The idea was originally used in a book I made, the design was executed in tooled copper foil. Unfortunately if I did have a picture of it at one time, it was victim of the computer crash of 2008. And no I didn't have a back up. You'll just have to trust me on this...
Bookplates. There are a lot of people who have no idea what they are or their purpose. Simply put, they are pride of ownership in a book, something that says, "this is my book." They are labels that you put in the front cover of your books. Yes, they used to be more common. So were books, but now there are audiobooks and Kindle. There is even a society of those who collect and design bookplates. If you get a chance, check out their website.
And keep reading books even if you don't collect them.
6 comments:
Nice design - makes me think of Magritte for some reason.
Love your book plate - I hope to see more of them! I do know of book plates because my Great-Uncle was an artist and he used to make beautiful book plates. His name was Robert Anning Bell.
You may also be interested in my bookplate blog
Http://bookplatejunkie.blogspot.com
Very cool, Lewis!
i still do collect books - i just got a beautiful hard bound of Canterbury Tales -
i may need to get some of these book plates ;)
Gary said it before me! I had the same Magritte feeling with this drawing,very nice.
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