3 years ago

t i n y t o m e

the "small" project I said I was working on


I made this tiny book out of mostly recycled materials. I used some blue faux leather then tried to paint a stencil on the front which turned out... bad. So I spread the paint out and painted the whole thing silver which I also didn’t like so I brushed on some brown paint. I then discovered the joys of using cheap acrylics; the wet paint let me wipe off some of the dried silver paint. So I ended up with this strange silver brown weathering effect which I think I like?

This is the 5th or 6th book I’ve made but my first attempt at a “medieval” style of bookbinding. I made a few mistakes because I like to fly by the seat of my pants and not you know, measure things. I also have an aversion to following tutorials of any kind.

My favourite part of creating this book was sewing the text block and head/end bands. My least favourite part was gluing the cover on because I seem to always get glue all over my hands and desk and clothes. But it was immensely satisfyingly to see the "leather" form around the corded spine.



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