🎄 🎁 🦌 The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry This is a tree ornament book! I will be selling this and other short story miniature books that will make a great addition to your trees this winter at The Obscure in Los Angeles. #christmas #treeornament #christmasornament #bookbinding #giftofthemagi

I made a small book of 10 poems I want to memorize in 2026. Gonna keep it in my bag whenever I go out, and work on memorizing them while I’m on the train or riding the bus. #poetry #bookbinding #handboundbook

Democrats are leaning into the meme war because they think if they win in culture, they don’t have to win in policy—and no one will notice. I’m gonna use that. I’m writing it down so I don’t forget.

☀️🚀🌌 Made from short grain warm white paper, wooqu bookcloth, and inkjet printed. Endpapers hand painted using calligraphy ink. Typeset by me. Story of Your Life was the basis for the sci-fi movie Arrival (2016). #bookbinding #handmade #handboundbook #artsandcrafts #arrival #tedchiang #scifi

Circe by Madeline Miller - Spooky Halloween Rebind Here is a recent rebind of a thrifted paperback of Circe. I went for a color scheme that felt more spooky and Day-of-Dead-like. The cover is entirely hand foiled. #halloween #circe #madelinemiller #witch #theodyssey #bookbinding #bookart

China is apparently rolling out a law that requires influencers to have a degree to talk about important subjects like finance, health and law by the way. Given the amount of twats with podcasts single handedly spreading misinformation and destroying society, I don’t think this is a bad plan.

Mask up, people. N95 or better.

alshamsbazaar.com/product/glob... Visit @thetatreezgrove bio on Instagram to check out their Global Stitch-Along! Pick a pattern and stitch in solidarity with 🔻. Proceeds from patterns will go to mutual aid. #crossstitch #embroidery #artsandcrafts

A spooky journal for the season. Endpapers are handmade paper by @society_of_hermits, which I purchased from the Printers Fair at @printmuseum . The cover is a wood veneer card with original art made by @little_gold_fox #bookbinding #halloween #darkacademia #artsandcrafts #spooky #bookart #paperart

Rebinds for auction: ° The Odyssey by Homer ° Babel by R.F. Kuang Ships internationally Bidding runs Sept 26-28 Proceeds go to Gaza Soup Kitchen, Palestine Red Crescent Society, & World Central Kitchen. #UnboundForGaza #WritersForPalestine #ArtistsForPalestine #BookishAuction #BooksForGaza

These unique handmade books could be yours! Bidding runs from Sept 26-28. All proceeds go to urgent humanitarian relief for Gaza. beacons.ai/unboundforgaza

SNAFU: An Anthology of Military Horror Stories written by Jeff Hewitt, Brian W. Taylor, Tyson Mauermann, and more. Part of the Joe Ledger Series, Arcadian Series, and SNAFU series. #bookbinding #handboundbook #snafu #horror #military

Homer’s The Odyssey 🏛️ My first time attempting to deboss by hand without foiling. The gold and silver on the cover is calligraphy ink I tried to paint into the pattern. #bookbinding #handboundbook #fanbinding #odysseus #theodyssey #greekmythology #renegadebookbinding #handmade #circe

Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones 
This handbound book will be available for auction. Stay tuned for more details in September 2025. 
Can you spot the castle on the back of the book?
#bookbinding #handboundbook #dianawynnejones #artsandcrafts #howlsmovingcastlebook #howlsmovingcastle

Howl’s Moving Castle 🏰🔥🏡 This book will be available in a fundraising auction hosted by @bookbindsforacause on IG #bookbinding #handboundbook #howlsmovingcastle #handmade #artsandcrafts #ghibli #renegadebookbinding #renegadeguild

Here is my binding of the Metamophoses of Ovid. The cover (front and back) is a steel plate engraving called The Fall of Phaeton, anonymously created in the 17th century, Netherlands. #bookbinding #greekmythology #greekmyth #roman #classicliterature #classicalliterature #handmade #handboundbooks

The Right really is in disarray because they cannot seem to figure out if they should push “Zohran Mamdani is going to bring Sharia Law” or “Zohran Mamdani treats his wife with too much equality” as a smear campaign, so they are doing both.

Babel by R.F. Kuang
Front cover is the English title of the book in gold. Around it are Bible verses in Cantonese (Genesis 11:8-9) in silver. The back has the Cantonese title in gold with the English translation of the verses around it. 
#babel #rfkuang #bookbinding #rebind #bibleverses #cantonese

#babel #rfkuang #bookbinding #handmadebooks #thepoppywar #rebinding #rebind #artsandcrafts #renegadebookbinding #renegadebindery #bibleverses #canto #cantonese #cantoneselanguage

I’ve read too much science fiction too many dystopian novels and too many poems on civil rights to be quiet…

Between Greta Thunberg and her fellow activists being kidnapped by Israel and Trump turning LA into his personal war zone, I hope people realise that protest, no matter how peaceful, will always be met with violence by dying empires.

Summer 2025 edition

...creativity is inherently unsafe...

Greta Thunberg has been kidnapped by the state of Israel. "Please make sure to be loud." - One of the last messages from the crew before being taken hostage after the attack from Israel RESHARE! REPOST! SPEAK OUT! RELEASE. THE. CREW. END. THE. BLOCKADE. FREE. PALESTINE.

Everyone on the Freedom Flotilla knew *exactly* who they were dealing with and the most likely outcome of their actions. They knew there was a greater than 50% chance they would not survive, and they did it anyway. It was a sacrifice of perhaps their lives to force international action. Damn.

Know your rights.

Epic: The Muscial Lyric Book I hope this video explains how the foiling happens. I created a design and printed it on thin paper. After securing the foil to the cover, I lay the design over the foil and trace it with the quill. #bookbinding #epicthemusical #odysseus #handboundbook #artsandcrafts

Hand bound Lyric book of EPIC: The Musical by @jayherrans 🌊🔱⚡️ The cover is black allure bookcloth from Hollanders, foiled in blue and gold using a foil quill. End bands were sewn with cotton embroidery floss. #epicthemusical #bookbinding #handboundbook #fanbinding #odysseus

EPIC: The Musical, by Jorge Rivera-Herrans. Handmade Lyric book WIP #jorgeriveraherrans #epicthemusical #bookbinding #processvideo #handmadebook #odysseus #handmade #artsandcraft #theodyssey #jayherrans