"This year marks 250 years since the birth of acclaimed writer Jane Austen. To celebrate, The Folio Society is publishing a six-volume limited edition of The Complete Novels by Jane Austen, and they're a thing of beauty. All of Jane Austen's novels are included and they are encased in exquisitely woven silk and cotton covers, from Stephen Walters, the luxury silk-maker who wove the silk for Princess Diana's wedding dress."
"Each includes a woodcut frontispiece, five lincout illustrations and fifteen vignettes by Sarah Young. There's also a monogram by award-winning calligrapher Ruth Rowland. The books are printed on Munken Pure paper, with three gilded edges and each book comes with a ribbon marker. And did we mention that the whole set comes encased in a beautiful box covered in blocked cloth designed by prize-winning graphic designer Emily Benton?"
""I work in many different ways and The Folio Society wanted me to use woodcut and linocut for these illustrations - they wanted a handmade aesthetic," explained Sarah. These relief methods impose their own limitations which can be very helpful for such a big project Sarah Young "I am a printmaker and illustrator, but for many years now the two have often merged.""
The Folio Society produced a six-volume limited edition of Jane Austen's complete novels to mark her 250th birthday, featuring all novels in silk and cotton covers woven by Stephen Walters. Each volume contains a woodcut frontispiece, five lincout illustrations, fifteen vignettes by Sarah Young, and a monogram by calligrapher Ruth Rowland. The books are printed on Munken Pure paper, have three gilded edges, and include ribbon markers. The set is housed in a blocked-cloth box designed by Emily Benton. The text includes introductions by Elena Ferrante, Sebastian Faulks, Lucy Worsley, Fay Weldon, Val McDermid, and Siri Hustvedt. Illustrator Sarah Young used woodcut and linocut relief techniques, combining printmaking and illustration and selecting a specific shape for each book.
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