And so the binding was complete! I used a spare piece of the endpapers to […]
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La Charrue D’Érable (The Maplewood Plough) Part Four: Embroidery and Covering
Finally the time had come for me to do the bit that I like the […]
La Charrue D’Érable (The Maplewood Plough) Part Three: Forwarding
The client wished to retain the gilt calf paste-downs if possible to include them within […]
La Charrue D’Érable (The Maplewood Plough) Part Two: The Endpapers and Doublures
Throughout the book there were numerous wood cut prints so I decided to try out […]
La Charrue D’Érable (The Maplewood Plough) Part One: Design
I was shocked to look back at my last blog post to see that it […]
Frida Kahlo: (Paper) Flowers in Her Hair
Being a bookbinder requires a vast array of different skills, some of which can be […]
Binding the Kelmscott Chaucer, Part Eight: Completion
So the time had finally come where I could say that the book and box […]
Binding the Kelmscott Chaucer, Part Seven: Endpapers and Box
The text block was made up with pale blue endpapers at the start of the […]
Binding the Kelmscott Chaucer, Part Six: Covering, Tooling and Final Details
So the time had come to try and get the leather I had spent so […]
Binding the Kelmscott Chaucer, Part Five: Back Paring and Stage Two of Embroidery
And so following on from my last post, as promised more embroidery and more colour! […]