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Flatbed Scanner Mod
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is a flatbed scanner that was built into a custom fabricated leather-bound tome. This peripheral was designed to accent the Computational Engine project |
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The scanner sits inside a sheetmetal framework with the book built around it. The covers and spine were made from pieces of a huge, oversized clipboard I had. I was having difficulty finding bookbinding leather in small enough quantities and high enough qualities, so I ended up dissecting a large envelope satchel thing my aunt gave me which she had kicking around in her basement. This explains the long stitch seam down the edge of the cover, but that will not be found on any future versions. The scanner then got a decorative cardboard shell (the white side of an old art pad cover). The parchment-colored page cover with the aged edges and the "illumination" design was made in vectors using Fireworks (yeah I'm a Macromedia guy). I had a printout made at Kinkos, then I traced over the design with gold marker to give it an embossed look. A piece of gold bridal ribbon was used to fake the gold page gilding around the outside. The horizontal threads in the ribbon look exactly like gilded book pages pressed flat together. |
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In-progress pics |
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For the custom embossing on the cover, I made myself a set of freehand embossing templates and layed them out by eye. This kind of embossing is a bit sloppy, so next time I need fake gold, I think I'm just going to paint it on. |
I
plan on making a small batch of these and offering
them for sale in the near future, so check back often. |
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