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Shyl - Fore-edge painter + Book artist
@shylockedherbooks.bsky.social
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💫 Living on the edge and painting on books.
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Last year, a collector sent me some of his beautiful books to be painted and bound. The first of those is the fantasy novel Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke. This is the Fore-edge of the book featuring a raven skull.

🪄 All design credits to the client.

#booksky 📚💙📖 #books #magic
February 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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The original paperback my commissioned project
The Fore-edge painting coming soon...

#books #booksky 📚💙 📖 #abookidgift #gift #reading #london #magic #society #witchestome #darkacademia #painting #booknook #booklovers #bindery #coverdesign #literature #classic #england
Shyl is a Fore-edge painter and book artist based in Chennai, India. This is a watercolor painting on the book edges of Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke 📚 Tags - #shylockedherbooks #foredgepainting #foreedge #booktok #giftideas #books #harrypotter #lotr #booklover #readinglist #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #madeinindia #buylocal #handmade #unique #handpainted #classic #surprisegift #writingcommunity #valentinesday #giftsforher #giftsforhim #reading #reader #bookish #bookworm #bookrecommendations
February 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Work in progress 🌟 Fore-edge book painting 🖌️
Can you guess the book?

Commissions slots open: www.shylockstudio.com/commission-r...

#books #booksky #reading 📚💙 📖 #gift #collection #raven #skull #watercolor #fineart #art #darkacademia #aesthetic #booknook #abookidgift #writing
Shyl is a Fore-edge painter and book artist based in Chennai, India. This is a watercolor painting on the book edges of Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell 📚 Tags - #shylockedherbooks #foredgepainting #foreedge #booktok #giftideas #booklover #readinglist #smallbusiness #handmade #unique #handpainted #classic #surprisegift #writingcommunity #giftsforher #giftsforhim #reading #reader #bookish #bookworm #bookrecommendations
February 27, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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Have you seen Fore-edge paintings? Books I painted in 2024 PART 4 🖌️

#books #booksky 📚💙 📖 #reading #abookidgift #paintedbooks #giftideas #storybook #bookrec #tbr #readinglist #collectorsedition #handcrafted #artist #art #watercolors #painting #ruskingbond #hobbit #eragon #anneofgreengabeles
February 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Books I painted in 2024 PART 3!

#booksky 💙📚 #hpseries #harrypotter #poeticedda #dune #mabinogion #norce #celtic #folklore #fantasy #paintedbooks #jonathanstrangeandmrnorrell #raven #foreedgepainting #books #reading #collection #handcrafted #unique #colorfulbooks #giftideas #bookrecommendation
February 20, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Hey, what's up with books having sprayed edges these days?

LET ME TELL YOU THE STORY! I was there!

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adancewithbooks.bsky.social Annemieke @adancewithbooks.bsky.social · Feb 18
also look at the sprayed edges
February 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Books I painted in 2024 PART 2!

Featuring:
1. The Picture of Dorian Gray
2. Dune
3. Once and future king
4. Hobbit
#booksky 📚💙 #kingarthur #lotr #painting #art #bookcollection #giftideas #heirloom #sale #commissionswelcome #watercolor #books #reading #handcrafted #omeofakind
February 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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I began watching Dune: Prophecy yesterday. I love how they have adapted most of the aesthetics and style of Denis Villeneuve. I loved the movies. Each frame had looked like a painting. Have you guys seen Vanishing Fore-edge paintings? Here's a Vanishing painting I made inside a dune book.
#booksky
I transformed a paperback into a hardcover book and gilded the edge to hide the painting. The picture magically appears only when you fan the pages and disappears when closed. Dune by Frank Herbert - Vanishing Fore-edge painting of the deserts of Arrakis and the Sandworm. 📚 Tags - #shylockedherbooks #foredgepainting #foreedge #booktok #giftideas #books #harrypotter #lotr #booklover #readinglist #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #madeinindia #buylocal #handmade #unique #handpainted #classic #surprisegift #writingcommunity #valentinesday #giftsforher #giftsforhim #reading #reader #bookish #bookworm #bookrecommendations
February 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Anybody else cozying up with a book on Valentine's day? What are you reading? I'm in between books and would love a fun romantic comedy rec.

#booksky 📚💙 #book #reading #romance #fantasy #love #twilight #stephaniemeyer #redmoon #booklover #foreedgepainting #paintedbooks #sprayededges #valentinesday
Shyl is a Fore-edge painter and book artist based in Chennai, India. This is a watercolor painting on the book edges of Twilight by Stephanie Meyer 📚 Tags - #shylockedherbooks #foredgepainting #foreedge #booktok #giftideas #books #harrypotter #lotr #booklover #readinglist #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #madeinindia #buylocal #handmade #unique #handpainted #classic #surprisegift #writingcommunity #valentinesday #giftsforher #giftsforhim #reading #reader #bookish #bookworm #bookrecommendations
February 13, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Books I painted in 2024 🖌️

Follow for part 2,3 and 4 ✴️

#books #booksky 📚💙 #reading #giftideas #sherlockholmes #arabiannights #twilightsaga #daevabadtrilogy #sprayededges #valentines #booklover #paintededges #paintedbooks #foreedgepainting #fantasy #mystery #folktales #vampires #werewolves #magical
February 12, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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The Essence of the Triquetra represents unity, protection, and eternity. The three interlaced arcs represent the interconnectedness of body, mind, and spirit by an unbroken and eternal line. In #Celtic culture, it can also mean strength and #love.

🔖 Papercut #Bookmark for the Mabinogion
#reading
February 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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The Hobbit - Fore-edge painting 🖌️ 🌿

📚Tags:
#hobbit #lotr #lordoftherings #booksky #art #foreedgepainting #shire #hobbithole #fascimileedition #commissionedwork #magic #bilbo #gandalf #wizard #paintedbook #reading #writing #stories #elves #dwarfs #fellowship #ring #sauron
February 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Why do female authors write such good male characters while most male written female characters are more of a physical prop? (not generalizing, just what I'm coming across in my recent books, screenplay in movies, etc. Jane Austen's Darcy always tops this.)

#writing #characterdevelopment #booksky
February 8, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Coming soon 🌿

📚Tags:
#hobbit #lotr #lordoftherings #booksky #art #foreedgepainting #shire #hobbithole #fascimileedition #commissionedwork #magic @lordoftheringsfp.bsky.social @www.jrrjokien.com #bilbo #gandalf #wizard #paintedbook #reading #writing #stories #elves #dwarfs #fellowship #ring #sauron
Shyl is a Fore-edge painter and book artist based in Chennai, India. This is a watercolor painting on the book edges of the Hobbit by JRR Tolkien 📚 Tags - #shylockedherbooks #foredgepainting #foreedge #booktok #giftideas #books #harrypotter #lotr #booklover #readinglist #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #madeinindia #buylocal #handmade #unique #handpainted #classic #surprisegift #writingcommunity #valentinesday #giftsforher #giftsforhim #reading #reader #bookish #bookworm #bookrecommendations
February 7, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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Have you read the Mabinogion?

Mabinogion translated by Sioned Davies - Fore-edge painting 🖌️

@oxfordpublicity.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk #books #booksky #bluesky 💙📚 #art #symbols #folktales #welsh #wales #uk #unitedkingdom #translation #commission #shoponsale
February 4, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Have you read Twilight? 🌙

Here's a red foiled twilight painted book edge 🖌️

@stephaniemeyer.bsky.social #twilight #newmoon #paintedbook #art #booksky 💙📚 #reading #romance #vampires #werewolves #fantasy #thousandyears #foreedgepainting
Shyl is a Fore-edge painter and book artist based in Chennai, India. This is a watercolor painting on the book edges of the Twilight by Stephanie Meyer 📚 Tags - #shylockedherbooks #foredgepainting #foreedge #booktok #giftideas #books #harrypotter #dune #booklover #readinglist #buylocal #handmade #unique #handpainted #classic #writingcommunity #valentinesday #giftsforher #giftsforhim #reading #reader #bookish #bookworm #bookrecommendations #commissionswelcome #publishing #author Shyl is a Fore-edge painter and book artist based in Chennai, India. This is a watercolor painting on the book edges of the Twilight by Stephanie Meyer 📚 Tags - #shylockedherbooks #foredgepainting #foreedge #booktok #giftideas #books #harrypotter #dune #booklover #readinglist #buylocal #handmade #unique #handpainted #classic #writingcommunity #valentinesday #giftsforher #giftsforhim #reading #reader #bookish #bookworm #bookrecommendations #commissionswelcome #publishing #author
February 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Please follow along and share this with your book buddies! ✴️ Thank you for your support!

Lord of the Rings - Split Double Vanishing Fore-edge painting 🖌️

#lotr #booksky #books #reading #weekendvibes #giftideas #hiddenpicture #fantasy #shire #hobbit @teawithtolkien.bsky.social @digitaltolkien.com
February 1, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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I make book paintings! Have you seen a painting magically appear on the edges of a book?
Ask me about it! 🖌️

💌 Commissions open on my website!

#lordoftherings #lotr #books #booksky 💙📚 #reading #fantasy #fiction #hobbit #shire #epic #tolkien #adventure #booklove #art
January 31, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Who's she? She's Anne with an E 🌿

My 2025 Commissions form is up and running! LINK IN BIO
'BOOK' your paintings now 📚

🖌️ Book 61: Anne of Green Gables - Fore-edge painting

#shylockedherbooks 💙📚 #reading #books #giftideas #bookart #art #classic #handcrafted #oneofakind #home #country #canada
January 31, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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What are you reading today?

Share this with your book buddies!
Follow to see more Book paintings 🌟

Mabinogion - Fore-edge painting 🖌️

#booksky 📚💙 #reading #welsh #kingarthur #celtic #language #wales #poetry #UK #london #history #manuscript #mythology @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
January 30, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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Share this with your book buddies! ⏳What else shall I paint?

Dune - Fore-edge painting 🖌️

#books #reading #stories #giftideas #art #handcrafted #oneofakind #bookyours #booklover #arrakis #paulatreides #booksky 💙📚
January 29, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Happy Birthday to Pride & Prejudice! The story was published this day 212 years ago in 1813. ✒️

#booksky 💙📚 #books #giftideas #reading #reader #booklover #classicliterature #janeausten #pink #readinglist #goodreads #fable #historicalromance
January 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Scarecrow by Matthew Reilly - Fore-edge painting 🖌️
Reilly is one of my favourite authors and Scarecrow is just brilliant. Have you read his work?
This was a commission and I loved painting these edges. They came out so neat!
#watercolor #art #booksky 💙📚 #reading #adventure #australia #rocket #red
Shyl is a Fore-edge painter and book artist based in Chennai, India. This is a watercolor painting on the book edges of the Scarecrow by Matthew Reilly 📚 Tags - #shylockedherbooks #foredgepainting #foreedge #watercolors #giftideas #bookbinder #harrypotter #lotr #books #art #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #madeinindia #chennai #artistfromindia #womeninbusiness #worldwideshipping #handmade #unique #handpainted #newyear #classic #surprisegift #secret #valentinesday #giftsforher #giftsforhim #rocket #nuclear #code #maghook #spy #shane schofield Shyl is a Fore-edge painter and book artist based in Chennai, India. This is a watercolor painting on the book edges of the Scarecrow by Matthew Reilly 📚 Tags - #shylockedherbooks #foredgepainting #foreedge #watercolors #giftideas #bookbinder #harrypotter #lotr #books #art #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #madeinindia #chennai #artistfromindia #womeninbusiness #worldwideshipping #handmade #unique #handpainted #newyear #classic #surprisegift #secret #valentinesday #giftsforher #giftsforhim #rocket #nuclear #code #maghook #spy #shane schofield
January 27, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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I painted the edges of all 7 books of the Harry Potter series! Let me know in the comments which one's your favourite. :)

Harry Potter - Fore-edge painting 🖌️

#booksky 💙📚 #art #artist #books #fantasy #reading #collection #booktok #handmade #hpseries #watercolor
Shyl is a Fore-edge painter and book artist based in Chennai, India. This is a watercolor painting on the book edges of the Harry Potter series by jk Rowling 📚 Tags - #shylockedherbooks #foredgepainting #foreedge #watercolors #giftideas #bookbinder #harrypotter #lotr #books #art #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #madeinindia #chennai #artistfromindia #womeninbusiness #worldwideshipping #handmade #unique #handpainted #newyear #classic #surprisegift #secret #valentinesday #giftsforher #giftsforhim Shyl is a Fore-edge painter and book artist based in Chennai, India. This is a watercolor painting on the book edges of the Harry Potter series by jk Rowling 📚 Tags - #shylockedherbooks #foredgepainting #foreedge #watercolors #giftideas #bookbinder #harrypotter #lotr #books #art #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #madeinindia #chennai #artistfromindia #womeninbusiness #worldwideshipping #handmade #unique #handpainted #newyear #classic #surprisegift #secret #valentinesday #giftsforher #giftsforhim Shyl is a Fore-edge painter and book artist based in Chennai, India. This is a watercolor painting on the book edges of the Harry Potter series by jk Rowling 📚 Tags - #shylockedherbooks #foredgepainting #foreedge #watercolors #giftideas #bookbinder #harrypotter #lotr #books #art #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #madeinindia #chennai #artistfromindia #womeninbusiness #worldwideshipping #handmade #unique #handpainted #newyear #classic #surprisegift #secret #valentinesday #giftsforher #giftsforhim Shyl is a Fore-edge painter and book artist based in Chennai, India. This is a watercolor painting on the book edges of the Harry Potter series by jk Rowling 📚 Tags - #shylockedherbooks #foredgepainting #foreedge #watercolors #giftideas #bookbinder #harrypotter #lotr #books #art #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #madeinindia #chennai #artistfromindia #womeninbusiness #worldwideshipping #handmade #unique #handpainted #newyear #classic #surprisegift #secret #valentinesday #giftsforher #giftsforhim
January 26, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Here's the final book painting of the Harry Potter series! 🖌️

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Fore-edge painting

Follow to see more 🌟 All 7 books up on my profile. Let me know which one's your favourite. :)

#booksky 💙📚 #books #hp #art #painting #artist #magic #fantasy
January 26, 2025 at 10:16 AM