You are the first person to make elaborate cover designs look possible. No complicated computer design, no special laser cutter; just old notebook backs and your own geometric expertice (i think that's how you spell it). Also, what kind of leather do you use and how much did it cost? If you don't mind me asking.
Aw thank you so much! Yeah I don't have any of the fancy tools and they can get expensive! I definitely wanted to learn bookbinding without having to spend a ton of money. Thank you! I usually use Aniline or Chrome tanned leather (in any color) at 1-2 oz weight (the thinner you can get, the better), and this was a black side-skin from Tandy Leather!
I just stumbled across your channel during a search and really enjoy this video. I have made some more simple books like Coptic stitch, addle stitch or others but would love to try to make a proper leather book.
@@jdkillzone. fascinating! Have you tried adding acids or bases to the cabbage to make it change to a different color? It's a pH indicator, so it changes colors to red, green, yellow, or purple, and that might affect the paper color. Also, do you use any color setting components? My senior design project involved purple cabbage color, and it unfortunately doesn't have a long life before fading usually
@@joshaconnor I have, very recently actually! After this video was filmed. Something in the paper always naturally shifts the color to blue, no matter how much I shifted the pH I could never achieve purple! But along the base scale I was able to get blue, green, and yellow. It's very finicky, but I've never been able to keep purple on a page, it always faded to blue after a couple days, no matter what I added. I've switched to blackberries for purple, actually! It's fun stuff to mess with
I haven't tried dying pages yet, and knew purple cabbage was a good dyer, but this is really helpful to know before hand! Do you know how Hydrogen Peroxide affects certain colors and where you get them from? Also, does paper type matter on how well the paper takes to the dye?
@@deborahbarlow4309 as long as they are natural fibers the paper type isn't as important as fiber density, though some different types are known for different densities. Loser fibers = easier to get dye all the way into the paper = richer, longer lasting dye. Hydrogen peroxide is an oxidizing agent, which for most natural dyes acts as a bleach and lightens or destroys the dye and leaves you with white or light colors.
You are the first person to make elaborate cover designs look possible. No complicated computer design, no special laser cutter; just old notebook backs and your own geometric expertice (i think that's how you spell it).
Also, what kind of leather do you use and how much did it cost? If you don't mind me asking.
Aw thank you so much! Yeah I don't have any of the fancy tools and they can get expensive! I definitely wanted to learn bookbinding without having to spend a ton of money. Thank you!
I usually use Aniline or Chrome tanned leather (in any color) at 1-2 oz weight (the thinner you can get, the better), and this was a black side-skin from Tandy Leather!
I just stumbled across your channel during a search and really enjoy this video. I have made some more simple books like Coptic stitch, addle stitch or others but would love to try to make a proper leather book.
Oh thank you so much!! I would certainly recommend it- but once you start you can never stop 😂
Love your process and attention to detail
Thank you so much!
But if I play this in the background I might miss the Cockatiel…
35:20 oh here we go 💝
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HAHAHA maybe I'll mark down the timestamps for cockatiel camera time on the next one 😂💜💜
@@jdkillzone. I have 2 and the way they need to “supervise” arts n crafts is one of my favourite things 😆
@@KarmasAbutch oh my goodness how adorable 😭💜 it's so funny, he loves chewing thread and bobbing his head to the bone folder
crucial step to the process: birb assistant
An absolutely crucial step, yea
Hey um......you filmed in my house or something cause ain't no way you have the same kitchen and pots as me lol
HAHAHA hey thanks for letting me use the place for the afternoon!! 🤣
Showed my mom and she also said "thats our stove and pots??? Wth???" @jdkillzone.
@chichichichichichiOwO that's literally hilarious- 🤣 don't worry don't worry your mom said I could borrow them for the day 🤣👌
I see walnut shells I think and purple cabbage for the brown and reddish purple, what are the blue pages made from?
The reddish is actually from avocado shells and pits, the brown is black tea, and weirdly the blue comes from purple cabbage!
@@jdkillzone. fascinating! Have you tried adding acids or bases to the cabbage to make it change to a different color? It's a pH indicator, so it changes colors to red, green, yellow, or purple, and that might affect the paper color. Also, do you use any color setting components? My senior design project involved purple cabbage color, and it unfortunately doesn't have a long life before fading usually
@@joshaconnor I have, very recently actually! After this video was filmed. Something in the paper always naturally shifts the color to blue, no matter how much I shifted the pH I could never achieve purple! But along the base scale I was able to get blue, green, and yellow. It's very finicky, but I've never been able to keep purple on a page, it always faded to blue after a couple days, no matter what I added. I've switched to blackberries for purple, actually! It's fun stuff to mess with
I haven't tried dying pages yet, and knew purple cabbage was a good dyer, but this is really helpful to know before hand! Do you know how Hydrogen Peroxide affects certain colors and where you get them from?
Also, does paper type matter on how well the paper takes to the dye?
@@deborahbarlow4309 as long as they are natural fibers the paper type isn't as important as fiber density, though some different types are known for different densities. Loser fibers = easier to get dye all the way into the paper = richer, longer lasting dye.
Hydrogen peroxide is an oxidizing agent, which for most natural dyes acts as a bleach and lightens or destroys the dye and leaves you with white or light colors.