Sunday 30 December 2012

Bookplates 61 - 70

Bookplate 61
 Wood Engraving 50 x 50 mm

A wolf - for a child. Here is a detail:


Here is the partly engraved block:




Bookplate 62

Wood Engraving 75 x 50 mm

A shelf of books with a landscape beyond,
framed in part of an Albion handpress.


Bookplate 63
 Wood Engraving 75 x 50 mm

A nuthatch feeds on berries in a woodland landscape.
Here is a detail of the engraved block:



Bookplate 64
 Wood Engraving 100 x 75 mm

This bookplate was designed as a wedding "favour". 
Each guest received a packet of bookplates. 
I liked this idea and was very happy to engrave 
this "open" bookplate.

Here is a detail of the engraved block:




Bookplate 65
 Wood Engraving 100 x 75 mm

A powerful bear with symbols and a motto.
 Here is a detail from the engraved block:

 



Bookplate 66
Wood Engraving 75 x 50 mm

The owner's favourite wine and cigar - in a library setting.
Here is a detail:


and a detail of the engraved block:



Bookplate 67
 Wood Engraving 50 x 50 mm

A memory of salmon fishing in Canada.
Here is a detail:


Here is a detail from the partly engraved block:



Bookplate 68
 Wood Engraving 60 x 50 mm


Bookplate 69
 Wood Engraving 75 x 50 mm

A book in a landscape. The theatrical 
illustration can be seen below:




Bookplate 70
 Wood Engraving 75 x 50 mm

A mother reads to her children beneath a tree.
The book contains a landscape. 
Here is a detail:







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