Wednesday, June 28. 2006Rustic Red Books Rustic Red Books. © Dennis Yuen 2006. Continuing the rustic and rough motif of my new process, I made a set of 3 books using the same salmon-colored handmade paper from Kelly. They are so tough that I can't really tear them apart, albeit wetting it. There is the dilemma right there: I didn't want to cut the paper with a knife so that the edges are perfect, but yet I couldn't really tear it apart. But somehow I managed to pull off the wetted fiber bit by bit with a bone folder.  Rustic Red Books, Volumes 1 & 2. © Dennis Yuen 2006. All 3 volumes are long-stitched books. The first 2 volumes have slitted spines but the volume 3 is simply pierced. I love that the slitted spines look so uneven resulted from tension on the textured paper. The first 2 volumes have soft covers, created by doubling up the handmade paper. Volume 1 has a thicker cover because it is reinforced by a piece of paper in between. Now these are some asymmetry right within the set!  Rustic Red Books, Volumes 1 & 2. © Dennis Yuen 2006. Another little thing: volume 2 has an oversized cover, I thought, "What the heck! It looks nice that it's not trimmed."  Rustic Red Books, Volume 3. © Dennis Yuen 2006. Who says they need to be functional, anyway? |
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From your photos, they can be opened, can be written in. That makes them really functional, young man.
Only thing is, the sensual pleasures of them (colour and textures) might somewhat delay the actual taking of pen in hand. Ah, well, such problems most of us could use more of already.
By the way, somewhere in your work shown in these sites, you gave to me the solution to a little trouble I'd been having (for years !!!!! ) with corners. THANK YOU for that information, and for making my own work not only easier but even more than usual. -- claive --