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I made this while running a workshop teaching people how to make this type of book. The covers are chiyogami paper so I needed to...

I made this to test if I preferred putting the spine seams on the inside or outside, I very much prefer outside as it turns out. But I...

I made this with the idea that it would become my nightly journal, but forgot that I always forget to use my journal so I don't need a...

These three all have different styles cause I was using them to test new techniques. The Comp Sci one is coptic bound with no corner...

I ran twice monthly workshops at my school and I always had to make a demo as I went, this was one of them. Definitely not my best work,...

Just a few more softcover notebooks that I have made over the past few years, these were the ones that I kept at school with me so they...

This book looks better the longer it is since I made it. When I first made it I was so upset that I couldn't get the inlay or the leather...

My freshman year I made a bunch of notebooks for my classes, here are the two that I still have. You can really see how my skills have...

I got to use an Embosser on this one. But we only had one of each character so Journal was the only word that I could reasonably spell...

I made these two when some friends of mine got married. The paintings are hand painted watercolors by my grandmother. When she doesn't...

This book was one of the first case-bound journals that I made for myself instead of to give away. I loved the decorative paper that I...

As a surprise gift for my partner I made him a screenplay journal where he can write down all of his scene, character, dialogue, plot...

My brother used to play dungeons and dragons with me, so I made a little book of character sheets for him for Christmas a few years back....

I made this book as a gift for my ex. Luckily for me we broke up before I gave it to him so I got to keep it. This was my first attempt...

Coptic bound books are really unique because the entire spine is exposed. Instead of stitching the signatures (bundles of pages) together...

I hope everyone has a great Memorial day! Another kind of book we often make in the Guild is Japanese hole punch books. These are...

I am the president of my universities bookbinding guild. (It sounds way fancier than it is, there are mainly 5 of us in a basement making...