Members BlackDragon Posted yesterday at 02:37 PM Members Report Posted yesterday at 02:37 PM (edited) I started a book rebinding project. It's going to be JRR Tolkien's The Silmarillion in a clamshell box and after the holidays I'll do a box set of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings trilogy. I started by tearing off the paper covers from the text block. I painted the page edges black with white specks. I added a vellum title page, a black silk ribbon, burgundy headbands, and black marbled end pages. For the cover I used 2-3oz vegran goat hide. I gave it 3 coats of Fibing's green Pro dye, .095" binder's board. For the cover art I used gold and holographic heat transfer vinyl (htv). I sealed it all with a few coats of a mix of Resolene and carnuba wax. The clamshel box I used .095" binders board, burgundy book cloth, black marbled paper, and the art was htv. Edited yesterday at 02:42 PM by BlackDragon Typos Quote
CFM chuck123wapati Posted yesterday at 03:11 PM CFM Report Posted yesterday at 03:11 PM that is the coolest work Ive seen for ages, man. You did a fantastic job!! Quote Worked in a prison for 30 years if I aint shiny every time I comment its no big deal, I just don't wave pompoms. “I won’t be wronged, I won’t be insulted, and I won’t be laid a hand on. I don’t do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.” THE DUKE!
Members Mulesaw Posted yesterday at 03:37 PM Members Report Posted yesterday at 03:37 PM That looks spectacular! Fantastic job, the black and white dotted edges and marbled pages looks like a lure to a bibliophile - whispering: I hold great secrets that you secretly yearn to read. Will it reside on your own bookshelf, or is it a Christmas gift to some lucky person? Brgds Jonas Quote
Members Darren8306 Posted yesterday at 04:13 PM Members Report Posted yesterday at 04:13 PM Incredible work. Thanks for sharing. Quote
Members BlackDragon Posted 20 hours ago Author Members Report Posted 20 hours ago Thanks a lot, I really appreciate the feedback. 6 hours ago, Mulesaw said: ...Will it reside on your own bookshelf, or is it a Christmas gift to some lucky person? Brgds Jonas The thought process was to make it to sell. If it doesn't sell it was going to go on my bookshelf. Before I put the leather on it I showed it to a friend and he wanted it for his son. He just really liked the page edges and end pages. Lol Do y'all think I should put a 2 line border on the front and back covers? Quote
AlZilla Posted 19 hours ago Report Posted 19 hours ago Very creative. No kind of copyright issues, since you're just rebinding an existing book? Similar to repainting a truck? Looks like a satisfying project. Quote “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” - Voltaire “Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.” - Aristotle
Members BlackDragon Posted 15 hours ago Author Members Report Posted 15 hours ago 4 hours ago, AlZilla said: Very creative. No kind of copyright issues, since you're just rebinding an existing book? Similar to repainting a truck? Looks like a satisfying project. Thanks! No issues with copyright. With rebinding as long as I dont make changes within the text block I'm safe. So I can't add my own art or any extra pages inside the text block. I can add things on the back and front though. I can't recreate any Tolkien, Warner Bro, or Amazon art. Even their elvish script is protected. Thankfully a guy made his own "elvish" script that he gives permission to all to use for private and commercial work. Quote
Members Mulesaw Posted 6 hours ago Members Report Posted 6 hours ago 14 hours ago, BlackDragon said: Do y'all think I should put a 2 line border on the front and back covers? If so, then I would suggest using two narrow silver lines, to correspond with the silver start in the middle, It would make the gold stars and the Elvish script stand out more that way. (I can't really see if the star is silver or a very light ice blue, but I would use that colour) Brgds Jonas Quote
Members BlackDragon Posted 4 hours ago Author Members Report Posted 4 hours ago 1 hour ago, Mulesaw said: If so, then I would suggest using two narrow silver lines, to correspond with the silver start in the middle, It would make the gold stars and the Elvish script stand out more that way. (I can't really see if the star is silver or a very light ice blue, but I would use that colour) Brgds Jonas The single star on the front and the 3 on the back are holographic so they change color. The silver may work because one of the trees on the back is silver but it would break continuity with the other Tolkien books I plan to make. Quote
Members Mulesaw Posted 31 minutes ago Members Report Posted 31 minutes ago 3 hours ago, BlackDragon said: The single star on the front and the 3 on the back are holographic so they change color. The silver may work because one of the trees on the back is silver but it would break continuity with the other Tolkien books I plan to make. I didn't notice until now, that on your first picture, the front star is light blue, the noxt "purple/pinkish/gold" and then again iceblue on the last two pictures. Really a cool effect! If it breaks the continuity with the other books, I suppose it is better to go with something that will work on all of the books. Metallic green (like a green june beetle) would look good too, but so would gold. What is your plan with the other three books, and the two line border line? Brgds Jonas Quote
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