More layers, more sanding. The colour is created from hand coloured archival tissue paper, scrunched up and applied with PVA. Simple but who says all decorative techniques have to be complicated?
I am wanting to keep on the lines of a worn feel, once grand - now old.



Detail of the back board.



Detail of the front board.



Detail of the tail of the spine. Now I hope it all begins to make a complete picture. Next is the doublers and the edges of the boards. I feel that gold leaf is the order of the day.... oh yes and more sanding.