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I am enjoying one of your earlier journals. You're making great strides in both Craft and Art. Well done, indeed.

 

PS put me in line to buy one, please.

 

 

 

 

Oh Please... YES!!!! http://www.sherv.net/cm/emo/happy/jumping-for-joy-smiley-emoticon.gif

 

 

 

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Yes, please put me on the list. I know that the materials alone are rather expensive, not to mention the labor involved. It is truly a work of art!

 

Joe, I am so happy you are enjoying your journal!! :D :D

 

I'll put you all on the list :D.

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Beautiful! He must have loved it too, may I ask how the gilding/embossing is done and hope it is holding out?

 

I have a gilding machine. I mount the stamp in the machine, then the machine warms it up to 100 degrees Celsius. I put a layer of foil on the cover and press the stamp on the cover. And voilá! The gilding is made.

 

I don't understand what you mean by holding out, sorry. Could you explain it to me?

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I have a gilding machine. I mount the stamp in the machine, then the machine warms it up to 100 degrees Celsius. I put a layer of foil on the cover and press the stamp on the cover. And voilá! The gilding is made.

 

I don't understand what you mean by holding out, sorry. Could you explain it to me?

 

They usually fall off. Depending on location. If for example the gilding is done all around the frame of the cover, then chances are it will "rub off" with constant handling.

 

Yours is dead on the center, so chances are it will hold on quite well for time to come.

 

 

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I have a gilding machine. I mount the stamp in the machine, then the machine warms it up to 100 degrees Celsius. I put a layer of foil on the cover and press the stamp on the cover. And voilá! The gilding is made.

 

I don't understand what you mean by holding out, sorry. Could you explain it to me?

 

 

 

They usually fall off. Depending on location. If for example the gilding is done all around the frame of the cover, then chances are it will "rub off" with constant handling.

 

Yours is dead on the center, so chances are it will hold on quite well for time to come.

 

 

C.

 

As Cyber6 indicated, the gilding more often than not "rub off". But that tends to happen over years of weathering (on books where it is done properly).

 

I had heard about stamping/pressing machines for large scale uses, I didn't know smaller versions existed (Apologies for assuming that your use is a small scale use!). Are the molds for the stamping process easy to make?

 

Once again, lovely work with the book!

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They usually fall off. Depending on location. If for example the gilding is done all around the frame of the cover, then chances are it will "rub off" with constant handling.

 

Yours is dead on the center, so chances are it will hold on quite well for time to come.

 

 

C.

 

Mmmm I see. I haven't had the machine for that long - less than a year - so I couldn't tell. However, any of the gildings I've made have "rubbed off", so that's a good sign :).

 

I know there is a more traditional gilding that is handmade with different tools and it uses gold leaf. However, I know it is extremely complicated and I haven't done it yet.

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As Cyber6 indicated, the gilding more often than not "rub off". But that tends to happen over years of weathering (on books where it is done properly).

 

I had heard about stamping/pressing machines for large scale uses, I didn't know smaller versions existed (Apologies for assuming that your use is a small scale use!). Are the molds for the stamping process easy to make?

 

Once again, lovely work with the book!

 

My machine is very similar to this one:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mFYiqQtY2v0/UwCNR9atwCI/AAAAAAAAAxw/yn_nD9-hm-c/s1600/IMG_6637_R.jpg

 

I don't make the molds, I buy them. They can be handmade, but most of the sellers nowadays make them using big machines. They aren't that cheap, unfortunately, so I hold my stamps very close to me hehe. My favourite stamp provider is Kevin Noakes, from UK.

Gilding can be made with handtooling. Actually, in the photo you can see hand tools on the right, but I can't make them good yet. Also, a stamp as big as the one in the journal can't be handtooled, it must be made with the machine. With the hand tools one can use gold leaf, but from what I know it is a pretty complicated technique.

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If he doesn't, let me know. I'm always on the lookout for an absolutely beautiful journal!

:lticaptd: You took the words right out of my fingers! I was thinking and about to post the same sentiment! Glad I read your post before I got redundant. You beat me to it. Absolutely beautiful. I love fine journals without lines. I keep thinking about the Tomoe River, but people continue to say it is so thin, I am reluctant, but this journal is a work of art and absolutely beautiful!

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:yikes: Thats' a BIG Machine... :D

 

 

 

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:lticaptd: You took the words right out of my fingers! I was thinking and about to post the same sentiment! Glad I read your post before I got redundant. You beat me to it. Absolutely beautiful. I love fine journals without lines. I keep thinking about the Tomoe River, but people continue to say it is so thin, I am reluctant, but this journal is a work of art and absolutely beautiful!

 

 

 

OMG, that is a big machine! If only more of you were in India.

 

 

This is glorious! What a labor of love. Lady you are seriously talented!!

 

 

Do you need a 2nd boyfriend?

 

Thank you all for your comments. The machine is quite heavy and I have it in a third floor, so we had to bring it into my workshop in separate parts, and still each part was, well, arm work.

Thank you all for your nice words, they mean a lot to me.

Well, I am already in a long-distance relationship, so no, I don't need another long-distance boyfriend. However, you will be first in line if things go wrong and I need a new boyfriend hahaha.

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Wow is right. Wow, that is fantastic work. A labor of love for your boyfriend, and not just that TR paper too. Fantastic.

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Just curious, how many pages are in the book?

 

I used 100 Tomoe River A4 pages, meaning it has 400 pages counting both sides. By the way, I purchased an OMAS from Paco today ^_^. Thank you for the suggestion!!

 

Wow is right. Wow, that is fantastic work. A labor of love for your boyfriend, and not just that TR paper too. Fantastic.

 

Thank you for your kind words :).

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I'll add on a few words of impressive awe! My wife knows that I'm always on the lookout for a nice journal, and your work is truly an impressive piece of art!

 

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Oh Anna, that's a beautiful journal. I want one & will start thinking about what to use it for. I loved your photos and description of the process too, they were very informative.

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This particular journal has 400 pages counting both sides, but all the future ones I will do will have the double, 800 counting both sides because, as you know, Tomoe River is a very thin paper and a bigger body of paper would go better with this type of binding, which is pretty sturdy (also, it would open even better).

Yes, each signatures are x number of sheets folded. I usually fold 4 sheets for each signature, but for Tomoe River I think I folded 10 sheets for each signature, so they would have some consistency.

Actually, the endpapers are a traditional method of decoration used in bookbinding called paste paper. It's one of my favourites techniques for the versability of the finish. I like the nerves because they give an appearence of old book.

 

Could you tell us a little more about the end papers. They really ad to the truly beautiful work you have already done.

“Don't put off till tomorrow what you can do today, because if you do it today and like it, you can do again tomorrow!”

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Wow that is magnificant. If he hates it I want it :D

 

 

Oh Anna, that's a beautiful journal. I want one & will start thinking about what to use it for. I loved your photos and description of the process too, they were very informative.

 

 

I'll add on a few words of impressive awe! My wife knows that I'm always on the lookout for a nice journal, and your work is truly an impressive piece of art!

 

Buzz

 

Thank you very much for your kind words!!! I really appreciate them :D

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