Handmade bookbinding sketchbooks
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These two sketchbooks were entirely handmade, from the print cover to the bookbinding.
I am passionate about artisanal books and papers; thus I have experienced some kinds of bookbinding, such as Coptic Stitch here.
“The term Coptic stitch means multi-section binding. This form of stitching originated in Egypt centuries ago and is one of the oldest forms/techniques used to make books. This technique uses multiple “signatures” or sections of paper to be bound together using a chain-like stitch.”(The Saskatchewan Craft Council)
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![amostras de cores de tecidos tingidos com urucum de acordo com diferentes mordentes utilizados](https://fernandamascarenhas.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/blog-Fernanda-Mascarenhas-tingimento-natural-Urucum-mordente.jpg)
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The left sketchbook cover was made by the delicate process of botanical contact printing, in which plants become living impressions of nature.
In the right sketchbook, I used a shodo on washi paper, which is a Japanese calligraphy of 蓮-ren kanji. Ren means lotus.
![Escala de cores do tingimento natural com macela de acordo com o mordente utilizado](https://fernandamascarenhas.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/blog-tingimento-natural-macela-Fernanda-Mascarenhas-mordente1.jpg)