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BiblioBimbo
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Bookbinder, former public library worker, & general weirdo
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Image taken from @sfdirewolf.bsky.social IG page. This just...ain't right. My heart is shattered. I didn't know Alice Wong personally, but she still changed the entire trajectory of my life. If there is an afterlife, I hope she's surrounded by loved ones, cats, and potato chips with champagne.
Black text on a yellow background reads: This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it looks like I ran out of time. I have so many dreams that I wanted to fulfill and plans to create new stories for you. There are a few in progress that might come to fruition in a few years if things work out. I did not ever imagine I would live to this age and end up a writer, editor, activist, and more. As a kid riddled with insecurity and internalized ableism, I could not see a path forward. It was thanks to friendships and some great teachers who believed in me that I was able to fight my way out of miserable situations into a place where I finally felt comfortable in my skin. We need more stories about us and our culture. You all, we all, deserve the everything and more in such a hostile, ableist environment. Our wisdom is incisive and unflinching. I'm honored to be your ancestor and believe disabled oracles like us will light the way to the future. Don't let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.
November 15, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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"A Pilgrim at Tinker Creek" by Annie Dillard. Bound in 2019-2020; Was accepted into the Guild of Bookworkers traveling exhibition, WILD/Life, in 2021. Pictured here on display at the American Bookbinders Museum in San Francisco.

#Bookbinding #FineBinding #LeatherBooks #AnnieDillard
February 27, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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"The Dark Kingdom" by Kenneth Patchen (no relation). Bound in 2019 in black buffalo leather with sanded suede inlay.

#Bookbinding #FineBinding #KennethPatchen
February 27, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Sanded suede process
February 23, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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Yess! To feel your power trip to the fullest, might I suggest the following:

-Look through the library's digital databases
-Find out what other items can be checked out (video games, telescopes, seeds, camping gear, etc)
-Request materials via inter-library loan
-Bug (respectfully) your librarian!
February 23, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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Final use of the previous lacunose panel. Someday I'll take good pictures of my work.

#bookbinding
A fine binding sits open with the covers and spine facing the camera. Binding is covered in a marbled paper, except at the head and tail. Head and tail is covered in a yellow-tan leather. Marbled paper is a swirl of black, soft gold, and dark blue-greens. A skinny lacunose panel is inlaid on the back cover, and a wider panel is inlaid on the front. The front panel has most of the kelp and white paper skull. A lacunose panel is onlaid on the spine with the title Lowlands Aways titled in silver foil vertically down the spine. Small silver bubbles are tooled going up from the title.
February 22, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Process shots for a lacunose (layers of leather sanded away) panel that was for a fine binding.

#bookbinding #finebinding #bookbinder #kelp #leathercraft
Different colors of leather cut out in the shapes of bull kelp pasted to a paper covered board. Longest layer is in the background in green leather. Mid-layer is a yellow-tan leather. Foreground is a medium brown leather. The previous layers of cut leather covered in a thin, light olive green leather. You can see some of the shapes of the kelp show through the top layer. More leather, in green and blue, has been added to the panel and sanded away. A kelp shape shows through in the middle, but it is abstract A small white paper skill has been added in near the clearer kelp shapes. The panel is quite abstract with a mix of greens, blues, and browns. There are silver foil marks near the top to indicate passing fish.
February 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Hey, hi, hello! I should probably start posting on here to avoid being a total creeper. This is a small embroidered binding I did in a class with my friend Erin Fletcher a few years ago. I don't have much new work to share right now, so will probably post a smattering of old work + my cat. <3
A small leather bound book sits on a black and gray gridded cutting mat. The leather is a pale green buffalo skin that has a soft pebbled texture. The outline of bull kelp is embroidered in a rust brown thread, with 8 small purple sea urchins across both covers. Bright pink embroidered text reads, "OM NOM NOM" from the top left cover down to the bottom right cover.
February 22, 2025 at 10:15 PM