Drum leaf book form & gelatin prints

©linda germain 2012 small drum leaf book of gelatin prints

©linda germain 2012 inside drum leaf book of gelatin prints

I am going to be teaching a gelatin printing and bookmaking workshop for Maine Craft Association at Haystack Mountain School in May.  We will be doing a lot in a short period of time so I am playing with different book forms that highlight the qualities of gelatin prints. I printed up some lightly textured pages and put together this book.  The female figure is a screen print.  I like this form because the single page print works out to be a  page spread in the book. Which means I do not have to plan a lot while laying out the pages.  I referenced a great book for this drum leaf form.  Book + Art by Dorothy Simpson Krause.  I am usually so impatient that I do not wait for the cover and pages to dry completely, so they end up warping.  So after I took these pictures I put the book  back under pressure.  I am going to wait….. really I am.