Comments on: Fore-edge painted books

Fore-edge painted books

steef — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 08:13:31 -0800

f o r e-e d g e p a i n t i n g. Books that, when fanned, reveal paintings on their edges. Hot, fore-edge action! (QuickTime.)

By: AlexReynolds

AlexReynolds — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 08:15:31 -0800

Very cool. Thanks for the link...

By: buriednexttoyou

buriednexttoyou — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 08:20:56 -0800

Wow, I've never even heard of this. Awesome!

By: R. Mutt

R. Mutt — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 08:24:23 -0800

Oooooooooo .... thank you, steef. Very sexy.

By: peacay

peacay — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 08:30:07 -0800

Extraordinary....thanx steef !

By: kalessin

kalessin — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 08:33:29 -0800

Extremely cool. Never knew it even existed. Thank you very very much.

By: fenriq

fenriq — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 08:34:55 -0800

I've only seen a handful of these in person and its such a cool and little known art. Excellent stuff indeed!

By: fandango_matt

fandango_matt — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 08:35:27 -0800

I saw one of these at a bookbinder's shop once! Great links, all.

By: indiebass

indiebass — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 08:37:34 -0800

Wow! Now i want one. Just looking at the pictures appear make me feel like i'm in the MATRIX! (or something) I'm just shocked at the DETAIL in these paintings...

By: R. Mutt

R. Mutt — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 08:41:57 -0800

Someone should be able to use this as a plot device in a murder mystery.

By: The Bellman

The Bellman — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 08:42:08 -0800

Fingers . . . itching . . . Wallet . . . lightening . . . Must resist urge to collect rare books . . .

By: iconomy

iconomy — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 08:46:23 -0800

How utterly fascinating. This is now one of my favorite posts. Thanks, steef.

By: laurenbove

laurenbove — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 08:58:23 -0800

Unbelievabley Gorgeous. Just goes to show how craftsmen back in the day held their work up to the hightest level of quality. Why isn't there more of that now?

By: 327.ca

327.ca — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 09:00:19 -0800

Not to mention forehead painting... Seriously...great post, steef.

By: Lynsey

Lynsey — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 09:19:37 -0800

Absolutely marvelous. [This is good]. Thanks, steef.

By: IndigoJones

IndigoJones — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 09:21:14 -0800

Great. I can see it now. School kids across the world will start defacing text books and call it art. (Very nice post. Do more, please.)

By: kalessin

kalessin — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 10:34:02 -0800

Great. I can see it now. School kids across the world will start defacing text books and call it art. When did we ever stop?

By: 3.2.3

3.2.3 — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 10:55:12 -0800

now this is what i call a best of the web fpp.

By: andrew cooke

andrew cooke — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 10:56:16 -0800

maeda@media has this, iirc, so it still happens.

By: safetyfork

safetyfork — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 11:20:32 -0800

Very cool. Thanks, steef!

By: graventy

graventy — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 11:32:10 -0800

Holy crap that is cool.

By: carter

carter — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 11:36:33 -0800

Wow, these are great! I'd never heard of this before. I'm just tagging this entire thread.

By: buriednexttoyou

buriednexttoyou — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 12:13:12 -0800

BoingBoing'ed!

By: hue

hue — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 12:27:45 -0800

I think the first one that I saw on a modern book was Stefan Sagmeister's Made You Look which also has lots of other wonderful design goodies inside.

By: CunningLinguist

CunningLinguist — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 13:26:51 -0800

Oh my goodness, I WANT one of these. Or just to see one in person would be good.

By: dirtynumbangelboy

dirtynumbangelboy — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 15:10:09 -0800

That is unbelievable.. [This is good]

By: kreinsch

kreinsch — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 16:06:55 -0800

The next question - is there a site with tips on bracing the pages at a slant while doing the painting?

By: interrobang

interrobang — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 16:29:35 -0800

Wow. I had no idea this existed. Thanks.

By: steef

steef — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 16:47:57 -0800

kreinsch: there is a guy who made what you need. The real trick is mining the gold for the gilt edging.

By: kreinsch

kreinsch — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 19:20:38 -0800

steef: Excellent! Thanks for the link!

By: adamkempa

adamkempa — Thu, 10 Mar 2005 09:23:17 -0800

Those looking for a modern equivalent can check out Chip Kidd's "The Cheese Monkeys," which includes a reversable fore-edge print of lettering by Chris Ware (image).

By: of strange foe

of strange foe — Thu, 10 Mar 2005 14:11:23 -0800

Good call, adamkempa. That's exactly what the post first vaguely reminded me of.

By: Lizc

Lizc — Thu, 10 Mar 2005 15:41:37 -0800

Reading this on BoingBoing yesterday made no sense to me untill I watched the video. Thanks Steef! Metafiler is still > BoingBoing

By: foredgefrost

foredgefrost — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 06:07:43 -0800

It's good to see a photo of my 'Wind in the Willows' fore-edge painting on the web (one of over 3000 painted over the last 30 odd years) I am touring Boston down to Atlanta in April 2005 with illustrated lectures and workshops if you want to say hello. Contact me on: martinfrost@tesco.net