{"id":303,"date":"2012-07-17T00:42:08","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T05:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/?p=303"},"modified":"2025-09-15T16:37:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T20:37:06","slug":"my-hand-the-songlines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/17\/my-hand-the-songlines\/","title":{"rendered":"My Hand…The Songlines"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In the second and final year at North Bennet Street School all students are given the same book in sheets (known as a set book) to complete as a fine binding. \u00a0Given complete freedom over the materials and design, the inspiration should be derived from the set book. \u00a0This year we bound copies of The Songlines<\/em><\/a> by Bruce Chatwin.<\/p>\n

My main inspiration came from an Aboriginal painting depicting imagery referred to as Dreaming. \u00a0At the moment a mother is conscience of conception, the unborn child receives the spirit of a totemic ancestor connected with the location when awareness occurred. \u00a0In a general sense, the Dreaming relates to a period before the memory of living creatures, during the time of the creator ancestors and supernatural beings. \u00a0The paintings themselves are visual representations of the artist’s individual spiritual beliefs.<\/p>\n\n\t\t