<book worm: art transplant

Book artist Damon Herd has certainly put his heart into this interpretation of Mikhail Bulgakov's Heart of a Dog, about the humanisation of a dog following a cross-species gland transplant.

'Four years ago I underwent heart surgery to replace a defective heart valve with a mechanical one made from carbon,' explains the artist.  'This new valve makes a ticking noise as it opens and closes -- as a result I am constantly aware of my heart.'

Herd consiously deployed hybrid styles and processes when stitching together his illustrated edition of the novel.  One chapter uses coloured paper and typography to look like medical notes, while the fur jacket conceals the image of the artist's own operation scar.