Frankenstein; or the Modern Prometheus (Blue Cover)

Mary Shelley, 1818

Text and images designed and altered, color printed, bound with exposed tape bindings from handmade dyed silk noir (raw silk that has a nubbly texture) with screen printed textures.

5 ¾ x 8 3/8 x 1 5/8 inches

272 Pages

Silk noir head and end bands

Hemp binding cord

Binding technique: I wanted this book to be a bit of a monster (pun intended) with the excessive silk exposed book bindings taking a major role in the look and feel of the book. Thick hemp cord was used to elaborate the spine. The mismatched silk noir bookcloth is intentional to represent how Frankenstein’s monster was a bit mismatched himself.

My personal thoughts on the book:

This is a great book to illustrate the differences between the author’s words and how Hollywood used a book to remake it into something that would be interesting on the big screen. Mary Shelley’s monster didn’t just grunt, he learned to speak French all on his own.

The screenplay writers and directors over the years have their own creative interpretations so I it shouldn’t matter if you read the book first before seeing the movie or vice versa – I think it’s important to experience both works of art.