Fore-edge Painted Cookbook

One of the coolest cook books I ever discovered at a second hand book sale... the technique is called "Fore-edge Painting"...

...consists of artistic decorations drawn to enhance the book on the closed edge of the pages...

the book is approx. 7" x 9" by 1 1/2" thick. There is no evidence of who the artist was, just an inscription of "Happy Cooking Big Sister! -1993-"

I love it and it's a total treasure

... and the recipes look delicious 

Here We Go Again

 "Here We Go Again"

from my sketchbook, pen, ink, watercolour, 9" x 12"

...started off as a grid, then was inspired by William Morris,  then vines and leaves and berries appeared... somewhere a a stream of coloured pennants drifted into life... and because I love lettering, an alphabet wanted to take part.

Art just has a way of creating itself if you give it a little help.

I very much enjoyed doing this.