This is my first book commission! My Dad wanted a book made of “An Historical Account of the Expedition Against Sandusky under Col. William Crawford in 1782” (and yes, that is a very long title!) so I gladly made it for him.
I was very busy last year, so much that I didn’t have the time to post as much! There was a lot of bookbinding, and here are some of the books that I worked on.
My mother is a big fan of Jane Austen so I made and bound a copy of Pride and Prejudice to go with the copy of Sense and Sensibility that I made a couple of years ago!
This year I want to work more on bookbinding, so I started off the year (and the end of last year) with finishing up my Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass book!
This summer I was so lucky to attend a class at the American Academy of Bookbinding. It was so great and it motivated me to make up a bunch of my book parts that have been hanging around for way to long.
Finally a book post! I have been making these little chapbooks a lot. They are so handy and quick to put together. These books are so simple and portable and I make them with different papers for writing and drawing so you’re ready when the mood hits you!
I make them in all sorts of sizes and shapes and I’m going to start making some super tiny ones. The most common size I make is one made from a half a sheet of letter paper. I make all my books completely by hand with no heavy machinery (though I would love a heavy duty guillotine cutter!) and I thought I’d give a taste of what goes into them.
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