Leathercrafting & RL Zamorak Book 2

Entry posted by tripsis February 5, 2010

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So it's been a few days (nearly a week actually) since I've posted an update on my RL Book of Zamorak. I did manage to dye *most* of the pages that I had cut out. I ended up skipping some because it got late and I was tired, but the book will still be pretty thick, which is good. Still over 200 pages, I think. Unfortunately the pages are STILL drying. Since I had to take them to university, I don't have enough space to lay them out to dry one at a time, so I had to stack them in three separate piles which GREATLY increases the time it takes to dry D: I guess it's not a big deal though since I'm still waiting for some supplies that's on order. I had a hard time finding corner protectors that were big enough so I bought an array of decorative corners that I will have to spray paint black. Also, I decided to make my own bookmark charm. Originally I wanted to craft the Zamorak Unholy Symbol out of Precious Metal Clay but that would require me to spend $50 on supplies (for the clay and a torch/kiln to fire it). So I decided to settle for second best: Polymer Clay. It's a bit cheaper and can be baked in a regular oven so there's no need to splurge on a torch. Hopefully this will work.. I've never been very good at working with clay XD But if all goes well, I will make a Zamorak Unholy Symbol charm, paint it black, attach it to a leather cord and use it as a bookmark for the book. I'm really hoping that I'll be able to start working on the signature block by Sunday (if the paper dries by then) so keep your fingers crossed for me! And just a side note, the paper looks great! It truly looks like paper that washed up to shore :D

Also, I'm going to create at least one practice book before binding the Book of Zamorak. There are a few things I want to do that I haven't done before and I want to make sure I do them right :) So once the cover boards (basically extra sturdy cardboard) I ordered arrive, I will work on my practice book.

MATERIALS LIST

[x] = Obtained

[ ] = On order

[x] Paper

[x] Closures

[x] Corners

[x] Bookbinding thread

[ ] Leather

[ ] Cover board

[ ] Sculpey (Polymer) Clay

BOOKBINDING STEPS

[x] = Completed

[ ] = Uncompleted

[x] Paper cut

[x] Paper dyed

(above two steps took 9 1/2 hours)

[ ] Signatures sewn into block & endpages attached

[ ] Cover boards and spine cut and design/spine bands pasted on

[ ] Unholy charm made & baked

[ ] Bookmark attached

[ ] Leather glued on & signature block attached

[ ] Corners and closures attached

[ ] Title page written (and possibly other pages of the book)

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In other news, I have been working on my next assignment for my art class. The topic this week was "texture" so I've been working on a leather carving :) It's not done yet, but here's what I have so far. It's a peacock if you couldn't tell :P