September 4, 2020

Once you unlock the secret of a hidden fore-edge painting, you’ll find pure magic


Martin Frost is the last working fore-edge painter in the world. Dating back centuries, the delicate art form places intricate scenes on the side of books, cheekily hidden beneath gold gilded pages.

2 comments:

  1. His rates are low for the time he puts into these -- to say nothing of the rarity of the skill.

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  2. A much preferable refinement of art when compared to the flip-book stick figures demonstrating how reverently we've expected the pupils of the YOUCAT to become...

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