Foredge painting

Sometimes, a book is more than a book. The new video above from Francis Marion University reveals an example of a hidden medieval art form called...

⏩ Swipe to see all the painted edges 🖌️ 🍃 The Hobbit Fore-edge book painting

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Hanna // fore-edge painter’s Instagram video: “I am excited to reveal you the whole Lotr box set 😊 #lordoftherings #foreedgepaintings #specialedition #bookstagram #watercolorpainting”

Watercolour fore-edge painting of Rivendell on new Waterstones edition of the Lord of the Rings books! I spent years mostly painting digitally, and I don't even remember when was the last time I painted something that's NOT a portrait, so I went through a lot of weird stages emotionally with this one 😂 Christmas gift for @impalei3 🧚‍♂️ 🧙‍♂️ #lotr #foreedgepainting #bookart #lordoftherings #bookseries #books #bookedges #bookedgepainting #weroni #bookstagram

Hanna // fore-edge painter on Instagram: "Fore-edge painting on ‚Le Morte D‘Arthur‘ as a Commission. This old edition was impressive already without the painted edges. So it was a challenge to do the book justice. I think it was the longest process I ever had since I paint the edges of books and it’s so close to my heart now that it will be a bit harder than usual to give it away. But I am sure it will be in good hands! #foreedgepainting #lemortedarthur #kingarthur #ladyofthelake #excalibur…

Hanna // fore-edge painter on Instagram: "Here is a little Sneak Preview into my book „Painted Edges“ (only available in german language for now) that will be published on 13.03.2023 in cooperation with the @frechverlag. It’s one of 8 different fore-edge painting projects that I explain step by step in the book. This one is a Cover Match on the book „Vergiss mein nicht“ by @kerstingier - it is particularly dear to me because Kerstin Gier is my favorite author. The book cover of her latest…

✨ Foxglove fore-edge painting ✨ I love the design of the hardcovers for this series, now I just need to hunt for the Belladonna hardcover 😭. It's killing me when I can't match the editions of all the books 📚. #belladonna #adalyngrace #foxglove #foreedgepainting #bookedges #bookedgepainting #bookart #bookseries #books #bookstagram #weroni #watercolor

A few days ago Colleen Theisen who helps with outreach and instruction at the Special Collections & University Archives at the University of Iowa shared an amazing gif she made that demonstrates something called fore-edge painting on the edge of a 1837 book called Autumn by Robert Mudie. Fore-edge painting, which is believed to date back as early as the 1650s, is a way of hiding a painting on the edge of a book so that it can only be seen when the pages are fanned out. More