Friday, 22 June 2012

100 Faces of London Exhibition

Recently launched in the Crypt Gallery, St Martins-in-the-Fields the 100 Faces of London features portraits of one hundred of these Londoners, reflecting the huge diversity of people who make up this great city of ours. All photographed within a twelve-month period, mostly during 2010, the youngest sitter was 20 and the oldest 100, with every effort made to embrace a broad range of ethnic backgrounds.

Masters Bookbinding were commissioned to produce the book that is now on exhibit in the Crypt Gallery. Launched on the 11th June the exhibition will run through until the 14th July. After the exhibition the book will be presented to the British Library to be kept for posterity.



The launch of 100 Faces of London Exhibition

Larger than A2 and containing 120 pages, with 100 individually printed plates, the book weighs some 29 kg (44 lbs). It has been magnificently bound for longevity, with silk covers and in its own bespoke ‘library case’,


Milan Svanderlik, a London-based Artist-Photographer, photographed 100 ‘ordinary’ Londoners over a 12-month period, reflecting the huge diversity of people who make up this great city of ours. To learn more about this artistic project, the Heritage Book itself, and to see 100 extraordinary portraits, please visit his web gallery at: http://www.100facesoflondon.org/100_Faces_of_London/Welcome.html

It was a pleasure to work with Milan and we were very proud to be involved in such an important book binding project, that will be around long after we have gone. The 100 faces of London project is just one of many bespoke binding and packaging projects we get involved with here at Masters Bookbinding where we produces high quality, hand finished books for individuals and companies in London, Reading, the south east and across the UK and Europe.

Our expertise in high quality bookbinding, allows us to bind virtually anything; from one-off bespoke designs in a small quantity, to large runs going into the thousands. So your designs can be finished in a wide range of materials from printed papers and foiled cloths to fine leather. 

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Monday, 11 June 2012

Bespoke Box Making and Packaging service

The chest box example on the right is a paper over folding box board solution. The client provided the printed laminated sheets and we mounted over board. The quality of the print and image give an excellent feel and look to the finished article. This box was part of promotion that needed to give a robust and secure look, to tie in with the subject matter of the promotion.


A truly unique product called for a unique package solution. With only 120 jars of Regents Park Honey available, we had to make the package solution unique, high quality and different. 

Working closely with the design agency and their brief, we established from their drawings and requirements, the best way of producing this short run packaging requirement.

The final run of 120 copies were made using Colorplan http://gfsmith.com/paper/colorplan over grey folding box board. We printed silver foil to the outside of the box. Both the z card, jar label and strip seal, were printed and produced by us too. You will see from the picture that we also created an holding insert to support the jar.

Masters Bookbinding make your ideas a reality http://www.mastersbookbinding.co.uk/

Our expert and knowledgeable team provide solutions that will enhance your documents and packaging, to make them stand out from the rest. Short run packaging and samples are our speciality.

Come to us with an idea and we'll make it work; you're only limited by your imagination. If it can be made out of paper, board, book-cloth or leather, the chances are that we can make it. And we have a wide range of materials, from coloured papers, acrylic coated papers and cloths to leather, in stock to make your item really special.


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