Spreads · Layered
Ticket Stub Layer Cake
Eleven ticket stubs from one summer stacked in a single column, each one 4 mm shorter than the one beneath it so the whole pile still closes flat in a 200 gsm notebook.
Tape label
Adhesives
Every published spread, supply note and prompt filed under Adhesives.
5 published, newest first.
Spreads · Layered
Supply notes · Layered
Glue Stick Showdown: Three Adhesives
A washable school stick, an acid-free archival stick and a repositionable stick, tested on five paper types over 72 hours for curl, bleed-through and whether the bond survives a humidity swing.
Supply notes · Layered
Tape Runner Adhesion Test
Four tape runners on six surfaces, pulled at 90 degrees with a luggage scale. The strongest runner is not the one that holds best — it is the one that fails at the highest load without tearing the paper.
Spreads · Layered
Masking Tape Grid Spread
A hand-laid grid of masking tape divides the page into nine unequal cells, each holding one scrap — and the tape stays visible as the structure instead of being hidden under the paper.
Spreads · Layered
Vellum Overlay Spread
A sheet of 112 gsm vellum laid over a dense collage hides about 60% of it and reveals the rest as a soft shape — the cheapest way to make a busy page look considered.
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