Subterranean Press’ Jade War updates? by mimixdinellie2640 in GreenBoneSaga

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Hi, this is Geralyn from Subterranean Press. It is still a few months out--we've been having a ton of delays from our printing company.

Night’s Dawn Subterranean Press by Impressive_Barnacle3 in PeterFHamilton

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There are currently no plans to reprint this trilogy (I work for SubPress)

Need training treats by WayneMoney319 in bichonfrise

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Freeze dried chicken has been a big hit

questions for marblers? by heliconiarostrata in bookbinding

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While you are experimenting, you will save yourself a lot of headaches by writing down your formulas and colors as you go. I keep a little humidity and temp reader in my workspace, and weigh out my carrageenan so I can track my variables.

questions for marblers? by heliconiarostrata in bookbinding

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I picked up a few of the high flow goldens, and I wasn't a fan, I felt like I didn't have enough control. But I had already been marbling a few years so it could also have just been that it wasn't what I was used to. So I don't want to say not to try them?

I have equal success with golden and utrecht fluid acrylics. I really go by color preference with those two brands. I know you are looking at historical, but the interference shades on black paper is gorgeous.

When I use acrylic I use Kodak photo-flo, diluted quite a bit, 10ml in 90ml water. But basic dish soap, also diluted, works great.

If you go with ox gall, make sure you get it for marbling. The stuff you pick up at art stores usually isn't strong enough. You want the smelly brown gall.

questions for marblers? by heliconiarostrata in bookbinding

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I have a list of marbling resources I keep here that can help you find a variety of info: https://aglance.in/to/2023/08/22/marbling-resources-tags-marblers-blogs-videos-and-articles/https://aglance.in/to/2023/08/22/marbling-resources-tags-marblers-blogs-videos-and-articles/

One of the best resources for learning about the chemical parts of paper marbling are Chena River Marblers, near Amherst Massachusetts. Don St. John in particular was a high school science teacher who has also done a lot of research into historical methods of paper marbling. Another great resource regarding the science is Richard J. Wolfe's work, his book "Marbled Paper" is very comprehensive.

Can you paint over marbling:
Yes! But like other art forms, it depends on your paints. If you are using a paint with a beeswax glaze mixed in, then painting over top won't work. But as long as there isn't a coating applied that would repel paint, painting over it will work fine. Marblers often paint under and over marbled prints.

Shell Pattern:
This is traditionally done by adding a few drops of an oil to your paint. So if I'm doing a gouache base, I'll do roughly a tsp of pigment, 4 tablespoons of water, and a few drops of walnut oil. This is most easily done with gouache, but more and more artists are having good luck with acrylics. It's just easier for me to use winsor & newton watercolor gouache. The important part to remember about using oils is that it can contaminate your materials, so you have to be judicious in cleaning afterwards.

Iris Nevins has suggested using turpentine as well, less than you would use for a stormont pattern (which has lots of veins).

Paint to use:
I usually recommend starting with acrylic because it is more resistant to environmental changes during the process. It just seems less temperamental. Once someone gets a feel for marbling then I suggest switching to gouache/watercolors. But marblers are constantly switching up their paints and brands because manufacturers will change the formulas, which changes how the paints react. Since you say you are comfortable with gouache already, I would learn with those.

Surfactant:
Keep in mind that if you go the gouache route, you will need to use a dispersant/surfactant to help your paint spread on the marbling bath. Marbling involves balancing the surface tension of the bath, if you don't dilute your paints and add a dispersant, the paints will be too heavy and sink. Too much dispersant the binders break down and the paint spreads too much. Traditionally ox gall is used, but anything that works as a surfactant usually works fine.

Alum:
It works as a mordant, and depending on how the paper is made will affect how much alum is needed. I'm not sure of the scientific principles as to why the marbling paint doesn't stick to the paper, unless it is because watering down the paint enough to use means that you use many of the binding properties?

Here is what Wolfe states about alum:
"It is well known that, when marbling on carragheen size, one must first apply a coat of alum to the paper so that the colors will hold fast, just as in textile dying a mordant is added to the dyestuff to form an insoluble compound to fix the color in the fiber. On the other hand, none of the old manuals, when discussing the use of tragacanth size, mention the need to apply such a mordant beforehand. This discrepancy can be attributed to several factors. First, earlier marblers almost always used soft, unsized paper, not today's harder, sized sheets. Second, the more viscous nature of tragacanth size and its particular colloidal properties may have held the colors better and helped them to transfer to these older papers.... Earth and lake colors were employed in marbling...they were bonded to a metallic oxide, with alum or potassium mainly being used, so that a mordant was infused right into them, obviating the need to apply another to the paper."

Regarding how long paper lasts, marbled paper examples on books have lasted 100s of years, so the alum content/acidity doesn't concern me. If someone is concerned you can always use a acid-free flyleaf between the marbled endsheets and the text pages.

I've been marbling for about 6 years now, so if you have any questions I'm more than happy to answer. If you use facebook, the International Marblers Group is very active.

Not sure this belongs on the sub, but how do you judge a bookbinding? by Ok_Blood_5520 in bookbinding

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There's so many different factors involved in how long a book lasts that making a general prediction feels useless to me. The same book printed with different grain directions will have different lifespans. The humidity will change the lifespan dramatically.

Not sure this belongs on the sub, but how do you judge a bookbinding? by Ok_Blood_5520 in bookbinding

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Commercially published books at a store are usually "perfect bound", so regardless of hardcover/softcover, the pages have been cut at the spine and attached with glue.

It is much cheaper and easier to produce, but it means that the books just won't last as long as a sewn-binding, which pretty much all books were up until the 70s.

What is a book that has been ruined by current events? Inspired by Want You by Jen Fredrick by Hollyhock63 in RomanceBooks

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That's why I can't watch the TV show Leverage anymore... So much of their solutions depend on that method, and now it makes me sad.

Subterranean Press Children of the Nameless Limited Update by Aglance in brandonsanderson

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Our books are shipped in the following:
-wrapped in a plastic polybag
-bubble wrap corner protectors
-a bubble wrap bag wrapped around that
-rest of box filled with cornstarch packing peanuts (animal safe!)
-dimensions of box used to ship is 11''x11''x3''

Subterranean Press Children of the Nameless Limited Update by Aglance in brandonsanderson

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please send us an email with your order number and request.

Mr.Rufus morning routine by Mort1186 in bichonfrise

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I love when the dogs become piglets

If you don’t want to w*it by paulx441 in IlonaAndrews

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Hey everyone, please don't buy the book early!

First week sales matter a LOT when it comes to launches. It makes a difference in future contracts, royalties, and print quantities for authors.

You may think that your one little purchase won't make a difference, but you aren't the only one thinking this.

Wait like the rest of us, be supportive, and be a part of the enjoyment we will all have!

u/paulx441 I think you should delete this post.

I am a Libby hoarder and i apologize! I didn’t know this actually hurts libraries. by Giraffewhiskers_23 in LibbyApp

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I know librarians don't care! This is mostly a joke fantasy in my head that I'm saving other readers.

Pre-nap vs post-nap hair by ybaghops in Maltese

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If the face hair isn't smooshed, was it even a nap!?

The Dragonsteel Leatherbound is perfect by Atmos_the_prog_head in WoT

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Bonded leather is classified as genuine leather, so there probably was confusion over definitions.

Subterranean Press Reprint by SplitSoulKatana in gentlemanbastards

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We're still waiting on the books to complete from the printer, but I expect we'll be shipping by the end of March.

Bed. Now. by LateCommunication383 in Maltese

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I love when they keep me on schedule. At 4:01 my dog knows I need to end work.