Collection II – behind the scenes
We recently finished up production of our second handmade collection of Chris’s work. Even though it’s a labor of love, hours and hours go into the planning, designing, and manufacturing of these books. Each one is a unique and individually crafted piece.
The craft of each book is such an important aspect of the project that we wanted to try and capture the process, as you can hopefully see in the short film above. I worked with our awesome assistant/bookmaker Tye Worthington to put the video together and I hope that is shows how the care that we put into each of these pieces.
In case anyone was keeping track, this book is the second of two that we’ve created, hopefully in a long line of collections of Chris’s work. The first book was featured earlier this year on No Plastic Sleeves blog and it can be seen in the shots below. Keep reading to see a few more shots of the finished books.
Very cool. Somehow a handmade book is just right for photos.
Hi Chris. What kind of paper and printing did u use for this? Thanks.
Hey Jan,
We do all of the printing on an Epson 3800 printer and our paper is a fine art, natural matte paper by Red River: http://www.redrivercatalog.com/browse/auroranatural.html
cheers!
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What paper/card stock have you used for the cover in this book?
Apologies on the delay in writing back – It’s a stock by Mohawk Paper, in the Mohawk Loop line. I can’t remember the exact surface though.
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What size of paper is beingbeing used to print these? Also, do you use a publishing software to print the photos without bleeds (e.g. publisher or indesign?)
Hey Jerome, we’re printing on Red River paper, 13×19” and then trimming them down to roughly 6.5×9.5”. We do the layouts in photoshop and print normally on an Epson 3800. Hope this helps.
Hi, I woul likw to know what did he use to “join” the pages? Are that screws? Thks!
We used brass fasteners to secure the drilled pages. Hope this helps!