Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/04/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Congrats on the book, Peter. What about Pyrex mixing bowls? I have a few clear glass ones of different sizes, and, if I had a matching set, it would be possibly to set them up to show the inter-reaction you might be looking for. The only thing is they aren't the perfect hemispheres you're seeking, but have a small flat base which in truth is essential for what I use them for - mixing. Douglas On 12/04/2018 10:06, Peter Cheyne via LUG wrote: > Dear LUGgers, > > I've written a book that wants a cover. I have an idea, but can't find the > materials to execute it. The book is academic, to be titled *Coleridge's > Contemplative Philosophy*. My cover idea is of an image of one hemisphere, > inverted, on top of another, i.e. a bowl facing upward, atop a bowl facing > downward. Here are some rough sketches I made: > > https://flic.kr/p/24ZJpyo > > My initial thought was to find two matching hemispheres, and arrange them > as in the sketches, photographed against a white backdrop, with a clean, > modernist, minimalist aesthetic. Two hemispheric glass bowls, or iron ones, > or brass, or some other material. But I can find no such things, so far. > (The concept, by the way, is of the higher, enlightened understanding > turned upward, towards what Coleridge called reason, spirit, and ideas, > with the lower hemisphere turned towards the things of the senses.) > > Does anyone have access to such objects? If you could photograph them in a > way suitable for a book cover, I could pay. Not a great deal, but around > $200 is possible. The publisher might possibly be able to match that too, > so between $200 and $400 is possible. You'd also get a hardcover copy of > the book. My previous was published by Oxford University Press, and I'm > hoping this one will be too. > > Also, if anyone here is a graphic designer, and thinks they could nicely > execute a graphic image, rather than a photo, developed from the idea in my > sketches, that would be an interesting option too. > > Best wishes, > > Peter > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >