{"id":3070,"date":"2020-09-05T08:47:24","date_gmt":"2020-09-05T15:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/?p=3070"},"modified":"2020-09-05T08:47:27","modified_gmt":"2020-09-05T15:47:27","slug":"clamshell-boxes-a-perfect-fit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/05\/clamshell-boxes-a-perfect-fit\/","title":{"rendered":"All the pretty little clamshell boxes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Finally! Among all the not-quite-right clamshell boxes, a clamshell box that fits my pencil portfolio, How To Be In The World<\/em>! Goldilocks would be proud. (Remember my first clamshell here?<\/a>And that first failed box for this portfolio here?<\/a>) The finished box is pictured here, housing the portfolio and resting on the ones that didn’t quite fit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

During this process, I ran out of bookbinding board (aka binder’s board). Given the state of my bookbinding board, I wasn’t absolutely sure about that. In my quest to finish the box immediately (hah!), I ended up organizing my motley collection of board. Which included a trip to the hardware store a digital caliper tool. So efficient, yes? Not. Now they’re organized by thickness and grain, and I was able to ascertain that yes, I had indeed run out of the particular book board I needed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This organizing led to some research on what thickness of board I should be using. Turns out, the 0.074″\/1.9mm board I was using was just right, while 0.06″\/1.5mm board is good for smaller books, and the 0.12″\/3mm board I have on hand would be good for very large books and boxes. I usually stick with Lineco board because it’s available locally. Davey Board<\/a> (link is to Talas) is popular, but difficult to cut, I understand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the way, there is some great information about bookbinding board<\/a> in Matt Roberts’ and Don Etherington’s dictionary of descriptive terminology on the website of CoOL (Conservation Online).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, now I’ve got the box-building bug. I’ve thought of so many things in my studio that need<\/em> clamshell boxes, but I have some pressing deadlines right now. Look for posts later in the fall showing clamshell boxes for … my collection of artists books, especially, but so much more that begs for a box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Finally! A clamshell box that fits my pencil portfolio, How To Be In The World! It is pictured here, resting on the clamshell boxes that didn’t quite fit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[112],"tags":[213,212],"class_list":["post-3070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bookbinding","tag-boxes","tag-clamshell"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t