This book was created for Dr. Voynich and Her Children for Ohio University. It was meant to be an old manuscript that had gone through hundreds of years of additions. I started with coffee dyeing in a variety of techniques before folding 11x17 paper and creating signatures to be punched and sewn together. I used a modified kettle stitch to bind the stack together, and used artificial sinew for an aged detail. While this set up with many layers of PVA glue, I created the cover from a suede/heatnbond/tissue paper sandwich and chip board. I glued the cover on with PVA glue and added a strap. Finally, I aged the book with a mixture of spray tints and dipping gloved hands into a paint water mixture and adding some handling stains. For both testing purposes and further distressing, this book was hucked down two flights of stairs (a few times).