Gulliver’s Travels. Nov. 2022

Lilliput: 73mm W x 93 H x 21 D

Brobdingnag: 344mm W x 471 H x 34 D

Weighs 23 pounds.

Materials: blush red calf skin, leather hinges, brass held on with epoxy, Chiyogami/Yuzen decorative paper for pastedown and flyleaf and red Moriki Kozo handmade Japanese paper for the endpapers. Sewn silk end bands, custom clamshell box

I chose to do two layers of brass to give the design dimension and lines to break up my drawing.

Design idea for the miniature:

When Gulliver is in Lilliput, he gets washed ashore and the Lilliputians tie him up. I chose the idea of his hands laying on the beach still free and unconscious waiting for the story to begin.

Design idea for large:

Gulliver gets pulled into a fight with two rats during his stay at Brobdingnag. He ends up killing one and the other runs away in fear. The 2 layers of brass show the sword on the cover stabbing one rat, and on the back cover, the other rat running away.