Name: A Hidden Art Form You’ll Flip For
Uploaded: 2018-07-16T05:02:19.000Z
Duration: 3 min 13 s
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I am one of those rather strange artists,

Modal verbs - A2

who paint pictures that people can't see;

it's only there when you know how to unlock it,

I am what's known as a fore-edge painter,

so I paint pictures on the edges of books,

but I do it in such a way, that they become invisible,

unless you fan the books up in a particular way

and then you un-fan the book, and it vanishes again;

It is pretty much a British, if not English art form.

Vanishing fore-edge paintings date back to about 1660.

It really got going back in the 18th century

and I met a fellow, who was a fore-edge painter,

and he showed me what he was doing and I liked that,

I thought, "that looks fun, I could do that."

And that, as I said was over 40 years ago now.

Most of the work I've done has been on antique books.

Now here, we have here a large Shakespeare;

and both of them will be hidden under the gold.

I'm often asked by people, "And how long does this take?"

of about that sort of size, a day-and-a-half, two days;

if you're working on something like a big Bible,

The price reflects the time that goes into it;

another Harry Potter, let me just open it up.

but if I'm ever asked to describe myself, I say "I'm a dad,"

I'm a grandad and I'm a fore-edge painter,

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