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Erin Fletcher : Fine Binding & Edition Binding
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Winter's Tale - by William Shakespeare
Photographs by Neale M. Albert
Piccolo Press, 2021

Private Collection, US

Accordion is sewn into a 3-Piece Double Panel Flexible Hinge binding. Covered in tan buffalo skin with back-pared onlays in various handmade papers and navy blue goatskin. Onlays embellished with electric blue embroidery floss and acrylic paint in pale blue and ivory white. Inner panels covered with handmade mottled grey paper.

Book is housed in a telescoping box covered in mottle grey paper with onlays using various handmade papers and embellished with embroidery floss, colored pencil and Acryla gouache. Title cut from light blue handmade paper and adorns two sides of the lid. Base covered in light blue abaca handmade paper and medium blue denim handmade paper. Lid and inner tray lined in amethyst suede with a silver double satin pull tab.

7.8cm x 7cm x 3.1cm – Completed in 2025



Artist Statement
Winter’s Tale was first published in 1623. To represent this, the front cover of the binding is adorned with Shakespeare as he appears in the iconic portrait found in the First Folio. The portrait is assembled with hand-cut pieces of handmade paper and goatskin leather. Elements are embellished with embroidery and paint. The design of the box is styled to match the bouquet of flowers found within the accordion along with species native to Sicily, the setting for Winter’s Tale. The book can open flat enabling the reader to easily open the entire accordion or page through as a codex.

Read about the project on Neale Albert's website.