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Various things . . .
I suddenly realized that I had better get myself over to the Smart Museum if I wanted to see the Shijô Surimono exhibit before it closes next weekend! So I did, and it was beautiful. I do wish they'd translated the poetry, though, instead of just giving a précis. There's no catalog, either, but I did discover a brief, illustrated article on the show in the University of Chicago magazine.
When I came home, I sat down and figured out what I'm going to do for the Chicago Hand Bookbinders' show. I have unbound proof sheets of the Modern Library edition of A. Edward Newton's Amenities of Book-Collecting, nicely fitting the theme of "Books on Books". I'm going to do a traditional case-binding, using for the cover paper some paper I have with images of old leather-bound books on a bookshelf. I have a complementary marbled paper for endsheets. The spine will be a plain, medium-brown bookcloth that goes well with both papers. (I have to admit that I was tempted to buy a bunch of old books of varying sizes, and then glue them one on top of the other -- books on books.)
When I came home, I sat down and figured out what I'm going to do for the Chicago Hand Bookbinders' show. I have unbound proof sheets of the Modern Library edition of A. Edward Newton's Amenities of Book-Collecting, nicely fitting the theme of "Books on Books". I'm going to do a traditional case-binding, using for the cover paper some paper I have with images of old leather-bound books on a bookshelf. I have a complementary marbled paper for endsheets. The spine will be a plain, medium-brown bookcloth that goes well with both papers. (I have to admit that I was tempted to buy a bunch of old books of varying sizes, and then glue them one on top of the other -- books on books.)