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A Coptic Stitch Book in detail. . .
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| The very first step in building a handmade book is designing the paper. Then I will carve the design into a linoleum block with linoleum cutting tools. |
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| Next, I ink up the block with a brayer. |
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| The paper is put on top of the inked block, burnished with a baren (you can see part of my baren behind my hand) and pulled off to dry. |
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| While the ink is drying I assemble the book's insides - the book block. Here I am tearing the paper to size against a metal ruler. |
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| Then, the pages are folded in half and assembled into signatures. Usually there are 3 or 4 sheets in each signature. |
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| All the signatures are assembled. |
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| The holes are poked in the sigantures using a cradle and small paper awl. The cradle makes it easier by holding the pages open while I make the holes in the fold. |
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