These techniques were learned from a web-based tutorial courtesy of the Creative Arts Workshop. Learn more about CAW and their programs: http://creativeartsworkshop.org/. This was another experiment done while working from home, but repeatable in the studio or lab space. Book cloth: What is it? Book cloth is a cotton-based fabric with a protective backing of…Continue Reading Experimental Art: Making Bookcloth
In a change from our typical themes, we present a mystery: The Case of the Salt and Vinegar Microfilm. A frightening tale of degradation, fitting for Halloween this weekend. The piece is a work of fiction very loosely based on true events from Mullins Library. Oh, that smell… Sounds of a typewriter clicking and the…Continue Reading The Case of the Salt and Vinegar Microfilm
This is the last part! If you’ve followed the adventure since the start of “Fish Leather” till now, you’ll have seen the entire progression from raw fish to finished book! How exciting! Catch up with Part 1 and Part 2 first, and let’s dive right in, shall we? 7. Leather Prep Now that my book…Continue Reading Assembling A Fishy Book: Part 3
This is Part 2 of 3 in my adventures of creating a book using fish leather. In Part 1, we divulged the hidden sewn skeleton of the book, showcased the importance of end sheets, and created a mock gilt edging of the bookblock. In this part, more attention will be on shaping the bookblock and…Continue Reading Assembling A Fishy Book: Part 2
For more information on the origin of this project, please see the “Fish Leather” post. In order to use as much of the fish leather as possible, I decided to do what’s called a modern half leather library binding style. This style uses leather for the spine, and sometimes, the corners of the covers. The…Continue Reading Assembling A Fishy Book: Part 1
The Challenge Answering a petition by Peter Verheyen, of the BookArts group, one of my projects this summer was to showcase the versatility of the material of fish skin, through experimental research. The BookArts Bind-O-Rama project was to craft fish parchment or fish leather and make something out of it. By doing this project, it…Continue Reading Experimental Archaeology: Fish Leather