Something different
I wasn’t intending to make books like this, but because I am finally getting things together for a craft market stall (details to follow soon), I thought that it might be a good idea to have some...
View ArticleMore A5 and A6 books
I’m finally getting to post these photos. These are A5 books that are half bound with leather and collage covers: These are A5 books with paste paper covers, one of which is quarter bound: This A5 book...
View ArticleBibles
Ever since doing embossed covers on some bibles I repaired, I have been thinking of doing this on bibles to sell. The bibles on this post are bibles which I bought and rebound. The book blocks were all...
View ArticleBelated market update
I’ve been neglecting this blog again, but wanted to post these photos of my stall at the Rondebosch Crafters’ Market three weeks ago. The market went well for the first time and there was wonderful...
View ArticlePrayer Books
One of my recent projects has been binding some photocopied volumes of A Manual of Eastern Orthodox Prayers, originally published by the Fellowship of St Alban and St Sergius. I was asked to do a copy...
View ArticleLiturgy of St John Chrysostom
This is a somewhat provisional book. I mentioned previously that one of the advantages of having priest who is pioneering the translation of Orthodox liturgical texts into Afrikaans is that it presents...
View ArticleLeather and collage
This is a book that was commissioned as a gift. It is half bound in leather (but with a side rather than a corner half-binding) and a collage cover. The headbands are from leather and the end pages...
View ArticleSomething original
I haven’t posted on here recently because of the demands of trying to establish a business and also the fact that much of my recent work has not been terribly original. I’ve realised that I’ll have to...
View ArticleI’m now selling notebooks and journals online
I have just added a page to this site where I am offering a variety of blank notebooks and journals for sale, most of them with quite creative covers. Some of these are books I bound a couple of years...
View ArticleI’m Now Selling on Etsy!
I’ve just opened a shop on Etsy where I am now selling hand-crafted journals and notebooks. Last year I sold some books here, and started investigating selling online, but unfortunately I got rather...
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