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
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
@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
@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
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
@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