#tiny book

[whatapictureisworth-press]

So it’s been awhile since I’ve bound anything, but when I read the Cursed Amulet Story by @sunderwight, I was like, I gotta make an actual, physical evil amulet now. Except the evil amulet is also going to be a book. And the book is like a diary by the guy trapped in the amulet.

The book is held in the brass frame (also made by yours truly) by friction; it pops out super easily so you can read it but it’s not going to fall out accidentally.

The typeset fit into exactly one piece of normal 8.5x11 printer paper, and if anyone else wants the file to make their own evil amulet, I’m happy to share.

[kulapti]

Bookbinding of Carmilla by Sheridan le Fanu, Jan/Feb 2025.

Handmade custom copy of Carmilla using my typeset from the Renegade 2024 Tiny Books Bang! I made my own illustrations for this typeset, which was super fun, and you can find those in a separate post on my blog. Each of the four parts has a section illustration and different decorative margins, two of which you can see in the photos here. I used several pieces of butterfly imagery to reference Carmilla's line about girls being like caterpillars. There are several hidden critters in the margin illustrations. The title page is probably my favorite.

I was weird enough in the chat to convince a friend to read this novella and they liked it a lot, so I bound this copy for them! This tiny book uses hooked endpapers, a historic style I have been trying to master, and this one turned out quite well. This style involves being able to see into the hinge of the book, and the endpapers are decorative, rather than structural. If you want to see the difference, check out a mass produced book with decorative paper in the front: there's a single folded sheet of paper on each end of the book that glues the textblock (stack of pages) to each cover. In my book here, that paper is not a single piece but instead two pieces, and the textblock is held on to the covers by its spine instead. I finally remembered to put in an oxford hollow, which allows the cover to flex properly instead of being glued directly to the spine.

[zhalfirin]

The Two Hearts - Peter S. Beagle

Full cloth bradel binding with paper onlay

materials used

case cover - 1mm grey board spine stiffener - cardstock cover material - commercial book cloth Colibri (malachite) paper onlay - effect paper title and other decoration - hot stamped (silver and blind tooled)

inner book book block - Museumspapier 120gsm endpapers - effect paper endbands - effect paper and linnen core (10/3)

Format: ~A7

[chillestenby]

I finished the book :DD

Look how tiny it is!

This was really fun, lots of math and I fucked up on some parts but over all it turned out great. I'm really happy especially since it's my first time book binding.

I tried to put in as much as yellow as I can while still trying to make it look like just some old red book. Also snuck in the symbol of the king in yellow :)

[tiny-glued-things]

Miniature magic school.

I modified this kit to remove any specific reference to the boy wizard and added lots of plants, mushrooms, and a potion making station. I'm envisioning a world where kids go to afterschool magic tutoring to improve their skills.

[3.5 inches wide x 2.5 inch tall x 2 inches deep; modified Cute Room’s “Magical Fate” kit]

[teleportbooks]

The Disappearance of Madam Wen by EHyde

Tiny book! This is a 5000-word trans Wen Ruohan fic that I wrote a couple of years ago, and I decided to bind it using some leftover materials from other projects. It's so small I couldn't fit the full title on the spine, but I didn't want to simply shorten it, so I went with a strikethrough as a compromise.

[mythrilthread]

This tiny (A7) octavo contains a short story written by my friend.

It pays homage to Steven King, so besides the claw marks on the covers that were requested by the author, I added some to the page corners.

A nice little horror story, and a fun project.

Note to self: Clairefontaine vellum is only good for smaller books because literally half the page has huge transparent watermarks. Otherwise very nice paper.

[etherati]

My first REALLY tiny book, a bind of Four of Swords. A sextodecimo! This lil guy is about 3" x 2 1/4" and is bound with actual cards from the miniature edition RWS deck. Because of the fun tarot imagery I'd been wanting to bind this one, but it's so short, just about 5000 words, so it had to go really little :3

Printed on pop-tone white from French, spine and sword detail done with HTV. I printed the main narrative in black and the flashbacks in blue, for visual separation, and the endpapers are of artwork done for this fic by the incredible @sandwichartistdatzu !!