Recently bound books

[luzula]

I have bound some books recently! Here they are.


This is Annick Trent's The Oak and the Ash, bound for the author. This is an Italian paper, a recreation of a renaissance pattern.

Same book, but for my own bookshelf. This is my least successful one of the five, IMO--the paper on its own is lovely, but I think there's too little contrast between the cloth and the paper, and between the two colors in the pattern, for it to work. But also the light in the photo is just bad, which doesn't help! It's a handmade Nepalese Lokta paper.

A close-up of the previous book, to show the pattern better (incidentally also showing where I smudged the glue a little...).

This is regshoe's That Loyalty of Friendship, bound for the author. Another Italian renaissance paper.

Same book, but for me. Another Nepalese Lokta paper. This one might be my favorite of the bunch! The photo doesn't quite do it justice--the paper is more rose-tinted.

And finally a blank writing book for regshoe. Also a Nepalese Lokta paper.

Comments

[yhlee]

Oh, how beautiful!

(I have done a tiny bit of bookbinding but it's usually janky stuff for my own use XD therefore does not have to be beautiful)

[nineveh_uk]

Those look gorgeous .

[sanguinity]

How handsome! The Oak and Ash for the author is particularly striking.

I should take some photos of the volume you did for me; I never did a proper post here. I do show it off to every person who enters the house who could possibly understand what a wonderful gift it is. <3

[mific]

Such gorgeous papers! They look lovely.

[cathexys]

These are gorgeous!!!

Thanks for sharing :)

[muccamukk]

Those are so beautiful! Sang showed me the one you'd done for her, and it was just the loveliest thing. You're so talented!

[dhampyresa]

So pretty!

Exquisite!

[jesse_the_k]

Where/how do you find your papers?

All the Renaissance designs are great; the first one made me want to stand up and cheer.

Thanks for introducing me to Lokta paper -- I bet they feel lovely.

[scribe]

These are so beautiful!!

[sovay]

Those are extremely lovely.

[cyphomandra]

They look so pretty! Such a lovely thing to do.

[the_siobhan]

That is so cool. Where did you learn to do book binding?

[antisoppist]

Gorgeous!

[nnozomi]

Gorgeous! They look so professional (to my eye anyway), and the patterns are lovely--I like the bamboo one especially.

[luzula]

Thanks! : ) It's a very satisfying craft, I think.

[luzula]

Thank you! : D

[luzula]

Thanks! : ) Yeah, I like that one, too.

I do show it off to every person who enters the house who could possibly understand what a wonderful gift it is. <3
Oh, that is lovely to hear! : D

[luzula]

Yes! There are so many lovely papers available.

[luzula]

Thank you! : D

[luzula]

Hee, she did say above that she showed it to visitors! And thank you so much. : ) It's so satisfying to be able to have fic in my bookcase.

[luzula]

Thank you! : D

Re: Exquisite!

[luzula]

Shepherds has the largest stock that I've seen, but because of Brexit, I ordered from an Etsy seller in Germany instead.

Yes! The texture is lovely.

[luzula]

Thank you! : D

[luzula]

Thank you! : ) It's very satisfying to have fic in my bookcase as actual books, and fun to experiment with different papers.

[luzula]

Thank you! : )

[luzula]

Thanks! : ) I learned from Youtube videos and from a googledoc that armoredsuperheavy has written (don't have the link any longer, but check out if it's linked from their journal).

[luzula]

Thanks! : D

[luzula]

Thanks! : D That's kind of the point for me--to have fanfic bound in a way that looks like an actual book. And I'm glad someone liked the bamboo!

[osprey_archer]

How gorgeous! And the paper you used in the second book is beautiful, even if the book itself didn't turn out quite as you wanted.

[ashelterofpages]

Ohhhh, look at those! They're lovely

[mergatrude]

So pretty, and very clever.

[scintilla10]

Oh, these are all so pretty! Beautiful work.

[chestnut_pod]

These are all lovely! I am surprised by how modern(ist) the Renaissance patterns look to my eye.

[hurry_sundown]

They're all lovely, Luz. You have quite the talent, darling. 😊

[luzula]

Yeah, the paper on its own is lovely! It's just the book as a whole didn't come together like I wanted. And thanks. : )

[luzula]

Thank you! : )

[luzula]

By now it's just routine to make a book for me, so I don't feel particularly clever. But thanks! : )

[luzula]

Thank you! : )

[luzula]

I don't know much about art history, so I can't say! But thanks. : )

[luzula]

Thanks! : ) And it's mostly just...practice, I think?

[mergatrude]

Well, it's something I am unlikely to do, so I think it's a valuable skill and value your abilities. ♡

[luzula]

Ah, I see. Well, I admire your knitting in the same way. : )

[mergatrude]

:)

[regshoe]

♥

I have been keeping my new books out to admire them all week, but I must find a place in my bookshelf for 'That Loyalty of Friendship' soon :D

The Nepalese Lotka papers do look like they have a lovely texture, and I like the colours on that first one, even if it didn't work brilliantly in context.

Have you looked into stamping the titles/authors' names on the spines? I do not know how that is done or how feasible it would be—it occurs to me because of what I was saying about the FotH ebook and its cover.

[luzula]

Have you looked into stamping the titles/authors' names on the spines? I do not know how that is done or how feasible it would be—it occurs to me because of what I was saying about the FotH ebook and its cover.
I have, though not recently--it seems there are various different ways of doing it, but back when I was looking at it, I decided not to pursue it. I can't remember if that was because of expensive or difficult to obtain equipment, perhaps.