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I made a journal, disguised as a book, with a gold leaf embossed title. The title would not fit on the binding so I improvised an abbreviation.
#Book #BookBinding #maker #Humour #HandMade

A tan leather book, A4 size. A title is embossed on the cover with gold leaf: "Not as think as I drunk I am: A memoir." The book is on a wood bar with a small yellow rose plant in the background.

The same book, placed pages down on a desk. The binding reads: "Not think...Am drunk: Whatever."

Finally finished up this commission of a box to house 2 ARCs of a Tim Powers book. It was fun to build a box with a drawer and I'm quite pleased with the result!

#boxmaking #handmade #bookcollector #clamshellbox #bookbinding

I made a book to take reference notes about my new hobby. There are pockets in the front and rear end pages. #book #bookbinding #leather #maker

A black leather book with "Bookbinding " stamped on the cover with copper coloured foil. It lays on a book press on a work bench.

The front end pages showing a pocket. The pages are in a green, cream and black geometrical pattern.

The same book lying pages down to show type on the binding identical to the type on the front cover.

Preparing some notebooks for Summer Solstice Market in this weekend #pdx #bookbinding

The cover of notebook, under construction

Closed notebooks, with cover of watercolor paintings

Two notebooks, one is open and the other is closed

Another bookbinding adhesive tip:
I use wheat starch paste. If you use this, you know it is economical & reversible. It's what conservators use and has been used for centuries but one drawback is, it has a very short shelf life, even when refrigerated. I mixed up a small amount (120 g) and have used the same batch for two weeks. Each day I microwave it 30 seconds to kill any bacteria starting to form & pop it back in the 'fridge. This does not affect adhesion. #Bookbinding #Books #conservation

What's on your workbench today!?
Me? A restoration effort on an 1870 edition of VENICE and four half-bound leather music composition journals crafted with a split-board structure my apprentice @smithingchick is working.

#bookbinding #bookrestoration #bookbinder #BOOKFORGE #apprentice

A coptic stitch notebook I made recently. 160 blank pages, roughly 5" x 8". It will either be a sketchbook or a journal. #bookbinding

A coptic stitched notebook standing upright on a desk. The book is opened slightly, facing away from the camera to support standing upright. The cover is a holographic geometric pattern of triangle spirals on a black background. The book is bound with white thread that is visible on the front cover and across the spine.

Love making assemblages of finished boxes – thinking about David Rabinowitch's Box Through Assemblage.

Personally, I am quite a sucker for the minimal abstract and architectural feel of our boxes. But all the more so when they are covered with the beautiful Yves Klein-blue linen from @ratchford_fj .

Definitely my favourite colour. 👌

This assemblage is made with a series of boxes made for Dutch visual artist Joos van de Plas.

#boxmaking #bookbinding #assemblage #davidrabinowitch #minimalism #minimalart #contemporaryart #portfoliobox #photography #blue #yvesklein #yveskleinblue #handmade #crafts

"A book should be opened with respect, closed with reverence, and kept clean."

- Attributed to various historical bookbinders, reflecting the reverence for books and their content. This represents the fundamental ethical responsibility of a binder towards the text. The book is more than just an object; it is a vessel of knowledge and culture.

#bookbinder #bookbinding #bookbindery #BOOKFORGE #honeybadgerbinder #bookrestorer #books

#babel #rfkuang #bookbinding #handmadebooks #thepoppywar #rebinding #rebind #artsandcrafts #renegadebookbinding #renegadebindery #bibleverses #canto #cantonese #cantoneselanguage

Babel by R.F. Kuang

Front cover of the book is the English title of the book foiled in gold. Around it are Bible verses in Cantonese Chinese (Genesis 11:8-9) foiled in silver.

The back of the book is a mirror of the front. It has the Cantonese title foiled in gold. Around it is the English translation of the same bible verses.

@towns_end_bindery

#babel #rfkuang #bookbinding #handmadebooks #rebinding #rebind #renegadebindery #bibleverses #cantonese #cantoneselanguage

Babel by R.F. Kuang

Front cover of the book is the English title of the book foiled in gold. Around it are Bible verses in Cantonese Chinese (Genesis 11:8-9) foiled in silver.

The back of the book is a mirror of the front. It has the Cantonese title foiled in gold. Around it is the English translation of the same bible verses.

#babel #rfkuang #bookbinding #handmadebooks #thepoppywar #rebinding #rebind #renegadebookbinding #renegadebindery #bibleverses #canto #cantonese #cantoneselanguage

I had the absolute honour of making another custom sketchbook for @lindenshieldarts ✨🌘
I love the mossy green cover with the brown and gold. 🌱
#mastoart #bookbinding #bookbinder #sketchbook #journal #handmade #book #kirja #kirjasidonta #pienyrittäjä #käsintehty

An a5 sized dark green handmade sketchbook with brown leather clasps and a brown leather patch in the middle. The leather patch has a golden sicle moon and an edelweiss flower button on it.

A closer look at the details on the cover. The golden sicle moon shines when light hits it.

The handmade book photographed from above with its pages pressed shut. Most of the pages are thick black paper with a couple blue and green pages in the end.

A close up of the black hand torn pages with another handmade leather sketchbook with a key in the background.

Book to collect drawings from people with free hugs signs, on #pyrkon.

#diy #cosplay #bookbinding #leathercraft #leather #pyrkon2024 #freehugs

Book called "A Practical Guide to Evil". There is no physical copy to buy, so i decided to make one for my self.

Unfortunately the gilding didn't go well, but i still like it 😁

#apracticalguidetoevil #diy #bookcover #bookbinding

1870 Venice glued out, rounded and shouldered, in the job backer!

#bookbinding #bookrestoration #bookbinder #bookrestorer #bookforge #bookbindery

If I didn't learn to bind books, where would I get a journal with adorable wallowing pigs? #BookBinding #books #journal #maker #pigs

A 4,5" X 5.75" book on top of a book press, on a work bench. The book is covered in pink fabric with a drawing of pigs playing and wallowing in mud. The mud is depicted in little droplets. The pigs are round with floppy ears, curly tails and bright pink snouts and appear to be smiling. There is a pink ribbon extending from the binding of the book.

Two preciouses now complete for bringing with me to WorldCon!

#Hobbit #Handmade #Bookbinding #lordoftherings #Journal

Made a book that's easy to re-bind. It has sewn sections, and a bit of PVA glue (not on the threads). The cover slides over the end sections, so I can slide it out. I'm using it as a fancy hipster PDA.
#hipsterPDA #bookbinding #theWorkshop

Cardboard covered small booklet with about 80 pages, shown closed.

Booklet shown open and lying flat, due to sewn sections and careful cover construction.

Today I learned how to bind a small #notebook with a #sewing machine. You only need a thicker paper as a cover and normal copy paper in the same format. I used eight layers of copy paper for these notebooks (don't know how much my sewing machine would manage). Then I sewed a straight line in the middle of the book and folded it afterwards.

Tada! Notebook is ready to gather nice ideas ~(^-^)~

I also designed a new #print for the cover.

#CreativeToots #diy #printmaking #bookbinding #MastoArt

#bookbinding

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