Sea
of Poppies by
Amitav Ghosh
John
Murray, 2008
Bound
by David Sellars
Covered in Nigerian goatskin with inlaid panel of collaged leathers. Tooled in red and black,
Leather joints, double headbands, coloured edges, Handmade Japanese paper doublures.
A diverse group of characters are thrown together on an old slave, sailing ship.
The black tooling uses rigging as a frame for the inlaid area, and also makes
reference to characters lives crossing and interacting.