What's left

On the left is what's left to do and on the right, all that has been done, as of April 14, 2013.

Pockets of the "blizzard book"

An even closer look at a "blizzard book". No tape, glue, staples or stitches...just folds from discarded pages of the handwritten bible.

Lining the pages

"Tonight I'm going to be drawing lines. I got all of the other work out of the way." PP

Personal scrapbook

A personal scrapbook made out of discarded pages from the handwritten bible. (It's actually called a "blizzard book" and it's completely made out of folded paper without sewing or adhesive, just folding single sheets of paper to create little pockets. Phillip found out about it from The Penland Book of Handmade Books, a book that is very important to this project: it inspired him to teach himself how to do bookbinding so that he could bind the volumes of the handwritten bible himself.)

There are many discarded pages which means there are many of these little books! Phillip uses this one to keep our project related ephemera and correspondence in one special place.

Hat ritual

After church the hat gets returned to its hook on the wall.

Mid-work reminder

From earlier this week, a mid-work reminder that the WNYT film crew would be arriving soon. Read the segment here.

What has been done so far

With this much completed, Phillip is working on Corinthians.

Working on Corinthians

Working on Corinthians for a little bit before the WNYT news crew arrived this morning.

We were on tv!

This morning WNYT Channel 13 visited us in Philmont while Phillip worked on Corinthians. The story may air tonight! aired tonight during the 5:00pm broadcast. You can watch read the whole thing right here.

Ending volume seven (beginning Epistles)

An update via a little conversation via texting.

This is how much is left

The writings of John.

Exhibit at Siena College

Our project is part of a group exhibit called Focus on Four at the Yates Gallery at Siena College. (It's a pretty sweet gallery on the second floor of the library.)

Breakfast before work

Breakfast before beginning work on one of the indexes of the Old Testament.

How Much is Left ("I feel like I'm really getting to the end.")

A short video from a brief visit to Phillip last week on April 22, 2012. After we talked for awhile in the living room he asked me to come into the work room, saying "I want to show you where I am."

Finishing page 1793 of the handwritten bible

Working on the Book of Ecclesiasticus on page 1793 of the handwritten bible.

Prints available! At last!

We both look at this image and smile. It wraps around us and we feel it. It's a picture that seems to have arms that can hold our souls. (We were there and we still feel this way when we look at it!!)

We've seen so many people be truly touched when they see this picture that we knew that someday there would be a good way to make it available for them to have to keep.

And today is the day. Small Batch Editions is releasing a limited number of prints of "Phillip in the Willows". (Totally reasonable price, too!) Click here to see!

This one is available, too! It's a picture of the Five Books of Moses (the handwritten and handbound version) open on Phillip's lap while he sits in one of his writing chairs in the living room.) Click here to see it!

Our important note: Small Batch Editions is run by Melissa Stafford. She finds photos. Beautiful, interesting, meaningful photos. And makes them available for lots of people to see. We are very honored to be a part of this.

“I like epics..."

That's a quote from Phillip in the Wall Street Journal! Yes! THE Wall Street Journal! Read the whole quote and the whole beautiful and amazing and exciting article about our project here.

The article will appear in the print edition tomorrow.

(We are very, very excited.)

Penciling the index

Binding the first volume

Studying the binding of the dictionary

 

Looking at the binding of the dictionary as research on how to bind the volumes of the handwritten volumes of the bible.