I've been noticing bookbinding has been growing in popularity as of late. Part of me noticing is from the massive deluge of really bad and remarkably dunce questions - and I don't mean from the "this person is new but totally interested in learning the ropes and doing the work", I mean from the "Can... Continue Reading →
I'm a bookbinder and an author. So seeing the sprayed edges/gilded edges craze is a bit on the odd side for me. The edges are indeed pretty - but not worth the major jack up in price. The sprayed edges are all you get sometimes, no autograph in the book or anything else special. Just... Continue Reading →
I've come to notice through a question in one of my online bookbinding community that there's some odd non-issue that is, for some reason or another, a big deal. Particularly to those who probably need a different hobby: bookbinding fanfiction. Not publishing it the same way that a regular book that sits in a bookstore... Continue Reading →
I designed, printed and handstitched a new ink journal because one didn't exist for the paper I use to write my novels and stories, Southworth. Fun fact about the covers: they were supposed to go on a journal I stitched for Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance ... but I lost them. Thus, he got... Continue Reading →
Sounds like an ad but it isn't. I guess it's a review? I book bind by hand, something I’ve talked about before here. It is a pain in the neck to bind printed documents and even worse when it comes to looking up how to do it because online searches assume you mean putting a... Continue Reading →
I do eventually plan to have all my works available in Braille. Hopefully within 10 years. I simply want my works to be very accessible, no matter who is consuming it. My work is already available in audio, e-readers can make text massive and my books do exist as ebooks, For me, the final frontier... Continue Reading →
Ok everyone, this post is about the book that makes the stories possible now, the Masterbook. This book is handmade by me, took about a week to put together (the caterpillar stitch was the longest part, 3 days alone) and exists the brainwork of all the novels, novellas currently worked on. It's pretty much... Continue Reading →
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