The Clam Shell Book Box

The clamshell book box would have been big enough for the pamphlets after all. But I went ahead with the new book/book box combination anyway since the slipcase for the pamphlets was finished. Dark blue and purple batik cotton fabric was used to cover both. First I used HeatnBond on the fabric to keep the glue from seeping through the material. I have used it before although I am not sure it is necessary if the glue is applied in the right consistency to the boards.
Now that I have finished this matching set, I have moved on to another book. I have the paper folded but still am in the process of deciding which book form to use. I am torn between doing a quarter leatherbound project and doing something Coptic or Ethiopian style. Neither the clamshell book nor this current one is printed. Rather they are both blank books.
Plans in my mind include completing the Magnusson family stories, my boat trip journal, and a book of poems that I have written over the years. The latter is a very small collection so it might be something I could print on my press and thus use for THE BOOK. THE BOOK is the one that will be comprised of paper that I have hand made, text that I have written and printed on my hand press, and a binding that I have completed myself using my own hand decorated paper for the cover material.