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Making A Photo Album
Considerations before starting Certain books need a specific construction so that they can do their job. Photo albums are books that need space for all the images you are going to display in that book.  Consequently,...
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Book Restoration at Higham
Bookbinding Playtime I took part in a course at Higham Hall called ‘Bookbinding Playtime’ run with retired restorer of books at the British Library, Doug Mitchell, where I was developing my...
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Restoration Work
Preserving Literary Treasures for Future Generations Books have been an integral part of human history, carrying knowledge, culture and stories passed down through generations.  However, the passage of...
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Coptic Bindings
As one of my favourite ways of constructing a book is with Coptic binding, I thought it would be interesting to investigated its origins and how it went on to inform further developments in book structure....
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Illuminated Work
I haven’t been at this game for long. And like many others I began trying to create illuminated work by using Google, Youtube, Amazon as my guide. Useful, but not the best. For starters, buying...
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