{"id":3042,"date":"2020-08-29T08:54:25","date_gmt":"2020-08-29T15:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/?p=3042"},"modified":"2020-09-04T22:07:11","modified_gmt":"2020-09-05T05:07:11","slug":"clamshell-box-for-abc-pencil-portfolio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/29\/clamshell-box-for-abc-pencil-portfolio\/","title":{"rendered":"Clamshell box #2 – measurement fail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"clamshell<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I just finished making this clamshell box for my abecedarian pencil portfolio, “How To Be In The World”. Except that it’s about 1\/16″ too shallow to fit all the pages! Simply checking the fit after I made the inner tray \u2014 the first of three components to be made \u2014 would have made all clear. But I didn’t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So now I have a beautiful clamshell box that needs a content. And a stack of pages that still need a box. Ah, well, I had planned to make three clamshell boxes this week, to solidify what I learned in the online bookbinding class<\/a> through the University of Utah<\/a>. Looks like the second and third ones will be virtually identical!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Rachel<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

It’s been that kind of day. I wrote a letter to my niece using sumi ink and a 1\/2mm Brause dip pen. It looked quite nice, if I say it myself, except that I discovered a huge, wet splotch of sumi ink on the back of the letter when I began to fold it for mailing. I mailed it anyway. Sometimes you’ve just got to move on. (The scroll-point red marker on the envelope went a little better.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I just finished making this clamshell box for my abecedarian pencil portfolio, “How To Be In The World”. Except that it’s about 1\/16″ too shallow to fit all the pages! Simply checking the fit after I made the inner tray \u2014 the first of three components to be made \u2014 would have made all clear. … <\/p>\n

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