@globalmuseum@mastodon.online avatar globalmuseum , to random

Rebinding old book into a treasure
@Rainmaker1973

Rebinding old book into a treasure

nickrauchen ,
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@globalmuseum

I love marbled end-papers. 💕 I actually learned how to make them in high school shop class!

@dazfuller@mstdn.social avatar dazfuller , to random

Wanted to do something today that wasn't on the laptop. I've been wanting to start get into book binding and so I figured I'd start simple and create a couple of Field Notes type notebooks.

I have two notebooks now. I made a lot of mistakes, but I know where I need to improve which is good. But, 48 pages, one using a simple stitch, and another using a chain stitch.

Going to treat this like needing to forge a thousand knives before I can create a sword

A couple of Field Note type notebooks which are 9cm by 14cm. They have a purple cover to them and light stitching
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@PeterPT@gram.social avatar PeterPT , to random

📗 Just learned the knot stitch 😄🧵🪡 paper

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@seanbala@mas.to avatar seanbala , to random

Finally! A new project! We discovered traveller’s notebooks this year. Love the concept but wanted to have one that was AND not made of plastic. I also wanted to make my own inserts. These are prototypes to see if the concept could work. I am so proud of these! I learned a great deal and am planning on making a larger one for A5 notebooks.

A blue and a brown cloth bound travellers journal stacked vertically, held together with colorful elastic bands, resting on a bamboo surface. Each notebook has a decorative bead through the elastic at the header.
Two traveller’s journals are placed side by side on a bamboo table. The photo is from the top so you can see the way the elastics are woven. Each book contains three passport sized notebooks. The journals are blue and brown and the elastics are orange and goldenrod respectively.
Two open traveller’s journals displayed on a bamboo table. The top notebook features a yellow and a purple passport sized journal, while the bottom notebook has an orange and a yellow passport sized journal. Both notebooks are styled with decorative covers.

Two open traveller’s journals displayed on a bamboo table. The top notebook features a yellow and a purple passport sized journal, while the bottom notebook has an orange and a yellow passport sized journal. Both notebooks are styled with decorative covers.
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@hautarauha@pixelfed.social avatar hautarauha , to random

My portable watercolour sketchbooks are bound in a soft cover made of upcycled leather. Their pages are off white 190gsm Saunders Waterford 100% cotton paper produced by St. Cuthberts Mill in the UK. The books have torn edges with an occasional watermark visible in some pages. Each book in this series has an antiqued metal ring on its back so they can be attached to a cord and connected together or used as a pendant.

See available ones in my bookshoppe: http://hautacrafts.etsy.com

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@syystuuli@mastodon.social avatar syystuuli , to random
@BOOKHOUSE@mas.to avatar BOOKHOUSE , to random

Seems to be a dearth of bookbinding / restoring courses in my area. My area that is incredibly well known for publishing.

@katabami_note@fedibird.com avatar katabami_note , to random Japanese

かたばみノートという名前で、手作り（糸かがり製本）のノートを製作しています。現在は、万年筆とも相性が良いトモエリバー手帳用紙を使って作っています。ゆくゆくは他のおすすめの紙でも作りたいと考えています。
製本のこと、ノートのこと、これからいろいろなお話しができたらいいなと思っています。どうぞよろしく！

@jacobcoffin@writing.exchange avatar jacobcoffin , to random

Does anyone know of an online library of open license, interposed, print-ready books?

I've been bookbinding copies of copyleft books you can only get as PDFs, and helping some authors and a game dev group I know make their books available as binding-ready files.

Is there already a site for them somewhere? If not, it's something I'll try to do, eventually

I know prepping the files is part of the fun but if it lowers the barrier for entry for bookbinding I think it's worth it

@bibliolater@qoto.org avatar bibliolater , to bookstodon group

🔴 📚 Bookbinding Journey

Finally, all the material that I need to begin my journey and have arrived. I will be teaching myself through a process of trial and error, and would appreciate any advice from the Fediverse /Mastodon along the way. I will begin with rudimentary steps, but hope to end with being able to produce exquisitely bound .

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@dana_cz@mastodon.art avatar dana_cz , to random

I added 5 new notebooks to my shop! I already shared a few of them here, but here's a sneak peek.

I had a lot of fun making these, and two more are currently drying in my book press! 😊

https://danasartcorner.com/collections/new/

A5 notebook in silver color with a 3D clay cast of a crow skull. The notebook is black and made to look silver with decorative frame and corners.
Cover of a spiral notebook with brick like relief background. There's a shield and a sword in silver and gold colors with three red acrylic roses glued on top. There are green air dry clay fern leaves framing the shield. Three strings of twine painted green are scattered around the perimeter. There is also a bit of decorative gravel in the nooks around the shield, painted slightly brown.
The cover of a A6 steampunk-inspired notebook in bronze color. There are embellishments on top, like a key, cog wheels, buttons and a clock. There are three ruby red gems scattered around the front.

The cover of a A6 steampunk-inspired notebook in bronze color. There are embellishments on top, like a key, cog wheels, buttons and a clock. There are three ruby red gems scattered around the front.
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@AmazingMeagen@historians.social avatar AmazingMeagen , to bookstodon group

A fabulous day learning about making
stationery bindings with Glenn Bartley from the Royal Library along with fellow members of London and South, Society of Bookbinders.





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Three people leaning forward to look at a book being shown at the head. Binding has leather corners and spine. Bookbinder leaning forward wearing an apron.
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