This will be my first attempt at writing my documentation as I work on my project. I have been asked to make a vigil book for Baron Colum Maxwell. At first I was just going to make a leather slipcover for a blank book, but then I decided to go whole hog and actually try and make him a medieval book. Because of time restraints, this experiment of working and writing was a failure. This also did not make for a very good blog entry because of the secrecy involved in the project. The documentation for the book can be found here
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Silk for stitching the book
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Spinning silk for Stitching
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Spun Silk
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Skein of 2 ply Spun silk
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The Silk
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Preparing each page
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Folded signature
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Signatures laid out
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Carving Colums Device
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Checking for Fit
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Checkin for fit
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Gluing the cover
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Finished Book