Bound by Jane Griffith using Alum Goat

The Constitution and Other Documents of the Founding Fathers
New York: Race Point Publishing, Quarto Publishing Group, 2017
19.8 x 15.5 x 2.5 cm

Open:Set competition entrant and exhibitor.

Full leather binding with laced-on boards. Bound in white alum tawed goatskin, with red and blue sea snake and calf onlays. Pastedowns and flyleaves in red and blue Japanese paper. Natural edges. Hand sewn silk endbands. Untitled. Bound in 2019.

The contents of the book embody the fundamental principles on which the United States was founded and that remain critical today. The design is an abstract representation of the elements of the American flag, which is the symbol of those basic values.

Jane can be contacted at jane@jandjgriffith.com