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Sewing books by hand / Emily Larned.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Larned, Emily K., artist.
- Series:
- Thinking what we are doing ; no. 1.
- Thinking what we are doing ; no. 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Artists' books--United States--21st century--Specimens.
- Artists' books.
- Bookbinding.
- Coptic bookbinding.
- Meditation.
- hand binding.
- Coptic bindings.
- Genre:
- artists' books (books)
- Artists' books
- Artists' books.
- Physical Description:
- 16 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
- illustration
- Place of Publication:
- Bridgeport, CT : Alder & Frankia : Impractical Labor, 2023.
- Notes:
- Author's name from colophon.
- "Typset in Ogg Text, a calligraphic typeface, and printed Riso on French paper. As you might expect, this pamphlet is collated, folded, & sewn by hand."--Page 4 of cover.
- "A small book not on how to sew books, but rather about the observations, thoughts, and feelings that arise in the process of this patient and meditative labor. A reflective essay written while binding a large hand-sewn edition of the Alder & Frankia book 'Our daily live have to be a satisfaction in themselves.' An earlier version of this essay was published on the CBAA Book Art Theory Blog" -- from publisher.
- Local Notes:
- Pamphlet stitch binding.
- OCLC:
- 1450788564
- Publisher Number:
- 147.89
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