#bookbinder

[towns-end-bindery]

Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea

By Jules Verne

🌊🐙🐳

Boy this was a lot of foiling, and my hand definitely hurt by the end of it. Despite my efforts, the hand foiling is quite patchy, but somehow aesthetically it kinda works?

I printed the pattern on inkjet canvas first, then I laid over it a printout of the leaf border pattern (originally designed by @alderdoodle). I used vellum paper so that I could see the cover underneath and line up the pattern. Then, once everything was secured with tape, I inserted green foil between the vellum and the cover. From there I traced the pattern by hand with a foil quill. Meanwhile, the spine was debossed first with a foil quill and then filled in with gold paint.

This is the biggest book I’ve ever tried to rebind, and I’ve learned that the weight of the text block is definitely something I need to consider more in the future for how I decide to construct the case. Even with the mull, the inner shoulders feel quite weak unfortunately. I should have either chosen stronger endpapers, or done more to reinforce the marbled paper I used, especially at the hinges to prevent the text block from sagging.

Apart from the leaf pattern, all other elements are from Canva.

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You can also check out this post on my Cara or Mastodon.

[wyrd-author]

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.

[hydrogenandhelium]

I never fucking post on here I KNOW IM SORRY but

I started learning how to rebind books and I made this! (There’s also a link to my Etsy shop at the bottom if you want to buy it 😊)

I also make videos of the process if you are interested! (It’s the same video on the different sites)

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8RvqRQC/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAtaXC7vfAn/?igsh=MTVvenc1N2tlYzJiMw==

Youtube: https://youtube.com/shorts/0gcBssROP2w?si=aVU9Q0nz4VQJR5oe

And this set is available on Etsy! https://starlitbindery.etsy.com/listing/1804587073

[cupidofcrimeee]

Camp Folktale (summer of '86) - cairparavels

So I had this one bound and finished for ages, but it always felt incomplete. I still think it feels incomplete and too simple and I can't figure out what to add to it, so decided to post it.

But this is a favorite Steddie fic of mine.

Art: commissioned from @toktopus-art

Bookcloth: hollanders

Vinyl: htvront and vinyl frog green foil

Charm: Etsy

Typeset: me

[shadowbindery]

My rebinding of The Hobbit, the illustrated version. This book came out lovely. It's one of the few examples I didn't use hand marbled paper but Chiyogami paper (the decorative tree paper) instead. It was the right call. The rest is green goatskin with some metal furniture (decorative pieces on the cover). And of course the gold tooling on the cover and spine are all hand done.

[mrsyoflam]

I saw this binding method on Susana Dominguez Martin’s Instagram page on Sunday and my mind was so blown that I had to figure it out and try it myself.

This is genius for thick books 🙌🏻

[leonthompsonart]

Bookbinding

Recent work 🌻

[sanktalinn]

The entire hungergames series for my friend @beanjang-draws !!

[unityrain24]

shoutout to everyone who does fanfic bookbinding. gotta be on of the coolest things ever

[towns-end-bindery]

Hozier Discography Typeset Samples

This is one of the most elaborate typesets I've ever made. I'm so excited to put it together. It's gonna be a letter quarto sized book. It's going to be a gift for my husband (hopefully ready by Christmas).

If anyone has any questions about the choices I made for this typeset, feel free to ask!

The title page art was illustrated by Chu Thang (Instagram: @chu.tienthang).

[wyrd-author]

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.

[reztoxy]

Chimera of the chapel by Bleakmidwinter

I cannot possibly tell you in how many ways I’ve fucked this up but!!! I had so much fun bookbinding this

Like you can tell it’s my first time. It weighs a ton cuz I bought 0.25mm card stock for the case 🤡 ; the endpapers are too thin and I don’t have a guillotine to trim the edges so they look kind of untidy… and so on and so on..

I still love it and proud of it though! and will be able to read it soon☺️

[cupidofcrimeee]

Please enjoy my drawing of Steve and vamp!Eddie. 😘

This will be featured in a new bind I've finished but haven't taken photos of yet.

[shadowbindery]

Avatar: The Last Airbender inspired binding. Each marbled paper represents a different element. Of course the symbols are embedded on the cover as well with the arrows as a nod to Aang's tattoos.

[mrsyoflam]

I’m still immensely in love with how this rebinding turned out! Good thing because I have to make another one, and this one will fly all the way to Australia! ✈️✈️✈️