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Sean Bala

After a long time, some more bookbinding projects! More details below!

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Six handmade books on a green checked cutting mat. From left to right, there is a long glued journal and a small glued journal with geometric checked patterns. On the bottom are two small pamphlet stitch books and on the top right are two larger pamphlet stitch books. In each book, set, one book is purple and the other is blue.
Two hardbacked bound books. On the left is a small book with a blue and green marbled cover and a brown cloth binding and purple binding. On the right is a larger black clothbound book with a red spine and white thread.
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Sean Bala

You might laugh but the idea for this book came to me in a dream. I thought about wanting to make a black notebook with a red spine and white binding with this inside panel. It was from an old calendar. I love making these books but one thing I always find tricky is how much space to give each signature. I wanted eight but had to do six. Still, I love how it turned out.

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A large cloth bound book with a black cover, a red spine, and a white binding.
The binding of the book from the spine on a green checked cutting board.
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Sean Bala

I've been in a rut lately with books so I decided to go back to basics. I'm using the book "Handmade Books at Home" by Chanel Ly (Bitter Melon Bindery) to brush up - not a bad work but I sometimes need to read the instructions multiple times. I made these pamphlet stitch books using her techniques. The big difference is that I cut the pages out and rounded the corners myself.

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Four pamphlet stich books on a green checked cutting mat with a light blue pencil next to them.
A close up of all four pamphlet stitch books on top of each other with a view of the page edges and rounded corners.
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Jul 20, 2024, 10:54 PM·Public·Elk
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Sean Bala

I had this old calendar lying around with vintage travel posters. I love vintage posters and so I've saved all of the small previews from the back of the calendar for future use!

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A collection of mini vintage travel posters on a green checked cutting mat.
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Sean Bala

Thanks for reading these posts! I took up bookbinding as a hobby to do something with my hands. I've enjoyed sharing my projects here on Mastodon and I've really appreciated all the encouragement!

Here are a few more projects I've completed the past year:

mas.to/@seanbala/1119946832253
mas.to/@seanbala/1118849634098
mas.to/@seanbala/1119107465929
mas.to/@seanbala/1115528424438
mas.to/@seanbala/1103816972182

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Agnes

@seanbala You’re such an inspiration, these are all so wonderful and amazing! 🥰✨

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