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This book, one of four
created for a book swap, was made entirely with handmade papers. The
recessed fan on the cover shows the variety of colors that can be obtained
from plant materials. From the top - black willow, mulberry,
Japanese knotweed, horse dung, wild garlic, Siberian iris and Boston fern.
Three different stitches are used - kettle, tape over suede and Coptic.
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One of my joys each winter
is creating bookcloth. Finding appropriate printed cotton cloth is
difficult. Most print is far too large. This subtle, mottled
green worked well with the suede strips over which the signatures were
stitched. |
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| Again, a cloth
bound book with decorative stitching. Both this book and the one
above have commercial, 60# linen text signatures. |
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I suspect every bookbinder
eventually dabbles in miniatures, at least once. It doesn't take
long to discover that there is almost as much time involved in these as
there is in a full size book. |
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| This series of
small case bound books featured covers of handmade paper, spines from
bookcloth, with commercial paper signatures. Some covers were
"calico paper," torn bits and scraps from the bin, glued up into sheets
large enough for book covers. |
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This Japanese
punch bound guest book was done for a friend's wedding. The cover
was made from cotton cloth dyed by Laura Poulette. The handmade
paper strip and bead were made from bleached hickory bark paper. |
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Another set of swap books.
These have covers from cattail seed head paper. Each has a
scrimshawed dear antler disk recessed into the cover. |
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