Here at Slow Industries, we’re scrambling (but not that quickly or efficiently) to finish a few projects before beginning the new and intense project of having a baby. Since there are currently no photos available of the projects that are being completed, we thought you might enjoy this photo sent to us by our friends Paul and Lisa over at Driving Inertia. As good a name for a baby as a book store? You tell us.
Recently, The Library of Congress purchased a copy of Cetology, thanks to the fine work and enthusiastic promotion of Priscilla Juvelis of Priscilla Juvelis, Inc. We could not be more thrilled or more proud!
The wonderful Julia Stotz took some beautiful pictures of the finished Cetology boxed set. She sure did make them look fancy!
Box making – just as hard as it looks. Have we mentioned before at Slow Industries how difficult it is to measure properly, cut straight lines and – holy mother of Jesus – make things square? That’s why all these photos with the cutting mat are at an angle. It makes it more difficult for you, the reader, to tell just how off things might be. Box making, therefore, is an Olympian challenge for us, since it involves measuring, cutting and squaring all at once! (Not to mention phenomenal amounts of adhesive.)
The three volumes of Cetology require a fairly large, flat box with three separate compartments. Here you see the component pieces of board lined in Strathmore Script. Not only does this make everything look neat and tidy, it helps the books slide smoothly into the box. (more…)
Besides the study of whales, obviously. Well, I’m glad you asked. It’s the ongoing (seemingly endless) editioning of three artists’ books about Moby Dick. Now that you’ve seen a bunch of the raw materials, it seemed like a good time to show some of the final products. (more…)
Slow Industries never sleeps. This weekend, we worked overtime trying to finish another chunk of the binding for our largest ongoing project – a three-volume set of books, in a box, about whales (an edition of 15.) Not just any whales, mind you – Herman Melville’s whales. Did you know that Melville was hilarious, and made dorky book binding jokes in Moby Dick? If you stick around for future posts, we promise you’ll be hearing plenty more about that. Prepare yourselves. (more…)
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