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(Doggett, Sue) The Tempest – a sketchbook. Unique book illustrated and bound by Sue Doggett. [London.] 1995. 32 worked leaves. 12” x 9.25”. Boxed. Fine.

Doggett writes: “The text of the book is The Tempest by William Shakespeare and is produced by hand using a typewriter and calligraphy. The pages are made from handmade paper interspersed with tracing paper that allows text and imagery to be seen in multiples. The text is illustrated throughout with a combination of treated photocopy, drawings, and paintings. The endpapers are made from spatter and wash watercolors. The binding technique is tongue-in-slot and the cover boards are sculpted using board and painted acrylic texture paste. The spine and board leather are dyed with vegetable dyes with additional ink drawing. The shipwreck is made from found brass and metal pins and the rigging is constructed from sewing thread and bookbinder’s mull.”

This superb production, with its color, design, technique and overall beauty, has been shown at the American Craft Museum, New York.

Sue Doggett trained at Oxford Brookes University under Ivor Robinson and David Sellars, and at Brighton University under Faith Shannon and Jenni Grey. She has a MA in Book Arts and lectures in London, where she lives and works. In 1994 she won the World Crafts Council-Europe award for Contemporary Craft, and is today one of Britain’s top designer bookbinders.

Related items: Catalogue 37 - Summer 2009, Fine Designer Bindings, Literature, Sue Doggett, William Shakespeare