Author Description

"Triple dos à dos is the name I've given to the binding of this book, as it has four book boards in all, accommodating three text blocks. The first part is a conventional codex-style book, an essay which explores Shakespeare's use of the storm in the three plays. It is illustrated with two hand pulled drypoint prints ... For the second part I selected quotations from "Julius Caesar" and "King Lear" and illustrated them with drypoint and monotype prints, supplemented with gold leaf illumination and water colour. This is bound in the form of a drum leaf book, with two illustrations for each play ... For "The Tempest" in the third section, monotype prints provide a stormy backdrop for the quotations and illustrations, printed on thin translucent Japanese gampi paper suspended between the pages to convey the dreamlike illusory quality of the play. This part is bound as a modified carousel book"--From book artist's statement on publisher's website.