Packing up the text blocks to go back to Chicago to be cased in.

Plywood + c-clamps = mini book presses

Text blocks ready to be trimmed to size.

Lots of boards, heavy (awesome) books, and extremely heavy steel weights do the job of a book press.

C-clamps and plywood become magical book presses.

The sewing of text blocks begins.

Overthink, underthink...

Typefaces: Musette Script, Champion

Merchandise available: www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/138765973

Detail of spine showing the look of sewing onto tapes.

Thread stitching detail

Folding signatures.

Getting everything lined up to be pressed.

Boards cut and ready to be wrapped with the printed covers.

Overthink, underthink...

Typefaces: Musette Script, Champion

Merchandise available: www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/138767226

High key still life for discussion here:

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C-clamps and plywood become magical book presses.

Overthink, underthink...

Typefaces: Musette Script, Champion

Merchandise available: www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/138767423

Boards cut and ready to be wrapped with the printed covers.

Five straight days of casing in 10 books a day to press overnight, and the books are complete!