Pictures! Of bookmaking!

I have stolen Mummy's phone so that I could take some pictures of my progress.

So far, I have managed to get through the second signature of my book (out of an estimated 15). Basically, that is a stack of four sheets of paper folded in half. These then get sewn into a text block. While sewing these, you sew the pages onto some cord so that you can attach the covers. A large part of my design was inspired by this video. I like her work a lot, and it was the reason I decided that making a book could be more than just an "I really wish I could."

I have also marbled the cover pages and sealed them, since the marbling inks have a fine glitter that likes to come off.

I feel like I'm slowly getting somewhere, despite my nib's doing its very best to be annoying.

My little work setup

I can JUST maneuver my computer to get it under the little arches,
 so I can use it to read what I'm supposed to be writing down

This is what my patches look like. When I mess up, I don't have enough paper (or energy) to rewrite the whole set of pages. Since each sheet of A4 paper has four book-pages on it, it quickly gets out of hand. So instead I have been making patches, since I can't just scrape off the ink like used to be done when using parchment

This is a signature (although it is missing one of its pages
since I was working on that one right about the time I took this photo) 

The last page of the first signature and the first page of the next one.
This is roughly what it will look like bound

This is the effect I managed to get while marbling, and while it is not exactly
 what I had planned for the book, I still think that it is very appropriate  

My marbled cover sheets 

These cover sheets have just the slightest shimmer to them

Learning to use gold leaf!

Working on drawing small animals performing spells. This is what I want to have in the empty
space at the bottom of the pages. I think it is EXACTLY what the book needs.

I will be using leftover leather from this project...

...and this project for the cover. I haven't decided which colour will be the accent colour and
which one will be the main colour. It may end up depending on how much of each I find in the closets.

This is the stone that will be going on the front cover

So that is my update on it all.

Florence