Gallery: Shirt Scraps, Beeswax Sweeten Cake's Handmade Lyric Book
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*After the artwork is color-separated, each carved-block mirror image is printed in reverse to produce a correctly oriented illustration. The paper is cut out to fit the size of the wood-mounted linoleum block.*
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*After the artwork is color-separated, each carved-block mirror image is printed in reverse to produce a correctly oriented illustration. The paper is cut out to fit the size of the wood-mounted linoleum block.*
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*Artwork is traced with carbon paper, transferring the image onto the linoleum block.*
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*Once the artwork is transferred, Rigel Stuhmiller uses sharp tools to carve away the negative space that will not receive ink.*
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*Close-up: The negative space is carved out of the block with a carving knife.*
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*The blocks are arranged on the press, along with the hand-placed lead type.* Photo credit: Michael Bartalos
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*The blocks are arranged on the press, along with the hand-placed lead type.* Photo credit: Michael Bartalos
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*A volunteer sorts the cut sheets to form stacks of paper. Each stack will be enclosed in brown endpaper and sewn together, then glued to the book board and covered in thick paper to form the complete book.*
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*A volunteer sorts the cut sheets to form stacks of paper. Each stack will be enclosed in brown endpaper and sewn together, then glued to the book board and covered in thick paper to form the complete book.*
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*One side of a final printed sheet: The pages, printed two-up to increase efficiency, were cut down to the correct size after printing.*
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*Stacks of cut sheets wait to be sorted and bound.*
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*Close-up: Cut sheets wait to be sorted and bound.*
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*Hand-collected beeswax (foreground) is used to wax the twine that sews the pages together. Folded pages (background) have been sewn into the brown endpapers that were printed with a block-print map design.*
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*Hand-spun twine binds the book.*
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*Hand-spun twine binds the book.*
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*The pages and endpapers are sewn together, shown with the hand-spun twine and needle used to sew them.*
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*The pages and endpapers are sewn together, shown with the hand-spun twine and needle used to sew them.*
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*Project coordinator Pam DeLuco uses an awl to punch small guide holes in each stack of the folded papers.*
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*Project coordinator Pam DeLuco uses an awl to punch small guide holes in each stack of the folded papers.*
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*After the pages and endpapers are sewn together, they are placed under weights to flatten them. These pages will be later attached to the hard cover and form the inside of the book.*
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*The finished book with its block-carved illustrations.*
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*Pages from the finished book.*
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*Pages from the finished book.*
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*The finished book showcases elliptical lyrics by Cake bandleader John McCrea.*.
