Skin

i started thinking about the cover of book that i want produce and started looking into the skins of book and came across a few things.  A 17th century book believed to be bound in the skin of a priest executed for treason. how very disgusting you might think but it gets better. the book appears appears to bear a "spooky" image of the priest's face  on the cover.
the book was featured in the metro and apparently was  or is to be sold at auction. Sid Wilkinson, from Wilkinson's Auctioneers in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, who will or has sold the book, said he could see the Jesuit priest's face peering out from the cover. very nice indeed. 

on the subject then of skins i decided to look at altering the skin on my book and started thinking about making a duster book so that the outside of the book could be used as a duster to clean surfaces etc. i think that could be really interesting but may clash with the simplistic, clean and clinical look which i have decided on as it clashes with the dirt. i don't want to create a dirty looking book, its not really what would interest me and necessarily beautifies the dust that i am working with. i've started to printout the A5 fixed format book by the way and it looks really nice. i'm just a few alignment problems with it but i'm positive the outcome will look fantastic.