the finishing and the future
In which we have Book the First
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And so, we finally have a book.
Many thanks are owed to Darryn Schneider of DAS Bookbinding, Jennifer Bates of Sea Lemon , and Margaux Kent of Peg and Awl for their video tutorials.
All errors are, of course, my own.
Such as this one …
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The wrongly placed endpapers pull on the text block when you open it.
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And there is glue everywhere!
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I have ordered a crepe eraser so fingers crossed it can help with all the glue marks on the inside and outside of the cover.
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I dipped into my stash of small cuts of Japanese paper to fix up this damage.
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And gave the library pocket a wee bit of fancy.
If I can get my old typewriter up and running, I’ll put a colophon on a card and tuck it in.
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Reader, I made A Book.
Despite all of its flaws, it does look like a proper book on the shelf.
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And these new friends will help me make more.
With fewer glue issues.
Hopefully.