Printing on to calico

Hand sewing book sections on a large antique sewing frame using red slipping twine

Loading the vintage roller.

Using a vintage decorators’ roller for printing on to calico

Using vegetables.

Vegetables ready for printing on to calico.

Brayers and vintage decorators’ rollers.

Laying on and smoothing out the hand-printed calico against the leather spine and quarter binding.

Sticking down the hand printed calico bookcloth.

Using a pallet knife to ‘paint’ on calico.

Using a brayer to print on to (prepared for dyeing and printing) calico

Rounding the book block.

Vintage rollers and brayers.

The sections now removed from the frame and starting to work on the book block.

Close up of stitching around a tape on the sewing frame. Waxed blue slipping thread.