I read this book when I first started college, I think. The thing that stuck with me since reading it has always been the beauty and magic of the circus itself. Normally, I’d get lost or bored of extensive detail or descriptions about the setting, but the Circus of Dreams was an ✨aesthetic ✨that stirred my imagination. I was surprised at how much I loved it.
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. 🤦♀️
Quick ⚠️ re buying appliances / electric things from Ali Express: many of them are 220v not the 110v we need here in the US. You've got to watch out for that. Also, you have to cross your fingers that the device works, because it'll probably cost you more to ship it back, than it did to buy it... assuming you can even get someone to give you an address to ship it to.
for "just a little more" ($1,500 + shipping 🤦♀️) you can get this thing which looks like it'd actually hold up for non-hobbyist use or you know, actually work in the first place.
#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