[Leica] Book cover design or photo

[imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)]

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
>
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