Warning: this post contains spoilers for the first Red Rising trilogy by Pierce Brown. "Then you must live for more." This set of bindings was first created as a commission for a client. I was given a couple requests to be worked into the design: have the spines match across all 3 books and have the title and color symbol on the spines. Outside of that, I had free reign. After reading the work, I always start with word association to pull out the emotions and themes that stan

Gold tooling plaquettes At the end of 2023 I decided to make the next year one of learning new techniques and improving the ones I...

Warning: This post contains spoilers for the plot of Dune. What is Dune about? Dune, written by Frank Herbert, is a sci-fi novel set in a...

I'm working on a bookbinding version of Inktober. If you're not familiar with the Inktober challenge, it's a month-long drawing challenge...

A while ago I had the opportunity to do an interview with ShoutOut Colorado. This is a great online magazine that features local, small...

Materials for Bookbinding I often get asked what materials I use for bookbinding. This post will lay out what I use and what I recommend....