A62. Bayad
Title
A62. Bayad
Creator
Thomas, Peter and Donna
Description
76 x 51 mm (3” x 2”), 32 pages, 50 copies.
Binding: Copies 1-10 are housed in a Hako Chitsu box covered in handmade Philippine suminagashi paper made at the Duntog Paper Mill. Text and illustrations held by a white silk ribbon. Copies 11-50 are stab bound by Peter and Donna Thomas and housed in a case binding made with German ochre paper over boards; last page of text block is slid into a pocket at back of case. Label with title and illustration on spine. Illustrations held by white silk ribbon to inside front cover. Paper: Text printed on white with brown Philippine plant fibers, handmade by Peter Thomas. Illustrations printed on various colors and fibers, handmade in the Philippines by Nida Dumsang. Printing: Text is digital. Illustrations are letterpress. Typography: Palatino. Illustration: Reproductions of nine line drawings by Donna Thomas.
“In 1990, we made a miniature book titled Bayad. This book was photocopied onto Peter's handmade paper. We did not print on the back side of the paper because a photo copy machine cannot produce front and back pages that are in exact registration. To best feature this one-sided page, and to honor the Philippines' Asian heritage, we decided to make a book with a stab-sewn text block. We then letterpress printed the illustrations on business-card-sized pieces of handmade paper that we had purchased from a hand paper mill in the Philippines. These cards were too stiff to use in a stab binding and we developed the idea of a case-bound portfolio as a way to integrate these two different elements into one book. The stab-sewn text was held inside the back cover by sliding the last page under a glued down paper band; the illustrations were attached inside the front cover with ribbon ties. Further exploration of this idea led to the creation of the binding which we call the ‘case-bound pocket portfolio.’ It was used again later for A Papermaking Safari to Africa (A79) and we describe how to make it in More Making Books by Hand (G1).”
Binding: Copies 1-10 are housed in a Hako Chitsu box covered in handmade Philippine suminagashi paper made at the Duntog Paper Mill. Text and illustrations held by a white silk ribbon. Copies 11-50 are stab bound by Peter and Donna Thomas and housed in a case binding made with German ochre paper over boards; last page of text block is slid into a pocket at back of case. Label with title and illustration on spine. Illustrations held by white silk ribbon to inside front cover. Paper: Text printed on white with brown Philippine plant fibers, handmade by Peter Thomas. Illustrations printed on various colors and fibers, handmade in the Philippines by Nida Dumsang. Printing: Text is digital. Illustrations are letterpress. Typography: Palatino. Illustration: Reproductions of nine line drawings by Donna Thomas.
“In 1990, we made a miniature book titled Bayad. This book was photocopied onto Peter's handmade paper. We did not print on the back side of the paper because a photo copy machine cannot produce front and back pages that are in exact registration. To best feature this one-sided page, and to honor the Philippines' Asian heritage, we decided to make a book with a stab-sewn text block. We then letterpress printed the illustrations on business-card-sized pieces of handmade paper that we had purchased from a hand paper mill in the Philippines. These cards were too stiff to use in a stab binding and we developed the idea of a case-bound portfolio as a way to integrate these two different elements into one book. The stab-sewn text was held inside the back cover by sliding the last page under a glued down paper band; the illustrations were attached inside the front cover with ribbon ties. Further exploration of this idea led to the creation of the binding which we call the ‘case-bound pocket portfolio.’ It was used again later for A Papermaking Safari to Africa (A79) and we describe how to make it in More Making Books by Hand (G1).”
Publisher
Santa Cruz, California: Peter & Donna Thomas
Date
1990
Language
English
Files
Collection
Appears in Exhibits
Citation
Thomas, Peter and Donna , “A62. Bayad,” Digital Exhibits - UWM Libraries Special Collections, accessed November 17, 2024, https://web.uwm.edu/lib-omeka-spc2/items/show/528.