On the way to a country walk with my Mother yesterday (which turned out to be a trek through torrential rain to a tea shop up a hill that was closed, as well as the first time I've ever been nuzzled by a horse who also nibbled my elbow) we stumbled across the relocated Bookbarn, where I pretty much died & went to heaven.
I'm heading back out there in the next couple of weeks because everything's a pound at the moment. But I found some wonderful, lovely, beautiful poetry books. Considering finding any which way to convert the covers onto fabric... Plus a book of logo's from the 20s & 30s which I was gonna give to Jay for tattoo inspiration, I think I could literally cover my body in these if I had any sort of meaning attached to any of them. The typography at least though is hella inspiring. I also finally found a perfect vintage anatomy book complete with lots of lovely bone/muscle/heart illustrations that I will (hopefully, eventually) be turning into prints on bags etc.
If you've never heard of the Bookbarn, they're basically a huge warehouse full of 2nd hand books that used to exist in Bristol next to where they film Deal or No Deal, but they had a ma-who-sive free book clearout (that I missed) & moved out to the countryside to recentre everything online like Abe. Basically, it's like those mythical warehouse's full of 2nd hand clothing I imagine to be dotted around the outskirts of America - but with books. I'm completely up for hunting out requests if there's something you've been looking for, just e-mail me: neonpeg@gmail.com, all I'll need is the price of the book & postage! Just because I like sitting on the floor reading weird "Jazz" poetry... so, yeah.
How was your Mother's Day?
Yay Bookbarn! When I went there I found an ENORMOUS stack of Captain Corelli's Mandolin - the same edition over and over again.
ReplyDeleteSpoonflower will print you fabric in any pattern you like, not sure what the prices are like though!
I LOVE Bookbarn! If they'd let me live there I definitely would. And I am liking the sound of these anatomical illustrations you speak of..
ReplyDeleteAH! Thank you so SO MUCH for recomending Spoonflower! I've been finding it so difficult to get fabric printed & I can for once actually afford to get some. You have literally just made my week!
ReplyDeletecan you still buy that typography book?
ReplyDeleteOo whereabouts in/around Bristol is Bookbarn? I live pretty close, and fancy a day trawling some bookshelves, mmm...also spoonflower= new favourite thing, thank you Dichohecho!!xx
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