Haiku # 192

in a liquid state

words float on an inch of ink

- still blank is my page

Scriptorium – writing set with Medioevalis

# 192

Haiku # 61

this springtime breeze

smells of eternal youth

illusions and jelly beans

# 61

Legatoria Koinè – the brand new video.

I’m so glad to announce the release of the first video about Legatoria Koinè collection of leather and paper bound books.

Legatoria Koinè
http://www.legatoriakoine.it/

Set in the suggestive town of Montepulciano (Siena) Italy, October 2011 – by Ragoo Studio
http://www.ragoostudio.com/
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“Thank you Fabio, you’ve turned into images all our expectations.”

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• Leather Photo Album “Medioevalis” (therightmood.wordpress.com)

Legatoria Koinè, movie stars in Montepulciano

Italy, Montepulciano, Siena.

Shooting for the next video of Legatoria Koinè. Here you are some photos!

Thanks to Ragoostudio Bologna – video producer.
http://www.ragoostudio.com/

I can’t wait for looking at the video.

Legatoria Koinè – www.legatoriakoine.it

Leather Photo Album “Medioevalis”

“Passion for details”. That’s what we suffer for at Legatoria Koinè.

No one is welcome in the workshop when a bookbinder is about to create a new piece. Here is the crime scene: pieces of colored paper on the chairs, stripes of leather on the floor, white glue dripping from a large brush, scissors and other tools abandoned on the working table, a door slamming for the wind, the coffee pot mumbling, voices from the street, a strange sense of anxiety in the room.

“I should better go”, I said. No answer.

“I’ve got a lot of things to do”. No move.

“Look”, he told me eventually, “That’s my new version of the Medioevalis, do you like it?”

Despite the enthusiasm I decided to play the fool for a while, so I took the brand new piece in my hands and gave it a very long and severe glance. “Well, it looks a bit different from the original shape; it’s larger and thinner and the lace is shorter. You know, the Medioevalis is a serious stuff; you can’t do what you like with it! May I open it up?”

A slight move of his eyebrows invited me to go on. I gently loosened the tie and unfolded it.

“Ah! It’s a photo album.” I realized I was smiling.

“It’s a 30 ivory color paper leaves photo album, Italian style, tissue paper before each page, medium size”, he made me notice and slipped a black&white curious print into it.

The leather cover was smooth and perfumed, I couldn’t stop touching it; the lace slid down by one side, slowly.

Medium size. It means 8,27″x9,84″ to me; it’s a perfect size for an intimate album; it’s ideal for pictures and notes about a minor but not less important event: a birthday party, a funny sightseeing, a special day with friends, a visit to a special person. God only knows how many occasions will people have to use it!

“Yes, I love it”, I simply said in reply to his former question.

He smiled back at me while I was getting out of the workshop with the “photo album Medioevalis” piece # 001 in my bag!

You can find it here.

Venice, walking on water.

Venice looks like a carousel; it inebriates you with colors and false promises. Light and dark, sky and sea are close at hand.

Rusty iron frames hide the horizon and the mirages of the sumptuous past fade away at every step.

Here and there smells of fresh flowers, fish, bread, antique stuff, salty water drying in the sun, warm bricks and sauce.

Venice tells you stories of lovers, fighting and conquest. The Canal Grande gently points to the East. A moment later you get lost in a silent “calle” or a dead-end street.

Venice is confusing; it first invites you to stay, then shouts to leave it alone!

It’s eccentric like an old Lady, but it’s nothing but a courtesan that spies all your moves.

And it laughs at you once you turn your back.

Venice’s waters crawl under doors that lead to nowhere. They look like paintings without a true subject.

Venice shows its face proudly. It’s enchanting, attracting, astonishing, relaxing, discouraging, touching, dramatic and very cool.

That’s’ what I wrote down in my small “Medioevalis” last time I went to Venice. It’s a small leather journal with a long lace, ideal for quick notes and sketches or small drawings.

The “Medioevalis” journal is available in 3 different sizes: small cm 9×13 (3,54”x5,12”), medium cm 12×16 (4,72″x6,30″) and large cm 14×21 (5,51”x8,27”) and many colors: brown, red, aquamarine, orange, salmon pink and black. Inside: 126 ivory colour sheets of blank paper (gr.100).

You can find it here.

“Poems and Memories” – a precious leather journal.

“Ri&Po” is an acronym for “Memories and Poems” (“Ricordi e Poesie” in Italian). This is one of the most suggestive products of Legatoria Koinè’s collection.
It’s a hard cover brown leather journal topped by an old-looking embossed stud.
The leather is genuine, it’s treated with vegetal products and finished with special waxes that  follow an old recipe.  A final brushing makes it very soft and perfumed.

It lies in a dedicated “caramel” colour cardboard box, gently wrapped in a sheet of paper printed with old-looking handwritings.

It’s a precious thick journal; it’s soft and perfumed and represents the perfect gift for a passionate writer or a poet. With no doubt, it represents a perfect place for  intimate thoughts, personal notes, small drawings, memories as well as your great expectations for the future.

Size cm 14×21 (5,51”x8,27”).

Inside: 144 blank sheets (288 pages) of ivory colour paper (100 gr.).

You can find it here.

The photo album, a magical place for memories.

I know, there’s a lot of nice ways to handle, store, share and show pictures today, but leaf through the real paper pages of a photo album is still a unique and intimate experience.

The photo album  is a concrete place where memories are collected, composed, commented, fixed, removed, scratched, destroyed or simply kept in perfect order.

In the pictures: Medium photo album in brown leather. Size: cm 24×30 (9,45″x11,81″). Inside: 60 sheets of ivory color paper (acid free) and tissue paper to protect your photos.

The working procedure reflects the Italian tradition of leather bookbinding.

Link to the official website:
http://www.shop.legatoriakoine.it/en/welcome/our-photo-albums/.