After finishing the report about dogs and their owners, Saki and I decided to create something much bigger. A book! In her diploma work, Saki wanted to introduce a different perception that Japanese and Czech people have of nature. Both of us like Japanese and Czech mythology so it was clear that our story-world will be inhabited by supernatural creatures, ghosts of nature and gods. Of course there will be a child hero joining two Japanese kami on their adventure in Bohemia, as it is a fairy tale for children. We won´t be sharing details of the story yet. However, you will meet Heikal (Czech forest ghost), two fox gods called Inari and Miketsu, enchanted Owl-kid, Waterman, the Primrose fairy and a Masopust ghost. The Lost Spring experienced a long journey since the original idea. In my point of view, it was sometimes going slowly and at times even stumbling but it eventually landed on 50 pages of richly illustrated paperback. It is a hand work so the amount of copies is limited. As you can see from the gallery, we are sewing and binding books by ourselves. The English version of the book is coming this fall!
Jak se váže knížka? /// Binding the book.
Ze skicáku ilustrátorky Saki /// From Saki´s sketchbook:
Prezentace hotové knížky na výstavě absolventských prací UMPRUM /// Presentation of the finished book at the diploma exhibition of UMPRUM in Prague:
vysmáté autorky ("Hurá, ten nejtěžší kus máme za sebou! Nebo ne?") ///
happy authors ("Yay, we are done with the most difficult part! Or are we?!")
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