I made a small book of 10 poems I want to memorize in 2026. Gonna work on them while riding the train.

1. Human, Sophia Kai
2. Think of Others, Mahmoud Darwish
3. A Poison Tree, William Blake
4. There Will Come Soft Rains, Sara Teasdale
5. Wild Geese, Mary Oliver
6. Death, Be Not Proud, John Donne
7. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, Robert Frost
8. Ozymandias, Percy Shelley
9. Wasteland, Samuel Hurley
10. Confident Anticipation of Joy,Alice Walker

#poetry #bookbinding #handboundbook

Story of Your Life By Ted Chiang

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This little quarto sized book is made from short grain warm white Church's paper, wooqu book cloth, and printed through inkjet. Endpapers hand painted by me using calligraphy ink. Original typeset by me, for personal use only. Cover designed by me using Canva.

Story of Your Life is a sci-fi short story by Ted Chiang. It was the basis for the sci-fi movie Arrival (2016).

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#arrival
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#scifi

Circe by Madeline Miller - Spooky Halloween Rebind

Here is a recent rebind of a thrifted paperback of Circe. I went for a color scheme that felt more spooky and Day-of-Dead-like. The cover is entirely hand foiled. Bookcloth used is faux leather from Hollanders.

#halloween #circe #madelinemiller #booktok #bookstagram #witch #theodyssey #bookbinding #handmadebook #handboundbook #bookart

Circe by Madeline Miller - Spooky Halloween Rebind

Here is a recent rebind of a thrifted paperback of Circe. I went for a color scheme that felt more spooky and Day-of-Dead-like. The cover is entirely hand foiled. Bookcloth used is faux leather from Hollanders.

#halloween #circe #madelinemiller #booktok #bookstagram #witch #theodyssey #bookbinding #handmadebook #handboundbook #bookart

SNAFU: An Anthology of Military Horror

Stories written by Jeff Hewitt, Brian W. Taylor, Tyson Mauermann, and more.

Allure bookcloth is perfect for hand foiling using a foil quill. I used silver Memory Keeper’s foil and green copper back foil. The edges of the book were foiled with the same green foil using a mini cricut iron. Endpapers are from a Craft Consortium paper. Typeface featured on the cover is TT Phobos Stencil.

#bookbinding #handboundbook #snafu #horror #military #artsandcrafts

Homer’s The Odyssey 🏛️

This is my first time attempting to deboss by hand without foiling. The gold and silver you see on the cover is calligraphy ink I tried to paint into the pattern.

Unfortunately, I’ve come to realize I don’t know how to use paintbrushes at all.

#bookbinding #handboundbook #fanbinding #odysseus #theodyssey #greekmythology #greekmyth #renegadebookbinding #renegadeguild #handmade #circe #penelope #epicthemusicalodysseus #epicthemusical

Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

This handbound book will be available for auction. Stay tuned for more details in September 2025.

Can you spot the castle on the back of the book?

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Howl’s Moving Castle Rebind

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This book will be available to purchase through an upcoming fundraising auction hosted by @bookbindsforacause starting 9/26/25

All proceeds go directly to the following organisations: World Central Kitchen, Palestine Red Crescent Society, and Gaza Soup Kitchen.

#bookbinding #handboundbook #howlsmovingcastle #bookbindsforacause #handmade #artsandcrafts #booktok #ghibli #renegadebookbinding #renegadeguild #renegadebindery #renegadepublishing #renegadepub

Epic: The Muscial Lyric Book

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I hope this video will explain how the foiling happens. I created a design for the cover and printed it in plain recycled paper. After securing the foil to the cover, I lay the design over the foil and trace it with the quill, the nib of which is heated metal. It takes practice to figure out how much pressure is needed and how long the quill should stay on any section.

#bookbinding #epicthemusical #odysseus #handboundbook #handmade #artsandcrafts #handmadebooks

Epic: The Muscial Lyric Book

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I hope this video will show the foiling process. I created a design for the cover digitally, then printed it in plain recycled paper (nothing thick at all). After securing the foil to the book cover, I lay the design over the foil and traced it with a foil quill, the nib of which is heated metal.

#bookbinding #epicthemusical #odysseus #handboundbook #handmade #artsandcrafts #handmadebooks #renegadebookbinding #renegadeguild #telemachus