Sunday 30 December 2012

Bookplates 51 - 60

Bookplate 51
Wood Engraving 75 x 50 mm

This was commissioned for a child
and contains elements of discovery.


Bookplate 52
Wood Engraving 75 x 50 mm

Oxford hens.


Bookplate 53
Wood Engraving 100 x 75 mm

The Earth from the book, books & their authors.


Bookplate 54
 Wood Engraving 50 x 50 mm

The Comma - one of my favourite butterflies.
Here is a detail:


Here is a detail of the engraved block:




Bookplate 55
Wood Engraving 75 x 50 mm

A hare by moonlight with a Gothic ruin.


Bookplate 57
 Wood Engraving 75 x 50 mm

A child reads by lamplight beneath a tulip tree; 
a memory of childhood. A favourite of mine.
Here is a detail:


Here are some of my preparatory drawings:



Bookplate 58
Wood Engraving 67 x 50 mm

A philatelist in his study. The bookplate has the proportions
 and some of the details of a "Penny Black".


Bookplate 60
Wood Engraving 50 x 50 mm

Organ pipes; a slightly more abstract plate for an organist.




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