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Date: 01/23/11 Views: 4522

Books I've made/in Progress

Date: 03/26/11
Size: 62 items (115 items total)
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Girdle books I have made

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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