Work in progress

Very much a work in progress, that seems to get done in half hour bursts of activity separated by a month or so of nothing (although, in my defence, I have been busy recently with other, larger books!), I've been playing with this, recently....

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Sample books

Clearing out my cupboardClearing out my cupboard

As it's almost the end of the academic year, I've been emptying out my cupboard at college.




Two ways with double cordsTwo ways with double cords

Some of these are old, but there are a few new ones as well, in particular these two sewing samples, showing different ways of treating sewing on double cords. The top one is called packed sewing, and it's very strong, flexible and slow. The bottom on is sewn two-along, so that two sections are sewn at the same time: it's incredibly quick, but only holds together half as well as if you sew every section.

The other interesting bit is an un-covered springback: I made one so I'd have a better idea of how they worked and never got around to sticking the leather on (even though it's all pared and ready to go!). I'm now quite glad I didn't, as it's handy for taking photos showing the internal workings of the springback!

SpringbackSpringback Springback spine hollowSpringback spine hollow Springbacks open flat!Springbacks open flat!

New site!

The pretty, slow, hard to update old site is still there, but hopefully this one should be quicker, not to mention more likely to get updated (always assuming I do anything worth updating about!), even if it is less beautiful.

It should be possible to comment, too, and there's an OpenID option, although I'm not quite sure how that works. Have at it!

Les Trois Mousquetaires

Made as a birthday present for Kari.

Les Trois MousquetairesLes Trois Mousquetaires

French linked stitch, semi-Bradel case. Painted French endpapers and silk bookcloth.

Book and slipcaseBook and slipcase Text block detailText block detail

James and Sim’s Ketubah

Sim asked me to make the ketubah for their wedding: this is the result, after much worry about whether I’d got the Hebrew letters in the right order and so on!

James and Sim’s KetubahJames and Sim’s Ketubah