Gallery - Paul Gailiunas

PAUL GAILIUNAS

Paul has been binding for about 12 years, having been taught by Owen and Derek Bradford at the Newcastle University Library bindery. He binds when he can find the time; mainly repairing and rebinding his own books, although he occasionally does work for friends.

As can be seen here, Paul also does more elaborate designed bindings on books bought in sheets from private presses.

p-gailiunas@argonet.co.uk

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The Battle of the Trees
Cad Goddau
Tern Press, 1992
translation: Meirion Pennar
illustrations: Nicholas Parry

The front board has a recessed design based on celtic spiral patterns. Radial gold tooled lines highlight the raised section of this design, and the silhouette of a figure (based on one of the illustrations) appears where a paper mask was fixed to the book during tooling.

Bewitched
(poems by James Tate)
Embers Handpress, Llangynog, 1989

Bound in grey oasis. The front board has a grey suede onlay on top of a slightly larger one in thinly pared yellow goatskin, recessed into the board. This creates the illusion that the suede is floating above the board.

The back board has a similar recess (in mirror image). A triangle was cut from the leather, pared, and a compensating triangle of card with a circular hole was glued into the gap. A labyrinth design was created in the circular hole using string. The pared triangle of leather was replaced and mouded around the string.

The design is based on the frontispiece by Laurie Smith.


	PAUL GAILIUNAS Paul has been binding for about 12 years, having been taught by Owen and Derek Bradford at the Newcastle University Library bindery. He binds when he can find the time; mainly repairing and rebinding his own books, although he occasionally does work for friends. As can be seen here, Paul also does more elaborate designed bindings on books bought in sheets from private presses. p-gailiunas@argonet.co.uk
	click on the thumbnails to see a bigger picture

The Battle of the Trees Cad Goddau Tern Press, 1992 translation: Meirion Pennar illustrations: Nicholas Parry The front board has a recessed design based on celtic spiral patterns. Radial gold tooled lines highlight the raised section of this design, and the silhouette of a figure (based on one of the illustrations) appears where a paper mask was fixed to the book during tooling.

	Bewitched (poems by James Tate) Embers Handpress, Llangynog, 1989 Bound in grey oasis. The front board has a grey suede onlay on top of a slightly larger one in thinly pared yellow goatskin, recessed into the board. This creates the illusion that the suede is floating above the board. The back board has a similar recess (in mirror image). A triangle was cut from the leather, pared, and a compensating triangle of card with a circular hole was glued into the gap. A labyrinth design was created in the circular hole using string. The pared triangle of leather was replaced and mouded around the string. The design is based on the frontispiece by Laurie Smith.