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delphipsmith) wrote2012-10-02 08:10 pm
delphipsmith) wrote2012-10-02 08:10 pm
“Here are beauties which pierce like swords or burn like cold iron..."
"...Here is a book that will break your heart." C.S. Lewis, on The Lord of the Rings.
Benjamin Harff, a German art student, has made this doubly true. He decided for his capstone project to do a hand-illuminated, hand-bound copy of Tolkien's The Silmarillion. He spent six months on it and had the volume bound in leather by a professional hand book-binder (he assisted).
It is the most beautiful thing I've seen, such a remarkable labor of love and art.
Here are pictures, and an interview + more pictures.
In these days of 140-character tweets and instant this-n-that, my heart is reassured when I see evidence of appreciation for Things That Take Time.
Also of course we wants it precious, we wants it!!!
Benjamin Harff, a German art student, has made this doubly true. He decided for his capstone project to do a hand-illuminated, hand-bound copy of Tolkien's The Silmarillion. He spent six months on it and had the volume bound in leather by a professional hand book-binder (he assisted).
It is the most beautiful thing I've seen, such a remarkable labor of love and art.
Here are pictures, and an interview + more pictures.
In these days of 140-character tweets and instant this-n-that, my heart is reassured when I see evidence of appreciation for Things That Take Time.
Also of course we wants it precious, we wants it!!!