Edited by Dafydd Ifans and Rhiannon Ifans
Gwasg Gomer, 2001
Bound 2011
212 x 170 x 30mm

The Mabinogion is a collection of tales from Welsh medieval poetry and earlier Pre-Christian Welsh mythology.
The design is based on the idea of looking back through time at scenes from the Mabinogion. A combination of these are represented in watercolours painted on both boards that are covered in translucent vellum. The spine and foredges of the volume are covered in dark purple goatskin with cut-away edges painted with dark green acrylic paint.

Four vertical pieces of calf printed with script from the four branches of the Mabinogion are onlaid onto the vellum. The angled edges of these four pieces have been gilded. Also used are four horizontal pieces of gilded and embossed calfskin. The edges of the book are cut and coloured with acrylic paint and the headbands are sewn in yellow, black and purple silk. The volume has green goatskin doublures and endpapers printed with Celtic images. The volume is lettered across the spine in gold and the title page is signed by the book’s editors.

Published by The Tern Press, 1989
374 x 273 x 19mm
Bound 1992

Covered in stained calf vellum, tooled in gold and black. Gilded deckled edges, marbled endpapers.

Gwasg Gregynog, 2003
306 x 184 x 28mm
Bound 2004

Goatskin, dyed and gilded calfskin. Head coloured with acrylic ink and polished. Gold lettering on spine.