Most of the work to bind the book will be done by someone other than me. Each of those sheets are about 70 inches long and have four books printed on them. There are 15 sheets plus three test sheets. The sheets will be cut by hand. None of the mechanical cutters is long enough to take the entire sheet.

The finished book will be an accordion inserted into a folded, diecut cover. After the first cut is made the sheets will be scored to insure the folds are made at the proper distances.. All of this will be done by hand–a huge amount of work. After scoring each sheet will be cut again by hand in the long direction. Finally the books will be folded and trimmed. I will not be doing any of this. All of it will be done by the wonderful people at the Women’s Studio Workshop.

Most of my work was done before I came to the Workshop. I created the pictures and I hand wrote the captions. Now I am here to make decisions: the color of the paper, the color of the ink and the picture used on the cover. I created a line drawing from one of the photos but we are not sure it will work. The cover will be letterpress printed and the plate requires a particular kind of image. I don’t have an answer on that yet.

I will also be signing each book. We are hoping for a yield of fifty books. The thought of signing my name fifty times is daunting. Each book will also be numbered and a record kept of the purchaser or recipient.