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Look, the alum-tawed skin I used for my sewing supports has leached salts through the covering leather on my Romanesque binding. I think it’s neat.

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My poor precious beautiful book! The boards are offended because they are not quartersawn and not in the right grain direction and it is very upsetting for me. I pasted down the pastedowns and put it under a million weights last night and it improved one board, but not the other.

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Behold my completed historic model, the greatest book you have ever seen.

#bookbinding #medieval binding #gothic binding #historic model #we had to take the clasps off once so they are back to being moderately garish #but I am told they will oxidize soon #it's so good you guys #I can't take it

My dear friend and I spent many hours in the workshop today, but let me tell you, it was entirely worth it. We aren’t finished just yet, but we just need to nail a few more things in. Here is a picture of some things not yet nailed in to keep you from being too overwhelmed by its incredible majesty when I show you the finished book.

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My classmate and I tooled our historical models today, and took pictures of each other looking binderly.

Alum-tawed leather is really hard to tool. It is very like tooling a sponge. I had decent success tooling it dry, but only after I tried to tool it while it was damp and all the impressions just popped back up again.

#bookbinding #medieval binding #gothic binding #historic model #my classmate is doing an Armenian binding #they have some very unusual features #they color the edge after they've sewn the headbands?#so there is just this blank paper-colored gap between the paint and the headband #maybe someone just forgot and then it became a Thing #so as not to embarrass them

Historic model covered. I actually covered it twice, because I found a lot of tiny leather dye particles that are invisible until it is too late, including one right in the middle of the spine, and also because I tried that thing people did when the leather was really difficult to fold over the boards. I cut the turn-in area of the board in a crosshatch pattern and cut bits out of the leather and it looked very uh rustic. I was so embarrassed I cut a new piece and covered it again.

#bookbinding #medieval binding #gothic binding #historic model #didn't really know what to do with the corners so I just snipped the edge off #it's fine they will be covered with bits of metal anyway

Pegged my boards on today, but failed to take pictures before I trimmed and tidied. Next step is covering, which I might be able to accomplish tomorrow.

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I spent a fair bit of the week drilling holes and filing away at them until they joined up. My poor three pound needle files have nearly given up, but I got all the slots done.

#bookbinding #medieval binding #gothic binding #historic model #poor book it is very grimy now #I am considering putting all the slots in my romanesque as well #I wanted to have the three medieval bindings for comparison #but it's due in a week and I don't think I have time #oh well

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