#parchment binding

[zhalfirin]

Call Me Menace & Villains Never Retire - wingedcat13 Four alterations of the same book that I had the joy to hand over in person as a surprise gift to @desmothene, @pleasantboat, @finalfrontierpublishing and @fantailpress on a meet-up this January.

Many thanks to @wingedcat13 for the permission to share her work.

Read the Call Me Menace here and Villains Never Retire starting here.

Materials used book case boards - museum board (white) counter pull layer on boards- museum paper (white) spine stiffener - photo cardboard (white) vellum (calf parchment) coloured with alcohol based stain - cover material

inner book textblock paper - Schleipen fly 05 115gsm endpapers - marbled paper by Renato Crepaldi endbands - buttonhole silk coloured top edge - chameleon acrylic ink

[eli-zab3th]

my personal brand of fixation and interest that rarely fail to get me excited, lightheaded, and yearning for more

etymology

language history

language development

medieval manuscripts

parchment bindings

limp parchment bindings

the materiality of the book

bookbinding

binding and attachment methods

[risilovesink]

More parchment binding today. I twisted the tackets round themselves and poked them back into the other side, which was quite tricky indeed. I am sure medieval bookbinders knew something we don’t. It has taken cumulatively four hours to get the tackets laced properly, and I am not convinced they will stay put, given that I had to make all the holes gigantic so they would fit.

I also pared the leather for the foredge ties and tackets to hold the turn-ins down. I doubt they will go any better, since the leather tears much more easily than parchment. What fun!