Wednesday, March 02, 2011
workbench wednesday: miles of piles
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Well, not really miles--just thirty inches--but it sure looks like it from this angle. I spent a good hour or two cutting down bookboard for the 39 address books I'll be putting together over the next day or two. Step one was to make the big sheets of board (30" x 41") a little more manageable by cutting them into strips. Tomorrow is the last trim, and then glue-glue-glue!
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May Day Studio is a bookbinding and letterpress printing studio in Montpelier, Vermont. I envision the day when all correspondence will be letterpressed, and all journals will be one-of-a-kind. May Day Studio’s letterpress visions are achieved with handset type, original papers from handcarved linoleum blocks, and a small army of antique printing presses. We like to think that it's the unique intersection of new and old, skill and craft that makes May Day Studio stand out in the crowd of cookie-cutter design.
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3 comments:
Hi! Thanks for a great blog. Do you use a brush or a roller for your gluing? Any special tools?
Thanks
Hi Ellen,
I use a really, really nice glue brush. I haven't tried a roller (or brayer), but I imagine the PVA would dry too quickly.
What do you use?
Kelly
Hi Kelly - A friend just told me about Anza brushes. I have just ordered two to try. Sage Reynolds has an interesting youtube video on gluing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuoldYdzzzE&feature=related
and he likes a small roller. I'll be investigating both!
My cheap glue brush is not doing a great job!
Ellen
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