#handbound book

[gilly-moon]

finally a version of Shattered Pieces that I can hold in my hands ♡ covers completely handmade by yours truly!

shoutout to my beta reader @reniculousart for getting them printed!

[towns-end-bindery]

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!

📚📖

Process videos:

PART 1

PART 2

Original Cover designs:

HERE

[uwmspeccoll]

It’s Fine Press Friday! 

Today we’re taking a deep dive into Songs for Gaia, a slim edition of poetry by Gary Snyder (b. 1930). This understated, beautifully-crafted letterpress volume was printed in 1979 for Kah Tai Alliance at Copper Canyon in Port Townsend, WA, a fine press dedicated solely to poetry since its founding in 1972, and was handbound by poet and bookbinder Samuel Green. It features woodblock illustrations by poet and printmaker Michael Corr (b. 1940), who learned his craft while living in Kyoto from block printer and illustrator Takeji Asano (1900-1999). Asano was a notable figure in Japan’s Sōsaku-hanga woodblock printing movement. The book is quarter bound in cloth with a cover marbled in a finely executed combed feather pattern, a touch that lends a hint of psychedelia to its otherwise traditional aesthetics. It was released in a limited edition of 300 copies.   

Snyder, who is popularly known for his time amongst and spiritualist influence on the Beat poets and the counterculture of their generation (along with Kerouac’s portrayal of him as Japhy Ryder in the 1958 novel The Dharma Bums) spent 13 years in Japan (1956-1968) studying Zen Buddhism, forestry, and ecology. A scholar of Asian languages versed in cultural anthropology, he also studied calligraphy with accomplished calligrapher and seal carver Charles Leong during his time at Reed College. Snyder’s calligraphic signature graces the half-title page of this edition.  

This modest yet potent edition of Songs for Gaia is a fitting form for the work of a poet whom writer Bob Steuding once characterized as cultivating an “accessible” style and “a new kind of poetry that is direct, concrete, non-Romantic and ecological.” As Snyder wrote of his own work in A Controversy of Poets, “I try to hold both history and wilderness in mind, that my poems may approach the true measure of things and stand against the unbalance and ignorance of our times.”  

View more Fine Press Friday posts

View more woodblock illustration posts

View more marbling posts (shout out to Alice, our resident marbling expert!)

-Ana, Special Collections Graduate Fieldworker

[mrsoread]

dmatmoobil

The one that gave me incessant amounts of laughter and taught me about ancient celtic holidays...

I felt that the long title lends itself wonderfully to a typography heavy cover - but I decided to jumble it all up a bit to mirror Draco's slightly confused state of heart and mind in this story.

Gorgeous typeset by @mrsyoflam

Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of being in Love by the incredibly witty and creative @isthisselfcare

Bound for personally use only.

[spiralwizard-art]

finally got a good video of this book I made in 2018!

In Medusa’s Defense is a hardcover, cut-and-fold snake book. I go through it pretty quickly in this video but it’s meant to be slowly figured out and pondered. I wanted to re-think Medusa’s story a bit with more consideration for her perspective. Thanks for watching!!!

[audiovisualrecall]

Btw this sketchbook is now complete! 😊 the endpapers at front and back are also two different colors, because I felt like doing that ^.^ And front and back covers are inverted. Happy accidents and using up scraps ^^

[hasel-anne]

Presenting a book I created as my loveletter to DnD  The story unfolds through the journal and notes of a researcher captivated by owlbears. It tells about preconceived notions, experiences in different landscapes and exciting discoveries on how to live alongside nature. Half the pages are filled with watercolor illustrations and three photographs that capture the owlbears ;) The illustrations are professionally printed on off-white paper and hand bound into a leather or paper cover. The buyer can choose which color and material which makes the cover more unique to you. Order it here: https://annevanstormbroek.nl/my-owlbear-journal/

[the-bagelbitch]

I might buy a press someday, but country boys make do :)

[frogshunnedshadows]

Hand-binding a copy of "A Christmas Carol."

[this-is-not-a-slow-burn]

Planning out a set of materials for a fanbinding and I've stumbled on the absolute perfect sheet of paper for the end pages that is a subtle reference to the main plot point of the story. You have no idea how satisfying that is.

But I've also fallen in love with some eyeball paper. So that's being purchased, regardless of need. (it wouldn't really work thematically for the book)

Still on the hunt for book cover materials. Leaning towards paper, but open to book-cloth fabric suggestions!

[towns-end-bindery]

The Little Prince

Showing a little of my gold foiling process, which is all done by hand 🖐️!

I use a memory keeper’s foil quill, which came with a roll of gold foil when I bought it. It’s a wonderfully affordable option for those who don’t have the budget for machines like cricut or silhouette, and HTV.

[7-82]

👉https://bit.ly/Frontier-Handbook

THE LOST FRONTIER HANDBOOK REVIEW

The Lost Frontier Handbook is an ultimate self-reliance guide that unlocks lost ancestral skills and knowledge for dealing with crisis. According to the creator, the handbook also reveals life-saving techniques and tricks of all time. Readers also learn how to prepare various survival measures and equip themselves with essential items during a crisis to overcome unnatural events. Some crucial lessons in the handbook include preservation tips, food stockpiles, and medicinal remedies. In addition, the notes are complemented with high-resolution images, carefully detailed diagrams, and procedural instructions. Consumers can access the handbook digitally or obtain a physical copy through shipment.

• Creator: Suzanne Sherman

• Contents: Digital Program

• Price: $37.00

• Guarantee: 60 Full Days

👉https://bit.ly/Frontier-Handbook

🔸Bonus 1 ➡ The 80 Square Feet Medicinal Garden

🔸Bonus 2 ➡ Surviving an Economic Collapse

🔸Bonus 3 ➡ Homestead Cooking 101

👉https://bit.ly/Frontier-Handbook

[mrsoread]

between us flows the nile

I was going for crocodile in the Nile meets Pharao treasure meets temple inscription vibes.

My first time binding with faux leather, first time creating my own end papers and first blind bind - can't wait to read it and mentally float down the Nile (like I did during my ancient Egypt obsessed teenage years).

Between us Flows the Nile by thebrightcity. Absolutely stunning typeset by LMbookbinding.

Bound for personal use only. This story is free to read on AO3.

[lemonsunset-bookshop]

Real Thing

by Tarlan

Nathan needs an escort to a formal evening, and chooses Jack.

Not much to say about this book. A "Journal Style" with teal paper and pink embroidery thread. I used a stamp for the little decoration and filled it with pink and gold so it wasn't boring. The title was made with my label maker.

A cute, fun story where Nathan Stark uses a grand party to tell Jack how he really feels, instead of just having a conversation like an adult. That aside, it's a good read with a juicy ending. It's sexy and I'm not sorry.