Just finished printing on my 100 year old antique treadle floor press for a customer's wedding letterpress invitations. They loved the letterpress printing I did for them. The customer did a great job in designing their invitations. The young couple has a keen eye for detail so they wanted me to do their wedding gifts too. The bride was captivated by my marbling art .... So after a few weeks, all 140 wedding gifts with sheets of my "Marbled Graphics" ™ in assorted designs were ready for them... I always find great pleasure when young people or the general public have an appreciation in traditional crafts, ie: printing by hand, bookbinding by hand and marbling by hand. Time honoured tradition will never go away. William Morris' tradition continues...

From my paper cabinet, marbled paper by Robert Wu for bookbinders, paper collectors, picture framers and day dreamers.....

Shakespeare's "A Mid Summer Night's Dream"

Designed and Bound by Robert Wu, Toronto, 2012

Full French binding technique with chemise and slipcase. All edges gilt in rough and solid. Full leather doublure inside with Opal inlay and onlays. Handsewn silk headbands in blue, red and yellow.

All marbled papers are hand marbled by me specially for this binding on the box work, chemise and inside flyleaves.

Gilding and titling in gold, palladium and foil. Custom tools of fairies were made specially for this binding.

Design concept: The viewer peaks through the bushes into the nightly sky and sees fairies frolic around the ribbons. The ribbons form the shape of doubled hearts respresenting the human characters in the play. I hope to achieve this idea of constant play / struggles between reality and fantasy world.