Girdle books I have made
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Front of book (first attempt at tooling) based on extant example
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Back of a book (first attempt blind tooling)
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Spine
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Sewing onto thick leather bands
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Showing paste downs sewing into end quires
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sewing on leather strips completed
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First experiment with gold leaf
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Nag Hammadi Codice (4th century) inside
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Spine with 5 raised leather bands
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Wrapping the raised bands to add definition
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The effect of having wrapped the bands while the paste was drying.
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Books in process - leather covering to be done
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Small collection of Nag Hammadi codices
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Royal books completed on white oak and covered with leather
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Gift for a friend showing all tooling
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Commission based on early 16th century french style
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Endbands sewn onto leather cords plus raised bands using leather
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Gift for friends, both sewn onto raised bands but one on right threaded thru the board from the side
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Back of gifts for friends
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bound waiting for covers, also my practice at turks head knot for the girdle book
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close up of endband which I am happy with now
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New stamps for stamping
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