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The power of three will set us free! A blank replica of the Charmed Book of Shadows is now available on my Etsy shop vis the link in my bio!

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I do a lot of rebinding on this channel but ir arely show off the full books I make from scratch. This one is a from a series of Grimoires I did last year that has been on display at a local occult shop. It’s now available in my shop at the link in my bio!

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For father’s day, my friend’s wife reached out to see if i could rebind a copy of The Hobbit so he could have a special copy to read to their daughter. It did hurt to tear up such an already beautiful copy but i hope the ends justified the means!

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Another copy of American Gods by @neil-gaiman . Originally in paperback, rebound as a hardcover book in hand dyed red sienna leather with gilded pages edges and gold vinyl decoration depicting Shadow Moon standing beneath the tree Yggdrasil.

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Neverwhere by @neil-gaiman . Rebound from paperback to hardcover in black hand-dyed goat leather with blue tooling of the London Underground and blue foil page edges.

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In my never ending quest to get @neil-gaiman to notice me, I present Stardust by Neil Gaiman. Rebound from paperback to hardcover in white faux leather with gold vinyl tooling and gilded page edges. Now available in my shop at the link in my bio!

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So I’ll be the first to admit this is a weird one. I wanted to experiment with combining separate books into one large omnibus. The Wicked Years Series (which was the inspiration for the musical Wicked) is so full of weird things I figured it would be fitting to combine them into one thicc volume. It’s now up for sale in my shop at the link in my bio.

All four Wicked Years books (Wicked, Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, Out of Oz) were bound together in black hand dyed sienna leather with green foiled page edges and green vinyl tooling. Normally I would have charged more for this thicc boy but the green foil page edging is a little splotchy in some parts because it was impossible to press the pages tight enough for the edging process.

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The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley rebound from paperback to hardcover with black hand-dyed sienna leather, silver foiled pages, and purple and silver vinyl tooling.

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Good Omens is back in stock! This time I have 3 copies in stock and the first two lucky purchasers will also get the original Aziraphale paperback cover since it’s rather rare as I’m told. All three books have been rebound from paperback to hardcover with hand dyed goatskin leather, golden page edges, and silver and gold vinyl tooling with a silver and gold foil motif of Aziraphale and Crowley. Check out my shop at the link in my bio to purchase before they’re snatched up!

@neil-gaiman I hope you see this one day!

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Hello! I saw one of your videos yesterday (the Golden Compass one) and it inspired me to try it for myself. I’m pretty proud of myself as it’s my first attempt at rebinding a book. My only problem is that I don’t have any idea on how I’ll decorate the cover. I have gold foil and glue, and I’m pretty good at Lino cuts but I don’t have anything fancy. Any tips?

Anyway, here are some pictures. I’m going to add endpapers to make it look less crap.

You are awesome, thank you for your time.

Hey! That looks really great for your first go of it! For the decoration on the covers and spine I use Adobe Illustrator to design them and then I use a Cricut to cut it out of gold Siser heat transfer vinyl. Then I use a heat press to apply it to the cover. (Though a home iron on the wool setting works as well, rub it for 15 seconds ish and see if it’s adhered.) the iron will dry out the leather and cause the boards to warp so just wet the leather and gently flatten the boards and press it under something heavy for a few hours. Hope that helps!

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The Chronicles of Narnia omnibus containing all seven books in one! Originally a paperback, rebound into hardcover with hand dyed green goatskin leather and gold design depicting Aslan on the front cover. Now available in my shop at the link in my bio.

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American Gods by @neil-gaiman . Rebound from paperback to hardcover in hand dyed purple goatskin leather with gilded pages and gold vinyl tooling. The center of the cover shows Shadow Moon looking up at the tree Yggdrasil in metallic gold vinyl. Now available in my shop at the link in my bio!

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His Dark Materials series all rebound. All three books were purchased second hand and rebound in hand-dyed blue leather with gold foiled pages and gold embossing. The Golden Compass book is even signed by Philip Pullman himself!

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His Dark Materials omnibus. Originally paperback, I’ve rebound it with the hardcover treatment it deserves. This book is all three of the His Dark Materials series books in one. I designed the cover to be reminiscent of the title intro of the tv show Adaptation of the series where it shows all of the worlds sandwiched on top of each other. Now available on my Etsy shop at the link in my bio.

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@neil-gaiman I literally just made this account because someone told me you’re active on here and you love to see people giving new personality to your books so here’s me shooting my shot to see what you think of the Good Omens book that I rebound: