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Ornament as a Workshop's Signature
A binding is attributed to a specific workshop by its set of tools.
Gold Adheres Only Where There Is Protein
Before tooling, the leather is wiped with egg white.
The Tools Are Still Heated, for Demonstration
A cold tool leaves no mark: tooling needs heat.
A Tool Worn on One Side
The binder held it at an angle, and it shows a century later.
Gold on Leather: An Exhibition of Tools, Not Bindings
Forty brass tools, each for a single element of a pattern.
The Technology That Made the Poster Possible
Lithography gave large format and colour before anything else.
The Stone Weighs More Than the Press
A slab the size of a sheet weighs about sixty kilograms.
Demonstrations Use Water, Despite the Risk
There is no dry way to demonstrate lithography.
A Stone with the Drawing Still on It
A slab never prepared for the next job, so the image stayed.
Grease and Water: Lithography as a Chemical Trick
Printing without relief: a flat stone on which ink adheres selectively.

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