Making Books

Making Books: A guide to creating hand-crafted books | Simon Goode and Ira Yonemura

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So - I‘ve not read much this as I‘ve been making books instead! I have walked 44.7 miles, kept to my eating goals most days and listened to bookish podcasts every day in my commute to the Bindery.

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kspenmoll Fabulous!!!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5y

wanderinglynn Way to go! 🙌🏻 5y

Mitch @wanderinglynn @kspenmoll Thanks guys - each week this round is getting a bit better! 5y

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Crazeedi @Mitch you are amazing with your walks! And your bookmaking is super wonderful! Congrats!👏❤💞 5y

nelehelen Your books look amazing!! 5y

Mitch @Crazeedi thank you. X My walks are my thinking space, I work a lot out whilst walking and thinking! 5y

Mitch @nelehelen thank you 🙏 5y

MicrobeMom Great job Mitch! You are rocking it! ♥️♥️👏👏 5y

sudi You did great 👏👏👏 and those books looked awesome 5y

Mitch @sudi @MicrobeMom Thank you 😘 5y

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Making Books: A guide to creating hand-crafted books | Simon Goode and Ira Yonemura

On the final day of my Book Binding Sumer School I made a solander box (clam shell) to house the books I made. It had to be custom measured to fit all the books exactly so they wouldn‘t wobble around and get damaged ! I think I might have been holding my breadth after 9 hours of making - when I checked that everything fitted! I‘ve never measured so much in my life!

Samplergal So beautiful! You‘ve really done a stellar job. So fun to create. 5y

Mitch @Samplergal thank you. I was surprised just how lovely they turned out! 5y

SharonAlger That looks so impressive! 5y

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AmyG That‘s gorgeous. 5y

Kalalalatja Well done! 5y

JacqMac Wow! Very impressive! 5y

Lreads Beautiful! Well done! 👏 5y

erzascarletbookgasm It‘s gorgeous! I‘m so impressed! 😘 5y

squirrelbrain It‘s so beautiful! ❤️ 5y

Soubhiville I can‘t believe that‘s handmade! It‘s so pretty, nice work! 5y

Leftcoastzen Well done!❤️👍 5y

DGRachel That is gorgeous! Well done, you!! 🎉🎉 5y

Eggs Fabulous!!!! 5y

Mitch @SharonAlger @amyg @kalalalatja @JacqMac @QuietlyLaura @erzascarletbookgasm @squirrelbrain @leftcoastzen Thanks guys - it took 8 hours of intense concentration and at times i think i forgot to breathe as i made cuts in the cloth! 5y

Mitch @Soubhiville Usually everything i make looks VERY homemade! 😂 😂 😂 😂 5y

Mitch @DGRachel Thank you.... im going to use it to store my Litsy Letters! 😻 5y

Mitch @Eggs 😻 5y

LeahBergen It‘s so beautiful!! 👏🏻👏🏻 5y

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Making Books: A guide to creating hand-crafted books | Simon Goode and Ira Yonemura

Five days book making with Simon Goode at The Bindery ( his book is tagged and amazing for easy to follow instructions to beautiful things!) - and I made two hard backed journals with fancy end papers and foil blocked fabric covers, concertina books and lots of different variations of Japanese stitch binding. Had an amazing week! Need to improve my handwriting now before I start to write in them!

SharonAlger I need this in my life. I like to write in beautiful notebooks, but it can be too expensive, sometimes. This would be a fun compromise. 5y

AmyG Wow. Sounds like an unforgettable course. Amazing. 5y

JacqMac These are beautiful! And how fun. 5y

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Soubhiville They look amazing. I‘m glad you enjoyed it so much. 5y

mrp27 They look awesome, well done! 📚 5y

Mitch @SharonAlger It was very therapeutic making them - the tagged book is a great place to start for beginners. Everything we made is featured in the book 5y

Mitch @AmyG It was good - hard to concentrate for such a long time - but super pleased with the results! 5y

Mitch @JacqMac Thank you - id highly recommend it! 5y

Mitch @Soubhiville It was brilliant - 😻 5y

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Making Books: A guide to creating hand-crafted books | Simon Goode and Ira Yonemura

Just starting construction of my Solander Box - it‘s custom made to exactly fit all the books I‘ve made in my 5 day bookmaking summer school that ends today. We‘ll that‘s the theory. Only time will tell if I‘ve measured correctly!

Crazeedi Look at you go! 👏👏 mighty fine!! 5y

Mitch @Crazeedi Thanks - I was exhausted but the end of it! 5y

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Making Books: A guide to creating hand-crafted books | Simon Goode and Ira Yonemura

Simon's workshop library - a whole wall of books about making books 😍

PatriciaU Looks like heaven! 5y

Mitch @PatriciaU it really is! 5y

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Making Books: A guide to creating hand-crafted books | Simon Goode and Ira Yonemura

Very proud of today‘s stitching! I‘ve just cut down 56 pages of paper to size with a knife and stitched them together to make a book block. Now going to add a case, header tape and bookmark!

Crazeedi Looks amazing!!❤ 5y

Oryx So cool! 5y

Samplergal Looks great! Creating something is such an accomplishment. 5y

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Prairiegirl_reading Wow! That is cool!!! 5y

scripturient 😍😍 5y

ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled 👏👏👏 way to go! I‘m impressed!! 5y

LeahBergen Pretty!!! 5y

Mitch @LeahBergen The finished books were so much better than i thought they be! 5y

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Making Books: A guide to creating hand-crafted books | Simon Goode and Ira Yonemura

Day 3 of my bookbinding week with Simon Goode - Japanese stitching might not be my thing! I was concentrating so hard I think I genuinely forgot to breathe! #bookishproblems

Samplergal It looks great though. Great job! 5y

Mitch @Samplergal Thank you! We‘re learning to do everything very traditionally so cutting 48 sheets of paper to size with a knife was a challenge before I even got to the stitching! 5y

GypsyKat So awesome!!! 5y

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AmyG Wow! This is amazing. 🙌🏻 5y

Soubhiville I think it‘s beautiful. 5y

Leftcoastzen I think it‘s amazing! Good job. 5y

PurpleyPumpkin How lovely! Definitely swoon-worthy. Great job!👍🏽 5y

LeahBergen Oh, it turned out beautifully! 5y

Crazeedi Great job, such a cool class!! 5y

LapReader Thankyou so much for sharing your trials and triumphs with us. 5y

DGRachel Gorgeous! 5y

Mitch @LapReader My pleasure ! 5y

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Making Books: A guide to creating hand-crafted books | Simon Goode and Ira Yonemura

So this week I‘m on a weeks summer school - bookmaking for 5 days with Simon Goode. Just finished Day 2 and so far I‘ve made a 5 hole pamphlet, a Japanese Stab Binding book, 2 concertina books and a single section case binding which I then foil blocked! It‘s intense and I‘m focusing so hard - but having such a blast! Simon is such a good teacher.

ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled This is amazing!! 5y

TrishB What fun 😁 5y

Mitch @ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled @TrishB I‘m really enjoying it ! I‘m not a very precise person, I‘m more of a ‘make it up as I go along‘ type - so it‘s a challenge! But the things I‘m ending up with are actually very nice! 5y

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DGRachel How exciting!😍 5y

TheAromaofBooks Oh my goodness, this looks amazing! I make small, sewn notebooks that I sell on Etsy, but have always wanted to learn more about actual book binding. What fun! 5y

Kalalalatja How fun! 5y

Aimeesue Wow! 5y

LazyDays How cool! 5y

LeahBergen How wonderful! I‘ve done a couple of (very low key) bookmaking classes and they are so FUN. 5y

Mitch @TheAromaofBooks it‘s really good - I‘m now looking at spines and header tape in a whole new light! 5y

Mitch @LeahBergen really enjoying the week - although exposed spine Japanese stitching today was a challenge! 5y

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