Rise And Fall (B42)
Catalogue Record
Collection
Maker
John Pearson
Title
Rise And Fall
Made in
Harrogate
Date
1987
Description
Book with a transparent yellow perspex cover, black leather spine guards and joints. There are four black leather edge straps laced through slots in the perspex, and a foredge strap with press stud. Kept in a showerproof nylon bag. Text in black and purple.
Materials and techniques
Transparent yellow perspex boards cut, shaped and polished by hand. Spine guards of black oasis goatskin. Visible sewing over straps of same goatskin laced through slots in perspex. Letterpress, with illustrations incorporated in colour within text area.
Dimensions
height: 0.6cm
length: 16.7cm
width: 5.4cm
Object number
B42
Category
Maker's statement
One of a group of three bindings where I first experimented with perspex as a material suitable for book covers. Emphasis on structure as design.