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      substrates
      clay stone papyrus wax tablets vellum paper
      3d forms 

      malleable 
      fragile
      heavy

      not transportable 
       

      marble

      buildings
      permanence

      make your 
      mark in stone
       

      scroll
      one sided
      tranportable

      reed fibers

      heavy texture
      influenced 
      scripts,
      verticality

      scratched 
      with stylus

      bound together
      as diptychs,
      triptychs, etc.
       
       
       

      book form
      can be folded
      transportable

      animal skins
         calf
         lamb

      2 sided

      technology
      from china

      various plant fibers

      economical
      reduced texture
      2 sided