Girdle Book

  • UICB Chancery Paper, hardwood boards, alum tawed cords, cotton thread, silk thread, split goatskin leather, PVA, handmade brass fastenings

    • Text block sewn all along over alum tawed cords using a sewing frame.

    • Multi-core chevron silk endbands.

    • Wooden boards were shaped to encourage natural rounding of swell

    • Cords sewn into boards.

    • Brass fastenings created by hand.

    • Leather pared and attached with paste.

    • Monk’s Head knot.