I finished the first custom order yesterday! It's so nice to be working with gold again! I have gotten a little tired of just doing the blind embossing. It looks nice to, but you can do a lot more with gold. I also like how it looks when you combine the blind and the gold together. I've actually had several custom orders since last I posted, but I didn't have time to write about them, I was busy making them, and packaging up the ready-made books. I set a personal record of sales yesterday!
This is a book I re-covered a few years ago, "Masterpieces of American Literature". Don't look too closely at it, though. If you did, you would notice I spelled a word wrong, and I wouldn't want you to see that. (This was one of the first titles I printed, and was not yet used to reading the type, upside down and backwards. That was the only time I ever did it.)
This is a copy of Tennyson's poems that I re-covered. I did a much more simple design on the cover, but I actually like it better then the other book!
A closer view.
I didn't put the title on the spine on this one, I used a unique stamp, instead.
This is the only book I made that is actually sewn on raised cords. It is a stronger binding, than most, but still has it's down sides. It is worth more with the raised cords, because it takes many, many more hours. The reason I don't make many books this way is that the leather on the spine itself wears off very quickly, because of the way it is glued and sewn to the text block. I prefer sewing on sunken cords (you can't see them on the spine).
The books I sell in my store aren't sewn either way. I use a different technique, that allows them to be sew just using thread.
I'll post more picture of the other custom orders as soon as I finish them!
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