Binding a MYSTICAL Handmade GRIMOIRE / Book of Shadows!
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- Today we're bookbinding a mystical leatherbound grimoire!
Patreon: / nerdforge
📕 Check out our bookbinding course! / nerdforge ✨
PARTS USED:
- Real leather, black sheepskin leather 0.4mm thick
- 96 sheets A3 sized sketchbook paper (110 gsm)
- 2 sheets A3 black paper as end sheets (140 gsm)
- Waxed thread: bit.ly/2O9ZFJb
- Hemp / jute cord for stitching: bit.ly/2x4iYw2
- Brass corner decorations: bit.ly/2O6itsD
- Corner protectors: bit.ly/2J7xrgm
- Leather cord for headbands: bit.ly/2QljtdY
- Embroidery thread for headbands: bit.ly/2MmksXY
- Brass buckles: bit.ly/2E90hc8
- Large amethyst stone: bit.ly/2J6hE1b
- Oval filigree: bit.ly/2J8twzD
- Satin ribbon markers: bit.ly/2J96HMs
- Linen cloth for burnishing and covering the spine
- Leather dye
- Greaseproof parchment paper
- 3 mm wood fiberboard covers
TOOLS:
- Basic leather crafting kit:bit.ly/2x2SpXY
- Leather stitching kit: bit.ly/2N7T1Xq
- Awl: bit.ly/2O7o2qH
- Swivel knife: bit.ly/2oWPBIg
- Leather hole punch: bit.ly/2N46uPN
- Leather cap rivet set: bit.ly/2x2faMt
- Mallet: bit.ly/2O7vBhh
- Bone folder:bit.ly/2N49yLW
- Small spray bottle for coffee staining: bit.ly/2oYHTgS
- Coping saw
- Book press
- Stitching jig (or a suitable chair)
- White PVA glue (wood glue)
- Contact glue
- Thick needle
- Scissors & x-acto knife
- Stapler & hammer
- Wax for leather
Restoring a book press: • Restoring a RUSTY Book...
How to sew the signatures together: • Making an Epic Medieva...
MUSIC:
EpidemicSound
Today we're making a DIY huge, heavy, leatherbound grimoire - using real leather and traditional bookbinding techniques. By adding a large amethyst stone to the cover, sewing headbands and carving patterns with gold leaf, it really ends up looking like an "ancient", mystical fantasy book!
FOLLOW:
Website - www.thenerdfor...
Facebook - / nerdforge
Instagram - / thenerdforge
Twitter - / thenerdforge
BUSINESS CONTACT: contact@thenerdforge.com
![DDG & G Herbo - Nosey [Official Video]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/I9Ra0Zc2NlQ/mqdefault.jpg)
At the beginning of this tutorial: "maybe I should try this"
At the end: "maybe I shouldn't "
This is absolutely amazing!!!
SAME!
Same ahahahah!
Lmao I was like....yeah that looks like a lot of work and you have to be very precise and patient.
What's the name of the golden sheet that she put on her book? I don't understand the language very well... I'm a Portuguese speaker.
If anyone knows the name will help me a lot! Thanks ❤️
@@esthermiranda7966 Gold Leaf--you can get it in the craft store
Imagine finding a book like that in someone's house, opening it, and finding that it's a cookbook.
Well, it would be the coolest cookbooK I'll see XD
Or it just a teen's diary and with first page caption : OMG! my first kiss!!...
@@projectcerebus That's even better!
I'M DOING THIS NOW
Oh well , even the imagination is painfull😂😶
This showed me just HOW MUCH WORK goes into making a book, particularly a book with extensive details. Amazing and beautiful book, astonishing job on it.
This video introduced me to a new hobby. Since watching this, I have moved to watching numerous other bookbinding videos and have created about a dozen books of my own. But it all started with this awesome video. Thanks for inspiring me!
Me too i have a new thing to do in quarantine and not just sit around using my phone
same! I keep watching these over and over, i like to set them on in the background as i work on books ^w^
Same here, she is giving me good ideas for projects
30 years ago I learned the hand-bound process and since then I didn't see anyone do it. Thank you and congratulations, you are very young and you are rescuing this art. Greetings from Mexico. Your cat is truly lovely.
Fitzia M.F. This so wholesome
ayyy hermana mexicana que bello es verte por aqui
hi FM lets connected, I love drawing.
As a solitary practitioner, this is probably one of the most beautiful books I've EVER seen! Well done - it's an heirloom!
Imagine using that as a witch sketchbook or just a sketchbook in general
Mackynzie Justice That’d be cool.
I was looking up ideas for my new grimoire. My last one was just a sketchbook that I embossed and painted but I kind of want to go more "all in" so to speak. My first one was kind of a trial run when I first got into witchcraft and now I want to do a more finished and personal looking book.
To me, sketchbook and silly doodle would be a waste of expensive blank book, use it for a more useful thing like a secret recipe to natural antidotes and cures and ointments then pass it down to through your following generation. Then it will be a truly magical book, the worthy of Grimoire. Then maybe get more book like this note more knowledge of our time, all of it to pass down generation. When the people of the world has fallen back and lost their technology, knowledge, language, political, arts, creation, and power, these grimoires from us will protect them.
@@333stalker yeah that's the point to be honest. It's for spellwork, studies on deities etc. I like your thinking
Artistic magik
i could easily see someone with that book still blank going up to their friends and saying "hey look at this cool book i got, it has some really weird symbols and pictures in it" they look and see nothing "wait, what do you mean its blank?"
I'm gonna try that lol
@@hayrettinyavuz9274 omg i wanna do that too
@@janlol8064 I like your profile picture! :D
@@6_fr3d thanku 😋
@@janlol8064 Np! :>
Step 1: make book
Step 2: write rituals in book
Step 3 : raise the dead and take over the world
Step 4: a cat defeats you
😂🖤
@@pencil2680 😂
Let me join you
You have 333 likes on this comment so you're halfway there apparently. 😅😅😅
Pretty soon you're gonna have to do a DIY Spooky book shelf to hold all these spooky spell books.
That would be cool.
She sells them - www.ebay.com/itm/Handmade-Leatherbound-Book-Grimoire-Book-of-Shadows/392152287463
and use magnets to make them levitate
I do have my own spooky shelf
@@meghall337 the $25 one underneath looks pretty cool too...
imagine using this masterpiece as book of shadows
As a Wicca, I'd love that
this is literally what I was thinking about
Planning to make my own for a bos soon 😌✨
My friend tried to use my bos for notes until she saw what it was
I’m going to attempt to make this for my wife for Yule.
Seeing her crafting makes me actually want to make stuff for my craft.
Same here 😍
I'm too broke to buy your book😩! But I understand why the price is that high. You've put a lot of hard work into your books so it's very understanding.
how much is her book?
Sengkeong Lee This Grimoire is $499 on her website 👌
@@therailrangervmtg8658 send me da link plz
potatohead thenerdforge.com
@@therailrangervmtg8658 Wow, what a rip-off. O_O Search for "AlexLibris" on Etsy. He's a professional book binder. His works are not only way better looking but also cheaper.
Genuinely the best part is when your cat decides to lay in your lap and you are able to just work around them. So cute.
Wow, no wonder these books are always so expensive. The amount of hard work that goes into making them is amazing,
Oh wow!!! The quality of this! Sadly my budget isn't big enough to be able to buy it, otherwise I would've bought it already.
Seriously getting a sense of the occult in your videos lately, and honestly I do enjoy it. Combined with the tech stuff, it's a nice difference.
You can make one of these for pretty cheap. Sea Lemon has some great videos on how. You can also get fake leather from Joann's for really cheap (since you don't need a lot and they always have coupons). You can reuse the board on the back of the pad of paper for the cover (you can also cut the board into fourths if you what a heavy cover, just tear the pages in half then fold again. A shorter book but you also have more pages!). All in all, you can probably make one for about $20 or less if you are a good couponer.
I LOVE THIS BOOKBINDING!!!!!! Please keep going with the series!! I hope to learn how to do this one day
*cat crawls into your lap while working*
Me: "Cats really are attracted to magickal workings"
I just got a cat ad after reading this 👁👄👁
Its book making, there's nothing inherently spiritual about it..
@@tigertoxins584 the book is for wicca. which is about magick and spiritual workings so really it is..
@@hiiiitherehaha but not the process of specifically binding the pages of a book together into a book
@@tigertoxins584 Anything can be magickal or spiritual as long as you put intent into it.
the hardest part of book binding, for me, is waiting for all the damn glue to dry
Imagine use this book in your campain in d&d with your mage character, How cool It Will be
If you want to achieve an easier V shape in the ribbons, try folding them in half (vertically) and then just cut once, that way it will be easier, the use of the candle to seal the threads is a really good idea :)
That was way more clever, hahah. I'll do that next time!
Leonid Lopez I never thought of that!!!!! Aaaah
That's mighty fine workmanship! Thank you for making this video; it clarifies several steps I've never really been able to grasp, like headbanding. Well done!!!
So very inspiring. Attempt in the creation process. Thank you
0:55 I love that she commits her left arm to slightly coddle her cat once it sits on her.
Cats are the best.
I don’t know how I got to this video, but WOW!
The attention to detail is incredible.
A true piece of art.
i think im going to get into a bookbinding phase thanks
Better than getting into drugs
👊😎
Not sure how this video came to be part of my recommended today but I am glad that the RUclips Gods chose it. I have never seen book making or in this case a Grimoire. So satisfying to watch. Looks Gorgeous. Definitely got a like and follow from me.
SAME!
Same
SmoovCheese me too! Same situation and I liked and subscribed! Amazing work and talent!
Love this book, imagine finding this book full of her paintings and sketches
that would be a dream come true
6:49 "I like my books thicc"
I thought u said "I like my boobs thicc" 😂
t h i c c
I like big books and i cannot lie. All you others brothers cant deny....
@@3riccar10 hahaaha
Explains why they're so damn expensive in the magick shops
Your videos are amazing. I have absolutely no intention of mastering medieval binding, I'm fine with much simpler approaches, that don't require a book press. But I watch your videos fascinated, they inspire!
Thank you
I was curious about this video. But the cat sealed the deal.
You earned a sub
I am making a book myself with the guidance of a mixture of your other tutorial and this one! I'm about halfway done I'd say, just sewed the headbands today and applied the wood front and back covers! Thank you so much for these videos, I learned a lot from them!
That's awesome! If you post about it on Insta, feel free to tag us, I'd love to see how it turns out :)
WOW! I have a new appreciation for bookbinders. No wonder binds outside the cheap glued in mass produced types that papers separate from can be costly. Thank you for sharing
I know this video is 9 months old, but I just recently discovered y’alls channel & I’m obsessed & can’t stop watching 😭 everything is so good, it fuels my creativity!
Three things:
1) I’ve been loving the book binding videos - fascinating!; 2) You are ridiculously patient - working with gold leaf would drive me insane! 😂; 3) Seeing the word Uberzugslack in print, as someone who only speaks English, was awesome. We just don’t have cool words like that around here!
Thank you - the book is amazing!
After months and months of just thinking ill finally try to make one myself 😌
🥱
Give us an update now.
The patience and attention to detail is unreal! I've watched this video so many times in the last several years, there's something satisfying and motivating about it!
What a gorgeous book press. Great project. I don't mind the bookbinding at all. Bind away.
martina: mentions glue
martina: starts watering at the mouth
Make monster book like Harry Potter))
Check out thecraftmaiden :) She has a great one
When you have lot of paintbrush but you prefer to use you finger to spread glue over the book
Amazing video! This was way more in depth than I was expecting and so close to how books like this are actually made. The book is beautiful.
If you want to stop creasing on the spine you can add a cavity out of card or lots of layers of glue and paper to protect the buckram or leather.
hi fluorescent black,,, lets connected, I love drawing
This was so cool! Your spellbook video got me into trying bookbinding over the last week or so. You do a really good job of showing the steps to create an amazing piece. Absolutely fantastic video
more book videos please xD maybe try an arabesque or oriental design? this is so cool i wish i can buy that book idk if you can ship the book to indonesia tho :(
Malaysia, and same :/
@@thingsofsuch wut...
@@thingsofsuch what are you on about now? o.O
^ if I read that right, the universe just told you to die Jason. Maybe you should check your racism
@@dumblewhoree nice username btw
I feel a new hyper-fixation coming along… I must learn how to do this.
Dude it is addicting, i’ve made 2 sketchbooks so far and it’s so fun! I’m on the hunt for more sketchbook paper just so i can make another
Its also expensive for good paper. At least where I am.
Recommend, for working with leather, a stitch groover. It puts a shallow groove in the leather so the stitching is below the surface. But you could use it for your gold leaf work. It will also give a different stain contrast due to removing the surface layer. All sorts of fun things.
i love watching peoples chanels progress. you can see how much more personality she has in the minecraft enchanted book video
Making a book like this is not within my capability as my hands don't work so well anymore. As a self-described book whore, I just love books in general. This book which you made took a lot ofskill, patience, and artistry. It's really beautiful!
Thank you all for the incredible feedback on the previous bookbinding video! We'll soon make more of our usual projects too 😄
Thanks for watching, and have a great weekend! 🎃
PS: Thanks to all our wonderful Patrons for their monthly support, we really appreciate you!
- Martina
How long did it take overall for you to complete the grimoir
That's a prize if I ever saw one. I have to make one that would follow your bookbinding technique, which, if you ask me, could be duplicated..even the chair :) Anyone trying it out should do well. Peace :)
About 22 hours of active work, spread out during a week or so :)
I will never ever do anything remotely like this, nevertheless you have got yourself a new subscriber.
Could you post the things for the gold leaf part? I seem to be having trouble finding the primer needed, found lots of gold leaf though :) P.S: I loved this video and am thinking of making one for a friend as a gift, you're an inspiration!!!
martina dabs another gallon of glue onto the spine. room fills with glue. there are no survivors.
She needs the glue so that you won't have an unstable book and she needs a lot of it
Hopefully among the non-survivors is Kavi Sugiharto Weber...
yup pretty much
There is never enough glue tbh.
I hope whatever is written inside it is as beautiful as the book itself so it won't be a waste.
wow now i understand the high price of this book..... my respect it is amazing!!!
I love this! I made a smaller version of this so it is easier to bring with me everywhere. You explained everything so well it was easy to follow and made me want to get into bookbinding. Love your videos!
hi noelle long. lets conncted, I love drawing
I there anyway you can sent a picture? instagram maybe?
Very nice videos from bookbinding, it inspired me and I started binding a book myself (130 pages A3). The beginning is done and I can not wait until it is completed. Thank you for the great inspiration.
I will be doing a witch mercy cosplay soon and your bookbinding videos inspired me to really make her book. To make it a functional accessory. So for that I wanted to say thank you. I will be sure to tag you when I finish it.
An stunning job. I have a book that I would love to give this kind of look to. You’re video is amazing in the helpful sense, thanks for showing us how you achieved this look.
This is my first time watching someone making a book and HOLY SNAP! That was amazing? Yeah! I'd love to have a book like that or a shelf full of hand-made books like that... You are awesome
What a beautiful, intricate handmade book!!! So much love and care went into this, and it shows in the quality!! This is an art form that has been lost. Thank you for sharing your skills!!
I used to really love doing book binding back in 1993. I really should get back into it.
Excellent! I started bookbinding after watching your first spellbook video, its great to see how you've improved so quickly! I'm curious, could you have done all the rivetting of the leather belt and embellishments before gluing the endpapers to the coverboards, so that they wouldn't be visible on the inside?
That's really awesome to hear, and thank you! Also, yes, absolutely. In that case I would have tried to countersink the rivets a bit on the inside first to make it completely even when covered up with paper. Also, you might need 2 different rivets that suits different material thicknesses (mine fits 3-6mm, so the wood fiberboard + leather + cardboars = 4mm, and the leather strap is 2mm, so they're perfect - but if countersunk, they should be maybe 1-3mm).
You should be proud of the quality in these! These are made with such precision and love it's awesome.
I finally was able to order one after saving for months the seller who made mine on Etsey did such a fabulous job, I can't to fill with medieval calligraphy and turn it into antique journal/scrapbook religious tome...
+50 mana
+100% cast speed
outstanding work!
I think the cats did a wonderful job of supervising the entire project !
I need this book my life IMMEDIATELY it's so beautiful
You noticed she put it up for sale on ebay right? Good luck =)
Its 500 dollars on her website:)
I'm not planning to make my own book from scratch, but I am interested in the way you did the cover. 😍
Might someday he ambitious enough to give something like that a try.
That's absolutely gorgeous. The amount of details is amazing to watch!
But goddamn I kept asking myself "whyyyyy don't you use a brush to spread all that glue" ??? getting it off is a pain in the booty
It's wood glue so not really. I really enjoy the feeling of peeling it off my skin.
Wood glue peels off in sheets, and it looks like you're peeling off your skin
because brushes leave streaks
she's commented in one of her other videos that she prefers using her fingers as opposed to a brush.
Wow! You have an amazing skill set. This book would be a prize in any century.
I’ve used embossed designs on my leather sheaths mostly, to great effect. Beautiful job!
Ebay link?
The auction is over a long time ago, but as the buyer pulled out of the deal, the book is up for sale on: www.thenerdforge.com
@@Nerdforge Are you going to have smaller books for sale like this AUÐUN
model on your website? Am I correct that there is only one book available to purchase right now?
@@dawidlipka6547 Hello, there is no books for sale now, only a journal. All the books I made have been sold, and they can be viewed in the gallery of the website :)
I love your work. Ive been wanting to get into leatherworking and this is a huge inspiration. Cant wait to see more!
Enjoyed this video so much and anxiously awaiting the others. Initially, I believed this to be a vid about spell-binding a BOS to prevent others from misusing a personal BOS. Keep them coming, I'll catch-up. HappyTrailsToYou
As a witch, the absolute joy I felt watching this spiked my serotonin levels
this is absolutely AMAZING, you have a very special gift
Dude. I wanna make one now. Not even to use as a grimoire but like for everyday planning or even journaling. It would really boost the mood!!!
I'm not sure why people are surprised by the amount of glue used. Back in the good ol' days. Just as much animal glue was used when making books.
Like you said, that was in the good old days. This amount of glue isn't used in a lot of books, so it's a surprise.
Absolutely beautiful! I've made a few small books. I've been wanting to try a bigger project. This has inspired me, thank you! I've also watched your other book making videos and subscribed. Your work is amazing
It's a wonderful book finish. I understood the bookbinding process well and was able to see it with great interest. As I noticed in the final video cut, I used to use that image as a reference for comic writing. I was happy to be back again.
One day, I'll probably have to commission you to make one of these things.
That is, if you do commissions.
But I doubt I'll ever have the money lmao.
Because think about it.
Your time, materials, shipping, hard work, and other things!
Actually, now that I think about it
I am unworthy of these holy creations.
All hail the book goddess!
I guess the best part of having crystals on your book is because able to absorb information from it
I wish i had the time and materials to do this, because it would be AWESOME to draw in something so cool like a book with such amazing aesthetic feeling like some kind of cool artistic witch♥️♥️
I made a book out of things i had, (scrap paper, cardboard box and yarn) and it ofc did not turn out as good as this, but it was a fun project
I was just looking for more ways to embellish a cover but that coping saw technique for the holes is Game Changing for making larger books!!!! :O
It’s been so long since the last time I enjoyed looking at every second of a video.
Thank you so much for sharing I loved it!!
this is the most badass grimoire i’ve ever seen
Wow you don't know how much work goes into it until you see it. Looks amazing
I just wanna do this and fill it with spells and my character builds in ESO and Shit I used when I played DND.
I'd like to do this with the rule books.
imagine someone who has no idea what d&d is finding that in 500 years
Wow what a beautiful book! I bet you can sell it for $500.
And it is out for only for only 450! :D
Nerdforge where are they sold?
Nerdforge has an etsy store. I would start there.
www.etsy.com/shop/NerdforgeShop
@@BenShimon5731 Check their website, the link is in the video description.
This is a real work of love. The grimoire is so beautiful. Thanks for sharing this creation!
Imagine that you go to a completely different place and do not know where you are, then you find this book and discover that you are in a magical world and this book is your only way to live (: by the way I liked your book so much 🌚🖤
11:40 what is the music in the background called qwq it does give the atmosphere of the video an even darker one
Tiptoe in the Dark 2- Håkan Eriksson....... I got that one
That was amazing. Always been my dream to be able to create a bulk solid grimoire personalized hard cover.
hi george,,, lets connected, I Love drawing,,
Your cat was a great help! I don't think these projects can get done without a couple of cat hairs everywhere.
For some reason I found the part where she sealed the edges of the page markers with fire really funny. It was like.... boop!
Oh my goodness girl, what beautiful work you have done.
That is something to hand down to your children and grandchildren, wow.
I love this and want to make my own :D and I love your cat, he/she is like "carefully...ok now love me,"
9:01 first time she's ever not used glue
Sweet. Now you just need to find some sort of ink that makes a good substitute for human blood.
agreed
😂
Human blood makes a good substitute for ink 😬
Japanese sumi would look great on that grimoire
Try human blood
If I had this book i would NEVER Wright draw or do anything in the book except look at it
Fr it looks so pretty i couldn't just write in it it gotta be special
i was an accessories designer at F.I.T. and when we use leather it helps to use something like a barge contact cement. it works better! love this video though!!! you are so talented!!!
Question!
Have you ever added glow in the dark paint to a leather book, if so any advice?
Just when I thought I was a somewhat well rounded artist I see this video.
Beautiful work. Great tutorial. ☺