#hand binding

I Sing the Salmon Home: Poems from Washington State is an anthology of poems collected by Rena Priest inspired by the cycles, spirit, and wisdom of salmon. The book is bound bradel-style in salmon parchment drummed over mirrored boards, depicting salmon as they transform on their journey from saltwater sea to freshwater waterfall. The edges are graphite, with the top edge gauffered in the style of salmon scales.

Salmon parchment made and naturally dyed by the binder. Board. Original text block. Hook Pottery endsheets. Reflective mylar film. Graphite edges. Embroidery thread.

2008 Honda Civic Manual 328 pages Completed February 2, 2023

Not a fic binding - a couple years ago I got sick of not having the manual to my car except in PDF form, so I hand-imposed the pages and made essentially a landscape-mode quarto! And there was only one choice for the endpapers, obviously.

Imposition notes and my mistake under the cut :D Still not sure how that happened.

My first tête-bêche binding, my first octavo, and my first time working with leather. This is a combination of two Star Wars fics I've adored for years, and which I nearly always read as a pair, so this combo seemed really natural. The stories are 'Wonderterror' by Peradi and 'Luke Skywalker. 19. Full Human.' by Samvelg. They both explore the premise of the Skywalkers as Eldritch creatures as a result of Anakin's (lack of) parentage, and they are amazing. I made an effort to reach out to both these authors for permission but received no response; if either of them request that this post be taken down, I will of course do so. But as this is a personal book for my own collection that will not be sold or distributed, I felt that showing it off was fair.

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

After a few requests, I've created my very own planner!

I could not believe when a few people asked me to design and bind my very own planner, but I'm so so glad I decided to do it. It was a very long process, at times even painful, but here they are - colourful planners for colourful souls!

Regarding the design process, I decided to include a yearly overview, a monthly calendar, as well as weekly spreads and pages for extra notes (similarly to my very first commission that you can check here). These are all the things I personally need in a planner, so I thought I'd start there. But what about you? What do you need in a planner?

I'll be participating in a crafts market pretty soon! Hopefully people will be excited about these! 📖

Can’t believe I forgot to post this here, but a few months ago, I decided to bind Creation Myth, the fic that @montrealmadison and I wrote! I made three copies, each with a different cover, and had a blast during the process.

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