Wait til you hear about modern hand bound design bindings that are selling for tens of thousands, the pangolins of books.

I used to make guest books for Disney Cruises when I started out, they were substantial, stacked on one another, on tapes. Since then I’ve come to appreciate the large space to work.

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Oh look at how lucky that wish was. See you soon!

Thank you!

gold foil to get the shine on the ridges. The red was painted in last, I firmly believe most things can be improved with a little bit of red!

If memory serves, first I painted the stroke of frisket over fair goat, then dyed it with aniline brown from Hewitt. Then I slapped a piece of stingray over it and put it in the nipping press while still damp from the dye to make those circle debossings. When it was dry I used a tacking iron over/

Any dust that had settled on a gilded gold edge could simply be blown off. Like the patriarchy.

This leaves a delightfully smooth surface that presents all sorts of opportunities for top edge decoration. Traditionally, libraries used lamps that produced soot and the top edges of books were treated, usually gilded, to prevent the carbon sediments from settling in between the pages.

I’ve gotten very lucky in the hunt! Do you have a workspace set up?

It turned out beautifully!