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Maple Coptic
September 20th, 2012 | Link

Two-needle Coptic binding; 9-5/8″ high by 6-7/8″ wide, with 128 pages in 8 sections. The pages are Mohawk Superfine 100lb text weight in smooth soft white. The cover paper is Japanese Chiyogami paper, which is a mixture of kozo and sulphite. The paper is similar to this one at The Paper Place, but I can’t find the exact one I bought right now.

Blue and Gray Irises
September 19th, 2012 | Link

I’m not sure if these are irises or lilies or something else. I’m going with irises.

Two-needle Coptic binding; 9-5/8″ high by 6-7/8″ wide, with 128 pages in 8 sections. The pages are Mohawk Superfine 100lb text weight in smooth soft white. The cover paper is Japanese Chiyogami paper, which is a mixture of kozo and sulphite. This particular paper is Chiyogami 115 from The Paper Place.

Stars Coptic
September 18th, 2012 | Link

Two-needle Coptic binding; 9-5/8″ high by 6-7/8″ wide, with 128 pages in 8 sections. The pages are Mohawk Superfine 100lb text weight in smooth soft white. The cover paper is Japanese Chiyogami paper, which is a mixture of kozo and sulphite. This particular paper is Chiyogami 407 from The Paper Place.

Green Mums Coptic
September 17th, 2012 | Link

Two-needle Coptic binding; 9-5/8″ high by 6-7/8″ wide, with 128 pages in 8 sections. The pages are Mohawk Superfine 100lb text weight in smooth soft white. The cover paper is Japanese Chiyogami paper, which is a mixture of kozo and sulphite. This particular paper is Chiyogami 771 from The Paper Place.

This is one of those papers I would never have thought to buy, but Jane picked it out for her guest book and now I keep reordering it.

Green Deco Coptic
September 14th, 2012 | Link

Two-needle Coptic binding; 9-5/8″ high by 6-7/8″ wide, with 128 pages in 8 sections. The pages are Mohawk Superfine 100lb text weight in smooth soft white. The cover paper is Japanese Chiyogami paper, which is a mixture of kozo and sulphite. This particular paper is Chiyogami 561 from The Paper Place.

Gold Mountains Coptic
September 13th, 2012 | Link

Two-needle Coptic binding; 9-5/8″ high by 6-7/8″ wide, with 128 pages in 8 sections. The pages are Mohawk Superfine 100lb text weight in smooth soft white. The cover paper is Japanese Chiyogami paper, which is a mixture of kozo and sulphite. This particular paper is Chiyogami 288 from The Paper Place.

For this one, the paste-downs are a dark green Bugra from Hahnemühle, which I haven’t used before but I like very much — they hold up well against the PVA, with minimal curling or soaking through.

 

 

Gold Geometric Coptic
September 12th, 2012 | Link

Two-needle Coptic binding; 9-5/8″ high by 6-7/8″ wide, with 128 pages in 8 sections. The pages are Mohawk Superfine 100lb text weight in smooth soft white. The cover paper is Japanese Chiyogami paper, which is a mixture of kozo and sulphite. This particular paper is Chiyogami 208 from The Paper Place.

Thar Be Dragons Coptic
September 11th, 2012 | Link

Two-needle Coptic binding; 9-5/8″ high by 6-7/8″ wide, with 128 pages in 8 sections. The pages are Mohawk Superfine 100lb text weight in smooth soft white. The cover paper is Japanese Chiyogami paper, which is a mixture of kozo and sulphite. I picked up this paper quite a while ago from Kozo Arts before they closed down — I haven’t seen it anywhere else.

Red Cherry Blossoms Coptic
September 10th, 2012 | Link

Two-needle Coptic binding; 9-5/8″ high by 6-7/8″ wide, with 128 pages in 8 sections. The pages are Mohawk Superfine 100lb text weight in smooth soft white. The cover paper is Japanese Chiyogami paper, which is a mixture of kozo and sulphite. This particular paper is Chiyogami 192 from The Paper Place.

Blue Mums Coptic
September 7th, 2012 | Link

Two-needle Coptic binding; 9-5/8″ high by 6-7/8″ wide, with 128 pages in 8 sections. The pages are Mohawk Superfine 100lb text weight in smooth soft white. The cover paper is Japanese Chiyogami paper, which is a mixture of kozo and sulphite. This particular paper is Chiyogami 130 from The Paper Place.

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