin created a new cover and endsheets. He used Civil War photos from the archives of the Library of Congress, and I helped to turn these into polymer plates, as we printed them directly on leather on my Uni III. Gavin then was engaged in a long process of dying the leather and piecing together a gorgeous design, also using gold leaf, to create and bind the book. The covers and front sheets show a great respect for the inside pages with Gaylord Schanilec’s expertly rendered wood engravings.
Gavin letterpress printing a civil war jpeg on leather at Intima Press.
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