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i have no fear of anyone, i'm dumb and wild and free | bookbinder

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Finished my most ambitious (in terms of decoration) book yet! Gothic binding with wooden cover boards, leather inlays and blind tooling, for a personal journal

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I really do worry about this constantly. Bookbinding is what I would consider my closest, but even that is like high amateur at best really. Makes me feel very unserious

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I require a job that allows my dilettante craftsman impulses

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My ass is never achieving mastery of anything I have too many desires for different mediums

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@5gheg @lofty_shining It does seem quite enjoyable though! And yeah talas is where I get most of my binding supplies i love it, the messed up paper was ordered direct from mohawk

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A major source of this is bain capital, owning the fredrigoni paper company, owning mowhawk paper

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The theme of this spring is that nothing can come easily and the world wants me in misery

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@lofty_shining it is a nightmare in my (limited) experience. just the naming even is ridiculous. Mohawk Carnival+Via Via Laid Paper, like what are we doing here. I gotta get into papermaking at this point to get something good it feels like

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@lofty_shining thank you!

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Real time sewing a few signatures onto linen cords

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11 books, its gonna be a sewing marathon

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@5gheg Ty :)

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Owl

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@funkysnail69 congrats!

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linocut pressmark

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Apparently unable to send out a mere 60 sheets of paper that are not either creased from the factory, or trapezoidally shaped by almost 1/8th inch (!!), having gave them two tries

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@smeerp Yeah, a high friction spring in every field of life

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The theme of this spring is that nothing can come easily and the world wants me in misery

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Life will not improve for me until I make a beautiful ewer

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I would benefit from a spiritual practice of playing 30 minutes of counter strike deathmatch every day

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@Rusty_Swarf My understanding is that the gold is mixed into laquer which is the actual adhesive, sometimes with pins drilled into the edges of the pieces like dominoes

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@curtise3 The one and only

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Got baited into thinking someone left a stihl out for the trash while driving home yesterday