Comments | elarra: Making of the "The Seventeeth Step" twin binding

elarra

Making of the "The Seventeeth Step" twin binding

Oct 08, 2011 19:05

Because you know you want to know how books are made! ;)

( A ton of pictures under the cut =) )

bookbinding, sherlock holmes, project: the seventeenth step

Comments 8

rojo3131 October 12 2011, 05:20:52 UTC

WOW...just WOW!!! O.O You're a professional!

elarra October 12 2011, 11:24:35 UTC

Well, at least I hope to be. I'm still in school, on my third year by now learning historical bindings <3

only_po October 14 2011, 23:48:04 UTC

You put so much thought into your construction I must bow down in awe. The color of the thread, for heaven's sake!!! OMG. It is perfection.

The process itself is fascinating -- and in its own right, beautiful. I have a new and powerful appreciation for book binding. (And here I didn't think I could love books any more than I already did.) Thank you thank you thank you for sharing this!

elarra October 15 2011, 20:11:05 UTC

Thank you so much! And yes, I tend to fill my bindings with ridiculous levels of meaning.. :P

dreamflower02 October 15 2011, 05:03:49 UTC

O.M.G.!!!! I am astounded!

elarra October 15 2011, 20:11:20 UTC

Yay! Thanks!

jane_somebody October 28 2011, 21:17:08 UTC

Pardon late comment - I'm here having followed the link in your first post about the book, which I got to from rabidsamfan's link. My late grandfather did bookbinding as a hobby, and from childhood one of my prized possessions was a copy of Alice in Wonderland that he had bound, so I was really interested to see this making-of post. Your work is beautiful, I love the thought and care you have put into it, and thank you for sharing it with the internet!

elarra October 28 2011, 21:52:05 UTC

Late comments are love <3

How interesting! I can understand that, handbound books have a special feel to them =)

Thank you so much <3