Both Cameron and Anna have many years of fine art printmaking experience, covering the full range of techniques from lithography, etching, relief, intaglio, screen printing in addition to letterpress. Combined with #papermaking and #bookbinding there are few things they haven’t tried and tested over the years.
So recently i had some time to play again with #bookbinding, tried to make couple of notebooks, one using some decorated paper i bought at a #crafting store, and the other one based on my #osdev_notes#book project, i call it the "Osdev Notebook", it's still in a drafting stage, but the idea is nice (i have designed the inner pages too).
I've posted it on my ko-fi page too: https://ko-fi.com/post/Some-homemade-notebooks-R6R8XQZG3 (don't worry i use it as my blog, so nothing to pay). #art#handmade
Book post! This is "Salvage" by MuffinLance. The typeset file was shared by someone in the bookbinding discord, so I just focused on the cover. #bookbinding#HydeMakesBooks
I may have fallen down a minor #bookbinding rabbit hole in which i discovered that "thermal binding machines" are a thing. They're ~$100-200 in the US BUT the exact same machines are available on Ali Express for $55 with (checks notes) $2 shipping (from china).
Also, hot-melt glue strips for use in these machines? $5 for100 vs ~$10 for 20 on US Amazon.
The one in the pic here is rebranded as the "We R Memory - Thermal Cinch" in the US and for $80-$100. 🤦♀️
#Agenda
Jeudi 16 et jeudi 23 mai, dans le cadre de l'exposition "L'Invention de la Renaissance" qui se tient en ce moment à la BnF, conférences de Fabienne Le Bars, conservatrice à la #BnF et historienne de la reliure, sur la #reliure parisienne à la #Renaissance
Today is the 3rd anniversary of Black Oak Bindery! Here are a few pictures of some of my favorite things I made this past year.
Looking back over the year, I: got really into endbands, entered my first bookbinding show, vendored at a convention for the first time with books, took several binding workshops, started a bookbinder's meetup, and started doing rebinds.
Just hit print on the Daggerheart open beta playtest material.
I re-watched a video of someone doing a simple hand saddle-stitch #bookbinding on a huge stack of printer paper. As long as you have a way to make the holes for the thread to go through, it's not a big deal. So... 🤷♀️ I guess I'm going to be doing my first saddle-stitch binding soon‡.
note: i added a custom front page with the logo, so that's why it may not match yours.
Second book bound. Plenty of imperfections, but I’m relatively happy with it. I love that it has a motif - down to the headbands inside the binding. #bookbinding
Spent last week making a book from the cake box from last year’s birthday. I saved it saying, "I’m going to make a journal out of this," then didn’t.
At the #californiapenshow, there was a couple selling books they’d made. He was just SO ENCOURAGING about doing it. He suggested classes in San Francisco. He also suggested YouTube, which is where I ended up.
Book two is already designed. I’ll likely give it a week, then dive in.
Here was a Belgian Secret Stitch sketchbook I made for my spouse. I wanted to try making another one of these books because they were so much fun. I also experimented in using less sketch paper in each signature (bundle of paper) and it worked much better. I did the same on the smaller sketch book in the next post.
Here are two long-stitch books with different patterns. The first (the black one) is a long-stitch sketch book and the other is a criss-cross pattern. Both look awesome! The red threads on the second one at the top and bottom were actually to cover up the fact that I made the book too long for the paper and only realized after making the holes
This one is a variation of a Coptic Stitch and, though it looks really easy, it is deceptively difficult to make because you need to learn just how much tension to give the thread. It is one that I will be trying to do again when I get some new thread.
Finally, when I was making two of the books, I realized that I did not have paper big enough for the inside panel. Then I remembered that I had these old calendars from Paper Source. I had used some for covers but realized that they would be perfect for the insides!
Finally, I just wanted to thank you for reading this thread - I've enjoyed learning bookbinding and have enjoyed sharing my projects here on Mastodon with you. I've really appreciated all the encouragement!
Here are a few more projects I've done over the past few months:
“The real story isn't half as pretty as the one you've heard.”
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
I loved the folktale quality to this book and sought to reflect that in the design by using a lot of pattern. The story also has motifs of silver turning into gold and ice & fire.
We had our first quiet Saturday in a long time. This afternoon we made some time for art and creativity! @dohappybelove did the watercolor painting and @seanbala made a long-stitch book. The inside of Sean's book was made from an old calendar that we had lying around.