Hand-painted fore-edge across a Harry Potter box set: Snape brewing a potion beneath a quote from his first lesson

Hand-painted fore-edges

Your favourite book, painted on its edges

A one-of-a-kind painting on the book you love, visible on your shelf even when it’s closed.

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£220 per book · Limited places each month

Christmas commissions: only 2 places left. To have it in time, order by 10 December in the UK and by 30 November abroad (23 November for Australia and southern Europe).

Prices

Choose your edge

Three ways to bring your book to life. Prices include the painting; your book is extra if you’d like me to source it.

Signature

Hand-painted

An original scene painted entirely by hand, designed around your idea or mine. I agree the design with you before I paint.

£220 per book · from £400 per box set

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Sprayed + hand-painted details

A sprayed stencil design, finished by hand with one or two painted touches, like smoke, flames, light or stars. Fixed price.

£85 per book · £190 per box set

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Sprayed edges

Edges sprayed in your colours, finished with a crisp stencilled design. Fixed price.

£38 per book · £95 per box set

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For commission box sets, I confirm the final price before you pay. Sprayed edges, with or without hand-painted details, have one price per box set, however many books are in it.

Packaging

Sealed by hand, sent with care

I wrap every book by hand and close it with my wax seal, ready to give as a gift.

Jason painting the fore-edges of the Shadow and Bone trilogy, held in a wooden book press

Meet the painter

An art worth saving

I’m Jason, and I paint every edge by hand. Fore-edge painting has a history going back to Renaissance Italy, and today it’s one of the UK’s most endangered crafts. Discover its story, and why I paint.

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Hand-painted fore-edge across A Court of Thorns and Roses box set: a winged figure before a starry gothic window and snowy mountains

Your book, your scene

Tell me the book and the moment you love. No idea yet? Just send me the title: I’ll design the scene, show you a sketch and we’ll finalise it together.

Commission your book

£220 per book · Limited places each month