Into the Home stretch 1

I've got a bunch of new stuff! Several spreads have been "in the works" waiting for this or that extra thing. I read a bit more about the inks I use and they take up to 2 weeks to permanently dry! So, I will be adding slip sheets of wax paper or tracing paper. I've been mulling over how to photograph the finished book so that all the danglies and such show up. The scans are great for page detail, but it doesn't capture the full effect of the page. Any tips on technique - especially from you photographers out there would be greatly appreciated.

Neanderthals: This spread is inspired by a neanderthal burial in Turkey that included a garland of flowers. It was so touching to know that they had a sense of an afterlife. The technique uses acrylic gel with pumice stone suspended in it. The figures were all printed on wrapping tissue. This is far thinner stuff than the tracing tissue I've used before. Tracing tissue is crisp and holds up well to adhesives. The wrapping tissue is quite delicate and sort of dissolves into the background medium. This makes it very hard to glue. The trick to it that I figured out is to only apply glue to half the item, place it, fold back the unguled portion and then apply the glue.

I am very pleased with this spread. It really captures the illusion of firelight on a cave wall.