Update 6 of my Umda investigation is up, continuing and finishing the order of recipes to produce a theoretical "family tree" of the different versions floating around.
password: &theR3st

Update 6 of my Umda investigation is up, continuing and finishing the order of recipes to produce a theoretical "family tree" of the different versions floating around.
password: &theR3st
For those following my extrication/edition/translation of Umdat al-Kuttab, the 11th century book arts treatise (and major source for my own, Inks & Paints of the Islamic Golden Age), I made a bookmarkable page for all updates: majnouna.com/umda
Its own password is simply: umda
#medievalsky #bookarts
First spread in Reclaimed, the book. Plus a new page, and a sneak peak. #art #collage #printmaking #bookarts #wip
Two drumleaf sketchbooks with self-closing covers and an experiment (orange cover). The last will appear soon —in an improved version— on the Byopia Press blog with instructions. Instructions for the self closing cover:
byopiapress.wordpress.com/2025/12/14/b...
I was at a loss for an image yesterday so I made a fall leaf pile. Overnight I dreamt of a winter plate and decided I needed to make a four season pile book. #art #bookarts #printmaking #seasons #print