An Odd Bestiary by Cheloniidae Press

10.6” w x 13.6” h x 1.2” d

Materials: red goat skin, brass, tattoo ink, paste paper, book cloth.

Book bound in red goat skin, with black and red tattoo designs and a hand cut out brass bat fore-edge clasp. Tightback and  hand sewn red silk end bands. Paste down by Claire Maziarczyk, Japanese paper flyleaf with plastic alligator foredge, and custom red paste-paper flyleaf sheets. Prints folder bound in black book cloth with a French tray to hold the prints, Claire’s paste-paper, red goat skin leather with tattooed designed. Signed by binder, and an homage to Dan Kelm in Morse code on the back cover leather hinge (it says Dan Kelm).

23 of the 26 animals are on the binding, while the other 3 imaginary ones are on the Prints folder.