#rebinding books

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Six of Crows Duology 🐦‍⬛ - Leigh Bardugo

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Mental health issues have been kicking my ass these past few months, but somehow I managed to at least finish this rebind set, though it took longer than I had intended. I'm happy with them, and I hope the recipient likes it. The covers and endpapers were entirely designed by the incredible artist Omri Kadim. Definitely check out their stuff. They take commissions.

I don't own any foiling or cutting machines, so everything was foiled by hand. I used black deco foil for Six of Crows, and We R Memory Keepers gold foil for Crooked Kingdom. Bookcloth is from Hollanders. I used Black Allure Bookcloth and Deep Scarlet Pearl Linen Bookcloth.

I wish I had the courage to make a slip case for this set. I had never made any boxes before and I didn't want to waste time and materials messing it up, especially since this set isn't for myself. In my head, it's only okay to mess up on the stuff I make for myself 😅.

Feel free to ask me any questions you have about this bind, or about bookbinding in general. I don't check tumblr too often, but I'll answer when I do check in, I promise.

Also, here's my Instagram.

[but-my-weekend-is-booked]

I did a rebind of Black Beauty for a friend’s daughter, and I think it came out quite nicely.

[filledbyfili]

Learning how to rebind books. My first rebind was of the hobbit for my dear friend

[jannaphia]

Happy Halloween! I feel like I’ve been gone for a year but hey, I rebound a new book! 🎃🧡

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Songs of Love and 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.

My first process video - PART 1

Here is PART 2 on Instagram

Here is PART 2 on tumblr

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This is my most ambitious rebind so far. I’ve printed on bookcloth before, but this time it was particularly challenging. I printed a much larger pattern for the covers and spine than I’d ever previously attempted. I ran into some issues with printer jamming for the first time since I started the regular practice of printing directly onto bookcloth. It was immensely stressful, because any damage to the printer as a result would have voided the warranty, since book cloth is not one of the accepted printing mediums for the machine.

But with some patience and realignment, I managed and the cloth printed successfully. But the next problem I ran into was smearing. I’d never had this problem before either. I had changed up my settings out of caution for the machine’s acceptance of the cloth, but the result was probably a heavier and denser layering of ink than usual. This is becuase the machine believed it was printing onto matte brochure paper, not regular paper.

So as I was making the case, the design was smearing heavily on my fingers. I had to be extremely careful where I touched the book to make sure I wasn’t destroying the design as I wrapped the cover boards and spine, but it was still an absolute mess.

In the end though, I got through it. I’m pretty pleased with the overall design. I’ve been told by some that the pattern reminds them of azulejo ceramic tiles, or delftware porcelain. Hopefully my gift recipient likes it as well.

My original cover designs can be seen HERE.

The finished product is here!

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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!

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Process videos:

PART 1

PART 2

Original Cover designs:

HERE

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Paradise Kiss by Ai Yazawa

20th Anniversary Edition

A gift for a friend. I’ve not read this manga at all, so don’t @ me 😆.

I did layer a couple of sheets of cardstock frames to create the “well” for the cover label to sit in. The cover was printed on adhesive vinyl. Designed in canva.

The spine was foiled by hand with a foil quill (heat pen).

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Books for Fundraising Auction

Here are two more hand-crafted rebinds of mine that are up for auction:

The Odyssey by Homer:

Bound in rich Verona bookcloth (fig), with Italian marbled endpapers. The cover and spine feature silver & copper calligraphy ink, with intricate debossed patterns pressed into the front and back.

Babel by R.F. Kuang:

Rebound in luxe black allure bookcloth with hand-marbled endpapers. Finished with striking silver & gold foiled text on the covers and a hand-foiled silver tower illustration on the spine.

INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING available

Bidding runs Sept 26-28 — don't miss your chance to bid!

° All proceeds go to urgent humanitarian relief for Gaza through Gaza Soup Kitchen, Palestine Red Crescent Society, and World Central Kitchen.

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