#bespoke book

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Public Service Annoucement!

Marvel Trumps Hate is happening right now, so if you have a dream Marvel adjacent fic, art, or comic in mind, or want a podfic or binding of your favorite fic, there are tons of auctions for you!

It closes this weekend so hop on over!

Feel free to ask questions if you have any! It's basically an auction for charity. You donate to a charity and get bespoke art/story/craft!

And yes, I have a fic auction and a bookbinding auction.

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Stub-Bound Birthday Wishes Book

I was asked to bind a stack of beautifully calligraphed birthday wishes into a book, for a lovely customer who is now a great friend.

The birthday wishes were written on a thick card stock of about 300 to 350gsm, and they were in the wrong grain direction. I wanted to make a book that could open completely so that the calligraphy can be enjoyed. Since most of the single sheet bindings do not allow for that to happen, and also considering the thick card stock and its wrong grain direction, I decided to use a stub binding technique. 

My customer previously requested for some journals to be made, and she really loved deckled edges. So i decided to tear the stubs by hand to create a deckled edge. The book is then bound, rounded and backed, using Bradel binding. The covers are made using the paper bags of the bakery my customer owns. She said she loves the patterns and would love it on the book as a feature. Hence, after getting my hands on 2 large paper bags, I created this beautiful birthday dedication book for a lovely boss, from her lovely staff. 

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For A Dear Friend’s 70th Birthday

The kind of friendship one has, is one of the most valuable relationships to treasure. My customer came to me, with a grand idea of making a book for her friend on her 70th birthday. It was to be filled with dedications from people who were touched by her friend. The tricky bit was that, all these dedications were sent from all over the world.

The book starts off with a poem, beautifully handwritten by Clarence, a calligrapher from Craft Varies. It was quite a feat designing the layout of the dedications as they came in all sizes, but it all turned out very beautiful. It then ends with a hand drawn/written heart, also by Craft Varies. 

For the cover, I printed on canvas, of a piece of artwork provided by my customer of photographs of people who were touched by her friend. The endpapers was made up of a scan of her friend’s grandmother’s dairy farm name card from the 70s. 

Presents like these, let us know, how as humans, our gift from our hearts can show a person how much they mean to us. Books are worth investing in, as they carry not just words, but the immense love that is laid out of paper, for all to see, remember and treasure. 

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Case Bound Book in Tyvek®

Back when I was working on Vita Nuova, my customer came for a consultation and saw the mock up of it and was very attracted to the Tyvek® cover I made for that binding. She loved it so much that she hoped I could create a binding using the same elements for her. The book was meant as a birthday gift for a loved one.

The Tyvek® cover was made using flottage using letterpress inks on water. Small red foil dots were tooled onto the Tyvek®.

This book is meant to be used as a recipe book in the kitchen, and the Tyvek® would definitely be a suitable material as the cover, being water resistant and easily cleaned. I hope it has some yummy recipes in it now.