[BKARTS] Goatskin

[Paul T Werner <paul.werner@xxxxxxx>]

Basically, you need to get some humidity into that parched little thing. My advice (you can read the details in my booklet on vellum preparation) is: the more gradual the introduction, the better.

Paul Werner, New York
http://theorangepress.com

WOID: A journal of visual language
THE ORANGE PRESS, publishing "Vellum Preparation: History and Technique"
DRAGONSBLOOD AND ASHES, a project to research and practice the techniques of the medieval scribe

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