#tiny book

[teleportbooks]

The Disappearance of Madam Wen by EHyde

Tiny book! This is a 5000-word trans Wen Ruohan fic that I wrote a couple of years ago, and I decided to bind it using some leftover materials from other projects. It's so small I couldn't fit the full title on the spine, but I didn't want to simply shorten it, so I went with a strikethrough as a compromise.

[upennmanuscripts]

We recently received a new shipment of manuscript goodies, here is SIMS Curator of Manuscripts unboxing the first item: a very small Italian book of hours - now the smallest in our collection! Perfect for #YearOfHours, we'll get it cataloged and digitized soon.

[etherati]

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

Printed on pop-tone white from French, spine and sword detail done with HTV. I printed the main narrative in black and the flashbacks in blue, for visual separation, and the endpapers are of artwork done for this fic by the incredible @sandwichartistdatzu !!

[zhalfirin]

Bredlik Poems (anthology) - collected and credited by @marvinhere                                                  doodles by Jenny

This typeset was shared with me complete with doodles and QR-codes.

materials used

cover binders board, 1,5 (covers) cardboard (spine stiffener) leather, goat (covering material) heat activated foil (hot stamped title and decorations)

inner book Munken polar, 100gsm (book body) printed decorative paper (endpapers and endbands)

slipcase binders board, 1,5 decorative paper, printed (narrow sides) satogami paper, black (wide sides, inner lining)

dimensions 2,5cm x 2,5cm

[pardalote]

A tiny stitched book.

[woodlandwarbler]

Described as "WILDLY SHINY" by its recipient, my Tiny Book Bang book went through several harrowing journeys with the US postal system.

This is The Dark is Light Enough.

Materials/techniques below the cut

Metallic gold HTV from Gatichetta (via Amazon). Ink Drop enpapers (not pictured).

This book was made with blood sacrifice (I sliced my finger while cutting down the pages).

Typsetter kitsunerei88, who is not on tumblr.

[jabbage]

I had a go at binding this lovely tiny typeset of the Raven by @renegadepublishing typesetter Aiden! Although I've done it larger than the typeset was designed to be, this is still the smallest book I've tried making, a teeny little sexidecimo! <3

This was my first time using endpapers that I'd marbelled myself. I bought some really cheap marbling inks intended for kids, so I'm pleased they worked out ok!

It's bound in dark navy bookcloth, and the design on the front and back are acrylic paint applied with a stencil.

Here are some work in progress shots:

[bluevelvetbindery]

Catching up on Binderary workshops today and this is what I accomplished! So pleased with this lil’ fella! I see many more tiny books in my future!

[cmdonovann]

tiny book that i made during binderary is up on my kofi shop! get it before some other tiny book enthusiast does, i suppose?

[strangeaeonbooks]

A9-ish sized notebooks... Handmade book cloth on the first set, blue-grey cow leather on the second, hand marbled endsheets I did a little while back.

[sits-bound]

Bound: a wee chonk

I am a big fan of @moonflower-rose’s fics. No one does pining as well. And this duo of fics, the Summer 2009 series is just gorgeously written. I wanted to practice making tiny books, and these were the first fics I thought of. They’re a good length for this size bind - 12k and 20k. And because they go together, I thought it’d be fun to make them as a tete beche. (Dunno if I’m using that correctly. Is it “in the tete beche style”? Or is it a “tete beche”? Not quite sure.) Anyhoo, the point is, you can read the Harry POV from one end (Poppiholla) and the Draco POV from the other (Hoppípolla).

I’m glad I made this, not just because I adore the fics, but also because I learned a lot while doing so. (Wider margins!) I wasn’t about to let this lil peanut near my big bad guillotine, so I sanded the edges instead. Not a ton, but just enough to smooth them out a bit. I need to work on my patience while sanding.

In any case, I’m thrilled with how it came out. The book cloth (Dubletta in aqua/purple) is just beautiful, I’m so glad I kept this scrap of it! And the holographic HTV goes with it perfectly. (Some Cricut stuff I got on clearance.)

[tiny-glued-things]

Ready to bake some tiny pies.

[oatmea1cookie]

Here are some more good quotes from the tiny book of quotes from the clown prince of crime! I also wanted to take a picture of the front and back of the book because I think it’s pretty 🤩

But the quote about Jason.. bro that’s fucked..

The rest of them are funny tho!

[lynnar-moon]

Y’all I made a tiny book. It’s about 3in tall. It’s a little wonky.

I am fixated on Gravity Falls right now and I just want my own journals like Ford. So I made a journal with my own symbol on it.

[zhalfirin]

The Raven - Edgar Allan Poe

These books were part of the Renegady Publishing Tiny Books Bang 2023 event.

Typesetting by @yarnnerd

Full leather binding with gauffered and painted cover, coloured edges, hot stamped spine title and protective slipcase. materials used:

cover binders board, 1,5 (case construction) leather, goatskin (covering material) colourshift acrylic paint heat active foil, silver (hot stamped title)

inner book munken polar, 100gsm (book body) munken polar, 100gsm, painted with oak gall ink (endpapers) colourshift acrylic paint (edge colouring) decorative paper, linnen thread (endbands)

slipcase bindersboard, 1 (case construction) satogami paper, black (lining and narrow sides) decorative paper (wide sides)

book size: 3,1cm x 4,7cm

[pardalote]

Another small book. I made this one for my mother. I haven't shared every page, as some are personal. I love making textile books; playing with edges, applique, beads, patchwork, lace-making - it's just a great way to play with different techniques.