2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke (Hutchinson, 1968. First edition)
This black calfskin binding shows a part of Saturn made out of bronze and red-gold pigment, with white gold, holographic tooling rings encircling the planet. Kate Holland drew inspiration from Clarke's book itself, which is about a spaceship travelling to Saturn carrying Dr Bowman and the artificially intelligent computer HAL9000. The opening chapter is translated into binary code and printed on black Bible paper. This beautiful piece is part of The British Library collection.
Calf leather, Red gold, White gold, Acrylic, Book cover, Warminster, United Kingdom
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Book cover
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2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke (Hutchinson, 1968. First edition)
This black calfskin binding shows a part of Saturn made out of bronze and red-gold pigment, with white gold, holographic tooling rings encircling the planet. Kate Holland drew inspiration from Clarke's book itself, which is about a spaceship travelling to Saturn carrying Dr Bowman and the artificially intelligent computer HAL9000. The opening chapter is translated into binary code and printed on black Bible paper. This beautiful piece is part of The British Library collection.
Calf leather, Red gold, White gold, Acrylic, Book cover
Crafted by
Kate specialises in artistic binding
