#art binding

I Produced a making of for my latest project. It is included in the boxes, along my binding. I was inspired by the bonus dvd on special edition.

In this book I gathered a certain amount of the photographs I took while working on the project. It contains french binding steps with captures, as well as my sketches. As I designed my work to be exhibited, I thought it as an explanation for the public, visitors of the Bibliothèque d’Epinal.

OEUVRES MAISTRE GUILLAUME COQUILLART [aka WORKS BY MASTER GUILLAUME COQUILLART] (Paris: Galliot du Pré, 1532) Bound by Trautz-Bauzonnet for the bibliophile Armand Cigongne in 1855.

Red morocco with inlays of blue, green, and lemon leathers and gilt and marbled edges

Trautz first worked in de Bauzonnet’s studio. He became an associate of the latter and succeeded him in 1851. An extremely talented gilder, Trautz was the most highly reputed artisan of his time. He created 23 “mosaics” between 1840 and 1878 for several major enthusiasts, always for precious antique books.

INVISIBLE CITIES by Italo Calvino. [San Diego: Harvest, 1972]

Art Binding by Dmitri Koutsipetsidis, He’s known for his great bindings on FRANKENSTEIN, THE WASTELAND, THE HOBBIT, THE LORD OF THE RINGS.

source — about the design

BOOK OF HOURS (Bruges: c.1460-1470) Art binding designed by the Flemish artist Willem Vrelant of Frankfurt.

Ink and pigments on parchment bound between boards covered with leather, gilded metal, and ivory.