My most recent project has been a side-by-side binding with my bookbinding mentor. Working on book blocks that were the same size, this allowed Jon to demonstrate the technique while allowing me something to mess up on. My copy is To Say Nothing of the Dog, and Jon’s is Doomsday Book. Both written by Connie Willis….
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Senlin Ascends Rebind
Here is a commission I took to rebind a first edition of Senlin Ascends. The first two books in the Books of Babel series were originally self-published, and those editions are harder to find. I was asked to rebind 2 copies with matching slipcases. I kept the original cover to use as a frontis. The…
A Box of Pockets
A “Magic Box” of Pockets This project was inspired by the story “Pockets” by Amal El-Mohtar. “Pockets” tells of a woman who keeps pulling random objects out of her pockets, regardless of what clothes she is wearing or what she is doing. Originally published in 2015 inUncanny Magazine, I didn’t read the story myself until…