We signed up for this?

In the Texas July heat and humidity, this serious group of students sanded, or cushioned, their laminated boards for their fine bindings behind the Hands On Bookbinding studio.

Laura Thoms (left), Marylyn Bennett (right) and Andrea Knowlton (center) sand their boards by hand, while others use the electric sanders.

Our boards were laminated with combinations of 2-ply and 4-ply museum board, or two 4-ply boards if the book was larger. A piece of paper was sandwiched between the boards for stability and was pasted on each side as the boards were laminated. Only paste was used for laminating the boards in order to sand them smoothly. Boards glued with PVA peel when sanded.

For more pictures from this summer class, visit a Workshop Diary: Summer 2004 . This was a pilot class in preparation for planning the Fine Binding Intensive, April 17-24, 2005.

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