#bookbinding class

[zhalfirin]

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - R. L. Stevenson

(EDIT: have a look at the clamshell box I made for this book here)

A few weeks back I had the chance to take a leather book binding class held by the wonderful Greek bookbinder Dimitris Koutsipetsidis at his bindery in Athens. He helped us patiently to improve our skills and even took us leather shopping in the end.

It was a really great week and I've had the pleasure to spend it with fellow Renegades while making tools and binding books together and doing some occasional sightseeing on the side.

My book was Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. A book that I greatly enjoy every read and for which I had a lot of different plans before finally settling on this design only the night before case decoration was up in class (many thanks to my fellow Renegades at this point for having opinions on my ideas, I greatly appreciated all your input <3)

The whole trip left me with lots of good memories and plenty of bookbinding things to work on (gold tooling and leather paring included. Although I might end up cheating more often than not with the paring >.<)

Photos were taken by @runawaymarbles, one of the other bookbinders on the trip.

[bookisland]

Workshops New and Old, Taken and Taught

My workshops for the summer session at SFCB are live today! Visit my Workshops page for specific offerings. I am dialing it down a bit this summer to open space for Dominic Riley and Michael Burke, who were unfortunately prevented from visiting for their usual summer regime during covid shutdowns and later. One workshop I am really excited about is an expanded Decorated Edge. It had always felt…

[celestial-sphere-press]

a NatGeo inspired bind

(and my first leather binding since Greece!)

had so much fun with this NatGeo mock up for a dust jacket (also first one I've designed!). peep underneath it for the LEATHER!

TWO pics of the endband this time to show off that headcap (it's not perfect but I'm pretty happy with how well I was able to pull the leather over the endband). plus a corner detail! bc I am satisfied with my paring job for the leather & the smoothness of my corner here.

natgeo inspiration continued into the inside spreads with tons of gorgeous Thomas Moran Yellowstone lithographs (11 total, but here are 3)!

& now we have reached the photo limit :(

[assignedclownatcheckout]

Wanted to share some photos of my first bind! @roguedruid 's fic Hero Class Civil Warfare is absolutely God Tier™ and it was the first bnha fic I ever read.

As this was my first bind I've got a few notes: first, I used the complete wrong paper weight so this book is deceptively chonky (not to say it isn't long, but still); second it was first bind so I didn't do anything too ambitious with the cover.

Anyways, I'm really pleased with it and I'm happy to share it! @roguedruid I hope I did your amazing work justice!

I wanted to take some better photos before posting this, but uhhh, I was procrastinating 😅

[thedemonscrawler]

OH YEAH (no I'm not procrastinating) but I think something that would be cool to do with Permission Slip once it's finished is to bind it. Which like, everyone and their sibling suggests binding fanfics, and that's cos it's a cool idea.

The thing is that PS is stupid long, and while I could bind it as one really hefty volume, i think it'd be a lot neater to make a fake paperback series. Like this kind of thing:

Each book would contain multiple chapters, so I think i'd divide it up like

1-4 5-8 9-10 11-13 14-15 16-17 18-20 21-22 Still workshopping the divisions here to get roughly the same length per book. Idk, future project idea

[woodlandwarbler]

In Renegade we often joke that bookbinding is 50 hobbies in a trench coat. I've just added paper marbling to mine!

[writer-at-the-table]

More books!

[ineffablefool]

How the hell is all this acrylic paint that I bought for a class I signed up for in 2004 (not a typo) still wet?

[dreadfutures]

one step closer to knowing how to bind my own books the way I want

[spooksier]

do you think you'll ever try to get pandorica published when it's done or will it just be available online? I'd love to have a physical copy :)

yes!! the absolute dream for pandorica is to find a way for it to be physically published (either independently or by a studio) so people can have copies <3

[shitpostdevil]

You have digital bookmarks of fanfiction? That's cute. Now print them out. Bind them. Make it a physical library, coward.

[merylstryfestan]

hey so i know bigolas dickolas is about to bully darkhorse into reprinting the manga, but i've actually started a personal bookbinding project to make an english copy of my own! i'm starting with Trigun Maximum vol 1, and I'm going to post updates as i go!

[satisfictionbindery]

Another flipback is in the works 👏👀 but having to be disciplined and not bind it because on the final 4 day countdown of dissertation 👏😂

[applesandbannas747]

Being my student is just microdosing on adhd

[supercantaloupe]

"what do you do in graduate school" arts and crafts

[icaruskey]

my brain is trying to self-sabotage more, bleh. It's telling me not to go to class, but if I don't, that just gives me more time to worry about homelessness.

I can't do much else right now. I've reached out to like 13 more places, so that's about 26 total, and I have a tour Thursday with someone who might be willing to work with me on the security deposit. I've resubmitted my grant application and there's a chance, a small chance, they can get to it before the end of the year despite the four month like. Thing. Process.

It is kinda funny how I function while having a breakdown. Still trying to problem solve as things are falling apart and I'm sobbing. I am glad I was sent from work yesterday though, and my manager is willing to help too. There'll be some adaptions to my projects, to save a little money, but I'll figure it out.

maybe this is why time loop y/n has my brain in a stranglehold. Having to function despite feeling like everything is a downward spiral. It's so fucking hard sometimes. a lot of times. but you have to keep going.