#handbound books
Text
Just a little reminder that I bind books if you're looking for a more unique gift for the artist or writer in your life. C:
Feel free to check out my shop to see what I have available, or take a look at my commissions if you're looking for something custom made! (Stuck on ideas? Have a peep at my portfolio.)
#bookbinding#handbound books#handmade books#leatherbound books#leatherworking#sketchbook#notebook#diary#journal#custom gifts#commissions#commissions open#etsy shop#etsy seller#writeblr#artblr#bookblr#booktok#bookstagram
445 notes
·
View notes
Text
Folklore Fish
Three miniature books inspired by folktales involving fish. Full semi-limp bindings in salmon parchment made by the binder (me), sewn on salmon parchment tapes, red-orange Lynweave tipped endsheets.
Dragon Gate (Chinese): Rough edge gilding on three sides, surface gilding
Salmon Boy (Haida-Tlingit-Tsimshian): Marbled top edge, extra tapes woven across the cover, copper tooling
Salmon of Wisdom (Irish): Nine salmon parchment sewing tapes tanned in hazelnut shells and plaited into the covers
#my folklore fish books! soon to be on exhibit!#bookbinding#salmon#books#handbound books#hand binding
545 notes
·
View notes
Text
Hand bound fanfic of Manacled.
31 notes
·
View notes
Text
To celebrate my post on bookbinding blowing up, here’s the evolution of my books over the years:
High school bookbinding class (lots of assistance from the teacher, plus book-board and paper provided by school)
First books made by myself at home (also first attempt at binding text, in this case a novella I wrote as a teenager. Didn’t quite get it right).
Freshman year of college—still using cardboard for book board
Present. Undoubtedly this year has been my best for books. The new version my novella is my pride and joy.
#bookbinding#book making#book art#crafts#craftblr#homemade#fanbinding#art#paper crafts#paper art#handbound#handbound books#sewing#crafting
16 notes
·
View notes
Text
Here’s one of the many journals I’ve made! This little book is 4.5 inches x 6 inches and is sewn in the coptic stitch binding method ✨
I also made the pint on the cover, it’s my sheep character, Sheepy 🐑💕
Currently available in my shop, link in bio!
#bookbinding#books#handbound books#journals#bullet journal#notebooks#stationery#sheep#sketchbook#coptic stitch#booklr#cute stationery#bujo#field notes#art journal
12 notes
·
View notes
Text
A handbound coptic-style journal I made as a birthday gift for a friend. This is actually the third such notebook I've made - the other two have also been gifted away.
The paper in the text block is a tad heavy (160gsm) for my liking but I've had troubles finding the right paper for A5-sized books. I would prefer to buy my paper locally (for several reasons), but I'm starting to get desperate and will have to look into online options.
The cover paper is actually wallpaper from a sample pack I got for free. They're beautiful, high-quality and I've used them as a cover material for all of my binding projects thus far - books and pamphlets alike.
When binding, I tore into the paper several times trying to keep the stitches tight. I also had to reattach the second cover because I'd forgotten to link stitch it in the middle lol. 🤦♂️
#bookbinding#handbinding#handbound books#image described#solmu bindery#i'll come up with a better tag later#and thanks to my roommate for lending their hands for that gif
21 notes
·
View notes
Text
Various bookbinding projects from the year
#books#bookbinding#bookbinder#handmade books#booksbooksbooks#book and literature#historic binding#handbound books#handbound
5 notes
·
View notes
Text
finally a version of Shattered Pieces that I can hold in my hands ♡ covers completely handmade by yours truly!
shoutout to my beta reader @reniculousart for getting them printed!
315 notes
·
View notes
Text
The dance of death by Hans Holbein
Bound by me
#bookbinding#the dance of death#hans holbein#bookbinder#handcrafts#handbound#book#art book#history#art history
79 notes
·
View notes
Text
Songs of Love & Death
♥️☠️🗡️
Edited by George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois
Features stories by Neil Gaiman, Jim Butcher, Jacqueline Carey, Diana Gabaldon, Majorie M. Liu, Carrie Vaughn, and many more.
This is the finished look of my latest rebind!
📚📖
Process videos:
PART 1
PART 2
Original Cover designs:
HERE
#bookbinding#handbound book#arts and crafts#jim butcher#neil gaiman#george rr martin#jacqueline carey#diana gabaldon#outlander#game of thrones#dresden files#kushiel's dart#kushiel's legacy#harry dresden#fanbinding#rebinding books#book rebinding#rebind#rebinding
112 notes
·
View notes
Text
Etsy | Site | Commissions | Ko-Fi
New book available in the shop!
#bookbinding#handmade books#handbound books#leatherbound books#journal#sketchbook#notebook#diary#fantasy#steampunk#for sale#etsy shop#etsy seller#commissions#commissions open#custom books#ko-fi
110 notes
·
View notes
Text
It’s Fine Press Friday!
Today we’re taking a deep dive into Songs for Gaia, a slim edition of poetry by Gary Snyder (b. 1930). This understated, beautifully-crafted letterpress volume was printed in 1979 for Kah Tai Alliance at Copper Canyon in Port Townsend, WA, a fine press dedicated solely to poetry since its founding in 1972, and was handbound by poet and bookbinder Samuel Green. It features woodblock illustrations by poet and printmaker Michael Corr (b. 1940), who learned his craft while living in Kyoto from block printer and illustrator Takeji Asano (1900-1999). Asano was a notable figure in Japan’s Sōsaku-hanga woodblock printing movement. The book is quarter bound in cloth with a cover marbled in a finely executed combed feather pattern, a touch that lends a hint of psychedelia to its otherwise traditional aesthetics. It was released in a limited edition of 300 copies.
Snyder, who is popularly known for his time amongst and spiritualist influence on the Beat poets and the counterculture of their generation (along with Kerouac’s portrayal of him as Japhy Ryder in the 1958 novel The Dharma Bums) spent 13 years in Japan (1956-1968) studying Zen Buddhism, forestry, and ecology. A scholar of Asian languages versed in cultural anthropology, he also studied calligraphy with accomplished calligrapher and seal carver Charles Leong during his time at Reed College. Snyder’s calligraphic signature graces the half-title page of this edition.
This modest yet potent edition of Songs for Gaia is a fitting form for the work of a poet whom writer Bob Steuding once characterized as cultivating an “accessible” style and “a new kind of poetry that is direct, concrete, non-Romantic and ecological.” As Snyder wrote of his own work in A Controversy of Poets, “I try to hold both history and wilderness in mind, that my poems may approach the true measure of things and stand against the unbalance and ignorance of our times.”
View more Fine Press Friday posts
View more woodblock illustration posts
View more marbling posts (shout out to Alice, our resident marbling expert!)
-Ana, Special Collections Graduate Fieldworker
#Fine Press Friday#fine press fridays#marbling#Gary Snyder#poetry#Copper Canyon Press#Songs for Gaia#Samuel Green#Michael Corr#woodblock illustration#woodblock#letterpress#fine press#feather pattern marbling#UWM Special Collections#handbound book#hand binding#Ana
62 notes
·
View notes
Text
#handbound#bookbinding#bookbinder#rebinding#reliure#books#special edition#harry potter#harry potter fandom#harry potter franchise#hp fandom
47 notes
·
View notes
Text
dmatmoobil
The one that gave me incessant amounts of laughter and taught me about ancient celtic holidays...
I felt that the long title lends itself wonderfully to a typography heavy cover - but I decided to jumble it all up a bit to mirror Draco's slightly confused state of heart and mind in this story.
Gorgeous typeset by @mrsyoflam
Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of being in Love by the incredibly witty and creative @isthisselfcare
Bound for personally use only.
48 notes
·
View notes
Video
finally got a good video of this book I made in 2018!
In Medusa’s Defense is a hardcover, cut-and-fold snake book. I go through it pretty quickly in this video but it’s meant to be slowly figured out and pondered. I wanted to re-think Medusa’s story a bit with more consideration for her perspective. Thanks for watching!!!
166 notes
·
View notes
Text
💥A Black Mass Over Highway Ninety💥
Written by @greenvlvetcouch, art on the dust jacket by @green-lights-33 🖤 Bound with author and artist permission for personal use only
Once I read this, I just could not get the pop rocks out of my head - ifykyk 😏 Its absolutely ICONIC and knew I wanted to make the cover look similar to a package of retro pop rocks.
I had so much fun binding this one. So much of Remus and Sirius’s story resonated with me, all their passion and insecurities. I love them so so much!!
#wolfstar#a black mass over highway ninety#sirius black#remus lupin#moony#ao3fic#book binding#fan fiction#handbound#bookbinding
57 notes
·
View notes
Last Seen Blogs
wellmetkinsman
Well Met, Kinsman!
hdbheartlands
Untitled
hdbheartlands
Untitled
iyashikeivixen
Aethyrcadia
extremesports
XtremeSports.net