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Since I really enjoyed working on the first springback book, I decided I wanted to make another one, which will be for my boyfriend, too. It has 200 sheets of white Tomoe River, which folded make 400 sheets, 800 pages counting both sides. It weights about 1 kg and it took me about 13 hours to complete it.

 

Here is how it looks:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-McVb4QJRy-k/VRrHlF6kasI/AAAAAAAACME/X8zWO5HSuMM/s1600/IMG_8942_R.jpg

 

I started by folding the Tomoe River paper into signatures and sawing the holes.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-y_5hJId-CzY/VRrFgyBQtXI/AAAAAAAACLU/kFBsujMp8Gk/s1600/IMG_8842.JPG

 

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rU5d6rE9OsM/VRrFnVr9rHI/AAAAAAAACLc/QnzUTanNY-A/s1600/IMG_8844.JPG

 

Then I sew the signatures using ribbon.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VLaGqUkRG1A/VRrGiNoCeeI/AAAAAAAACLs/nYAHmni-kRY/s1600/IMG_8845.JPG

 

I glued the back and then I trimmed the book. After rounding it, I applied a layer of backing cloth.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3fXli1pPldM/VRrI1t9BFTI/AAAAAAAACMY/QYxDKH2iODM/s1600/IMG_8851.JPG

 

And then, the first thin cover comes.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2GS4_ut4nAE/VRrI0yQpW1I/AAAAAAAACMQ/0sKBM5JbDm0/s1600/IMG_8856.JPG

 

I made my own headbands. I love how they resemble a braid!

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-96jRXm2rsKo/VRrGraoAViI/AAAAAAAACL8/-8Yl03hk21w/s1600/IMG_8850.JPG

 

Then I glued the bookmark and the headbands on the spine and added a few layers more of backing material.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NeGsTjdqGT8/VRrKa-qlBmI/AAAAAAAACMk/26TbtbQgW0w/s1600/IMG_8857.JPG

 

Then, I glued the second thin cover.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ISlN7OxNAkw/VRrKdBFoK9I/AAAAAAAACMs/Eq5IJYm0zTE/s1600/IMG_8858.JPG

 

Then I started adding layers on the spine, so it would have the same thickness as the front and back covers.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T2UtBqUOtOo/VRrKdmgL-pI/AAAAAAAACMw/9YNz9px5EzI/s1600/IMG_8859.JPG

 

Here I have already applied the thick cover.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-84ChfSvZJQw/VRrMP4mi9KI/AAAAAAAACNI/oFuyRUau5ck/s1600/IMG_8901.JPG

 

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3H7MA2uXVmY/VRrMNjhSYJI/AAAAAAAACNA/JFbl9AQVVO4/s1600/IMG_8904.JPG

 

I glued some faux nerves on the spine.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OpaXGJ7Xx4s/VRrMQKbh-aI/AAAAAAAACNM/AsiQqnNy8oE/s1600/IMG_8905.JPG

 

Then I cut the leather.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YEDruwowifs/VRrN0U8xeMI/AAAAAAAACNk/IY98CCbmk6I/s1600/IMG_8929.JPG

 

And I paired it.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zmLniHgZpXo/VRrNyQ5f75I/AAAAAAAACNc/caHxizSv2vc/s1600/IMG_8931.JPG

 

(I'm not very good at it yet!!)

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hLmsk8jmoys/VRrODLJUirI/AAAAAAAACNs/IJS5-xqRZXk/s1600/IMG_8932.JPG

 

Then I used iron sulphate, beer and oxalic acid to create some effects on the leather (yes, regular beer!).

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TPoNlHgQmFY/VRrQTFvrXFI/AAAAAAAACOI/vK4k3EXqAkQ/s1600/IMG_8933.JPG

 

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gjKXixjrf0c/VRrQDsDFNxI/AAAAAAAACN4/-e1W7a5eQFY/s1600/IMG_8934.JPG

 

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MmfSqVaXGVM/VRrQM1CUSOI/AAAAAAAACOA/AT2o8foo2r0/s1600/IMG_8936.JPG

 

Once dry, the leather was ready to be applied on the book.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aalHUEjbIS4/VRrQxxrRX8I/AAAAAAAACOQ/GXNJVHBxSxw/s1600/IMG_8939.JPG

 

After doing some gilding, it was done.

And pictures of the final results:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oqcyuIKEHnk/VRrRK5rYvbI/AAAAAAAACOY/pS6dCGFVeQ4/s1600/IMG_8943_R.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-O4hmjO8AgBg/VRrRMlTePaI/AAAAAAAACOo/zOgUb5puAyA/s1600/IMG_8944_R.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Rta3qdjxSbw/VRrRLg05n8I/AAAAAAAACOc/zuhOaUiuv3o/s1600/IMG_8945_R.jpg

The endpapers are paste paper that I decorated myself.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-K_vVjbNqw3w/VRrRQV7N20I/AAAAAAAACOw/T4XbmUfUsbI/s1600/IMG_8946_R.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-onAl1Gce3hA/VRrRTNb6ZpI/AAAAAAAACO4/_9EFOVgE7Bk/s1600/IMG_8947_R.jpg

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http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z0xqSGg-XEo/VRrRXmaBIMI/AAAAAAAACPI/9kf6Y0ngLlU/s1600/IMG_8952_R.jpg

I hope you enjoyed this post!

You are welcome to visit my blog: http://gatzbcn.blogspot.com/ and that is my shop: https://www.gatzbcn.com/shop

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Wow - I am so jealous of your skills. You should sell them here. Working out the labour rate, materials etc they would run at about $900. I'll start saving. Really love the look of the leather. Congratulations.

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How beautiful! What does he do with so many notebooks of this size I wonder? I hope he appreciates them and takes care of them. You're very talented.

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Since I really enjoyed working on the first springback book, I decided I wanted to make another one...

 

 

Anna.. you have outdone yourself!!!.... I didn't think that was possible.... BRAVO!!!!

 

Is a thing of beauty... :wub: :wub: :wub: :wub:

 

 

 

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Your craftsmanship is incredible. I love the blue color. Your boyfriend must do a lot of writing to merit all these beautiful journals!

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I'm still trying to figure out how to list all my pens down here.

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Wow - I am so jealous of your skills. You should sell them here. Working out the labour rate, materials etc they would run at about $900. I'll start saving. Really love the look of the leather. Congratulations.

 

Thank you! Actually, I will start taking custom orders from today. Of course, they won't be as much as $900 by far! Hehe :D

You are welcome to visit my blog: http://gatzbcn.blogspot.com/ and that is my shop: https://www.gatzbcn.com/shop

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How beautiful! What does he do with so many notebooks of this size I wonder? I hope he appreciates them and takes care of them. You're very talented.

 

Your craftsmanship is incredible. I love the blue color. Your boyfriend must do a lot of writing to merit all these beautiful journals!

 

Thank you very much for your kind words. Actually, he writes a lot, a couple of hours everyday. He can easily finish a 200 page journal :P.

You are welcome to visit my blog: http://gatzbcn.blogspot.com/ and that is my shop: https://www.gatzbcn.com/shop

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Anna.. you have outdone yourself!!!.... I didn't think that was possible.... BRAVO!!!!

 

Is a thing of beauty... :wub: :wub: :wub: :wub:

 

 

 

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Thank you very much. I will reply to you today regarding your custom journal.

You are welcome to visit my blog: http://gatzbcn.blogspot.com/ and that is my shop: https://www.gatzbcn.com/shop

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Gorgeous! Should I contact you through FPN or Etsy about a custom?

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Awesome :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

 

How does one do those patterns on the leather?

 

 

 

 

Well, it's a chemistry thing. Look at the pictures of the leather: on the first picture, the leather as I bought. On the second one, I applied a solution of beer (regular drinking beer I bought at the supermarket) and iron sulphate. The leather becomes black. It goes completely black. Once it is dry, third picture, I soak a piece of cloth in oxalic acid (I use gloves, since it is skin irritating and potentially dangerous), wrap it unevenly and apply it on the leather. That is how it leaves the pattern. It's like it "burns" the color, that's why the color that appears has nothing to do with the original color.

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I must have one of these Journals! they are amazing...and I havent even started to keep a journal yet but i want one.

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Mine is on order!

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