About the craft and this edition:

Fore-edge painting is a heritage craft that is being kept alive by a few dedicated practitioners, it is a beautiful art-form that I am working hard to continue. I work primarily with second-hand books to give them a new lease of life, as with this Golden Heritage series Austen Collection.

Published by Galley Press in 1988 this Austen Collection was purchased second-hand and features three of Austen’s works : Northanger Abbey, Emma and Persuasion.

To view my fore-edge paintings currently available for purchase please visit: https://www.etsy.com/shop/AnnabelleIllustrated

For videos of my process and the painting of this edition visit: @annabelleillustrated on tiktok