My New Handmade Book

Printing the pages on Murakumo Kozo Select Natural by Awagami. Love the intensity and feel of the prints.

Here is the finished sample.

Going to make a few more.

Cyanotype Workshop

#cyanotype #cyanotypeprint #alternateprinting

Before my witch project of making my own portion, namely sensitizer, I just joined the others @deck_sg for some revision first.

Definitely fun and satisfying.


Instead of using paint brush to apply the sensitiser directly on the cardboard or cloth, we used eyedropper to put a few drops or a line of the solution on the surface and then spread it evenly with a decoupage sponge brush.

The texture of the exposed prints on paper towel are really lovely.

Drying the prints after developing them first in water bath and then dropping the print into a weak (a capful per liter of water) bath of hydrogen peroxide to accelerate the oxidisation which the prints would turn fully blue.


I’ve bound all the prints together in Japanese stab binding with a cloth pocket to hold the smaller loose pieces.

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The Details

On 300gsm Daler Rowney Aquafine Watercolour Paper. Bleached and toned with black tea bath.

On cloth and 220gsm Awagami Hakuho (白鳳) Watercolour Paper respectively.

On 300gsm Daler Rowney Aquafine Watercolour Paper. Bleached and toned with black tea bath.

On 300gsm Daler Rowney Aquafine and 220gsm Awagami Hakuho (白鳳) respectively. Bleached.

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Useful links :
https://www.bostick-sullivan.com/articles/classiccyano.html
https://mpaulphotography.wordpress.com/2011/03/16/cyanotype-basic-process-tutorial/

Limp Vellum Binding Workshop (II)

2-part Limp Vellum binding with Mariko.
First time hand-stitching the headbands.  A bit confused at the start but get the hang of it after a few trial and error.  Having fun nevertheless.

Limp Vellum Binding Workshop (I)

First time doing the headband stitching. A bit confused at the beginning ..... but getting the hang of it after few trial.

Binding Tools

Got this vintage look chrome desktop magnifying glass and some binding threads from The Thistle Bindery last week.