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Month: September 2017

slipcases

Published on September 12, 2017May 15, 2018 by greenhousehandmadebooksLeave a comment

I’ve been practicing making simple slipcases for case bound books.  It’s a fiddly and sometimes frustrating business, where just an eighth of an inch can make all the difference to the fit of the book in the case.  Practice really does make perfect.  Here are a few (not all are perfect!).

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little pamphlets

Published on September 6, 2017March 7, 2018 by greenhousehandmadebooksLeave a comment

Some little pamphlet-stitched booklets covered with hand marbled paper.

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Once complete, this structure allows the pages to open flat which make it good for sketching and painting
Once complete, this structure allows the pages to open flat which make it good for sketching and painting
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