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A weekend of bookbinding tool drills: fifty cuts, fifty folds, a hundred piercings
Two days of bookbinding tool practice: fifty board cuts, fifty folds, a hundred piercings, ten sewn pamphlets and an overnight pressing comparison.
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Photographing bookbinding tools: raking light is what makes texture show
Shoot tools in use, light them at a raking angle for texture, and decide the file format and storage before you shoot rather than after a drive fails.
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Independent paper makers setup: drying is the constraint
An independent paper makers setup depends on drying capacity. Compare rack, restraint, and stack drying, their equipment needs, and humidity monitoring.
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What Library and Archives Canada and the CCI expect from a handmade book
Archival standards Canada: what Library and Archives Canada, CGSB paper rules and CCI notes ask of handmade books, from adhesives to documentation.
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Calgary and Saskatoon pressing in dry prairie air, a working checklist
Prairie binders fight 20 to 30 per cent indoor humidity. Condition board, cook paste thick, and dry every glued book under weight in still air.
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Bookbinding Supply Stores in New York City: A Local Buyer's Guide
Bookbinding supply stores in New York City split two ways: a Brooklyn specialist stocked for structure, and Manhattan art shops with partial ranges.
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What Is GST/HST on Bookbinding Supplies in Canada?
GST/HST on bookbinding supplies in Canada: the 5% GST and HST rates by province, how the rate is chosen, the tax a supplier charges when you buy, and how a registered studio claims it back.
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Import bookbinding tools via Canada customs: invoice, CARM, records
Import bookbinding tools through Canada customs with fewer delays: CBSA invoice rules and Form CI1, CARM registration, classification and six-year records.
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Bookbinding Sewing Frame vs Lying Press: A Beginner's Guide
Bookbinding sewing frame vs lying press, compared with US prices, criteria and the case for each. A beginner guide to buying the right one first.
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US arts grants for independent paper makers and book artists: tiers and application sequence
A practical guide to US arts grants for independent paper makers and book artists: tiers, applicant status, budget, work sample and the application sequence.
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Paper marbling learning plan: a weekend schedule
A paper marbling learning plan for one weekend: prepare alum and size Friday, practice Saturday, then rinse, dry and flatten sheets Sunday.
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What actually solves glare when you photograph paper marbling patterns?
How to photograph: glare and fine detail are the two problems. Light angle, bit depth, file format, and why the detail frame is the one people actually respond.
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Paper marbling: four preparations that must line up before anything else
Four preparations have to be right at once: paper, mordant, color and bath. The full marbling sequence, and how to work out which one failed.
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A small bookbinding room still fits four zones: cutting, wet work, pressing and storage
Small-space setup for working with bookbinding projects: four zones in one small room, how to lay out cutting, wet work, pressing and paper storage when the binding.
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Why does drying decide the layout of a small decorative paper studio?
Small-space setup for working with decorative paper: tray, blotting area, drying stack and a dark shelf. Why drying is the real space constraint in decorative paper.
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Folding compared with sewing: a weekend plan for handmade journals
Handmade journal ideas learning plan: four sessions over two days, fold twenty sheets, sew five identical pamphlets, cover them without metal fasteners.
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Book arts turns out to be four crafts sharing a single material
Book arts is four crafts sharing one material. How binding, papermaking, printing and paper decoration fit together, and what to learn first.
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Planning a bookbinding project means picking the structure before the idea
Pick the structure first, then write a project sheet and build a dummy. A planning method for bookbinding that catches errors before you cut anything.
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Why do handmade journals photograph best open, moving and lit from a window?
How to photograph and: shoot the book open and moving, light it from a window, expose using the histogram, and keep resolution and print size straight in your head.