Fore-edge painting in the book "Autumn" from 1837 by Robert Mudie (Image found on Hypeness)
Books and I have an intense love affair since I was 13 years old. They almost never let me down, and I love learning new things with them and about them. And that's where fore-edge painting comes up!
This technique consists in drawing or painting images in the book pages in a way that they cannot be seen unless you press and bend the pages a little bit on the opposite side of the bump. It made a lot of success in the past and researchers believe it has begun in the 1650 decade. Old books really rock, man!
This technique consists in drawing or painting images in the book pages in a way that they cannot be seen unless you press and bend the pages a little bit on the opposite side of the bump. It made a lot of success in the past and researchers believe it has begun in the 1650 decade. Old books really rock, man!
~Ally
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