My second visit to see Mike Sullivan (and son) has revealed to me a great deal about the book-binding trade! Mike tutored me effortlesely through the process of making my bible replicas (invites to my show for the Freecycler's who kindly donated to me the objects I am using in this project), using old breakfast cereal boxes for the cover boards and a the specialist gluing technique known as "The Meringue Effect" for the specific textural daubing necessary to keep the glue from unevenly drying. I had great fun and can't wait to go back next week to put the finishing touches to my invites and the original bibles - namely gold leafing and gluing the insides!!
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