©linda germain 2012 small drum leaf book of gelatin prints |
©linda germain 2012 inside drum leaf book of gelatin prints |
I am going to be teaching a gelatin printing and bookmaking workshop for Maine Craft Association at Haystack Mountain School in May. We will be doing a lot in a short period of time so I am playing with different book forms that highlight the qualities of gelatin prints. I printed up some lightly textured pages and put together this book. The female figure is a screen print. I like this form because the single page print works out to be a page spread in the book. Which means I do not have to plan a lot while laying out the pages. I referenced a great book for this drum leaf form. Book + Art by Dorothy Simpson Krause. I am usually so impatient that I do not wait for the cover and pages to dry completely, so they end up warping. So after I took these pictures I put the book back under pressure. I am going to wait….. really I am.
Good girl! Waiting is so hard but sounds like it will be worth it to do so.