CGM Bookworks
@catsib99.bsky.social
Bookbinding (novels and journals), plus editing and formatting textblocks of my favorite open source novels. My Etsy shop name is CGMBookworks and my website is CGMBookworks.com. The rest of my time goes to teaching piano and studying Vedic astrology
I'm very pleased with how these turned out. Given that the original cover art for Pride and Prejudice involved a peacock, I think this cloth is a good match for that theme. #bookbinding
July 22, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I'm very pleased with how these turned out. Given that the original cover art for Pride and Prejudice involved a peacock, I think this cloth is a good match for that theme. #bookbinding
Here's "The Road to Oz" textblock. The illustrator, John R. Neill, got a little carried away with the ink in this book. Took some work to turn blobs of black back into line drawings. #Bookbinding
May 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Here's "The Road to Oz" textblock. The illustrator, John R. Neill, got a little carried away with the ink in this book. Took some work to turn blobs of black back into line drawings. #Bookbinding
My first set of signatures for poetry! Robert Louis Stevenson's "A Child's Garden of Verses." I went digging and came up with illustrations from three different artists in early editions.
May 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
My first set of signatures for poetry! Robert Louis Stevenson's "A Child's Garden of Verses." I went digging and came up with illustrations from three different artists in early editions.
Just wrapped up the "Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz" textblock. Getting a clean version of the artwork has taken many days. #Bookbinding
April 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Just wrapped up the "Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz" textblock. Getting a clean version of the artwork has taken many days. #Bookbinding
Having learned a lot more about using Pixlr, I'm reworking the illustrations of all of my Oz books. It's a bit of a process, but I love the results. #Bookbinding
April 17, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Having learned a lot more about using Pixlr, I'm reworking the illustrations of all of my Oz books. It's a bit of a process, but I love the results. #Bookbinding
Textblock editing, always a fun way to spend the afternoon. Although little things like this are very time consuming.
#Bookbinding
#Bookbinding
April 5, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Textblock editing, always a fun way to spend the afternoon. Although little things like this are very time consuming.
#Bookbinding
#Bookbinding
After days of battle with an uncooperative book publishing software, I finally went back to my basic method and finished the textblock for Meditations of Marcus Aurelius. Several people have been asking me to get this done, so here it is.
#bookbinding
#bookbinding
April 2, 2025 at 5:55 PM
After days of battle with an uncooperative book publishing software, I finally went back to my basic method and finished the textblock for Meditations of Marcus Aurelius. Several people have been asking me to get this done, so here it is.
#bookbinding
#bookbinding
Finally getting The House at Pooh Corner up on Etsy. This and Winnie-the-Pooh are my most in demand books. Since I don't have the time to make many of them, I've added these textblocks to my Etsy store for aspiring bookbinders.
March 24, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Finally getting The House at Pooh Corner up on Etsy. This and Winnie-the-Pooh are my most in demand books. Since I don't have the time to make many of them, I've added these textblocks to my Etsy store for aspiring bookbinders.
A journal of woodland creatures for spring. Cutting the fabric to get a maximum number of cute animals wasted a lot of the cloth!
March 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
A journal of woodland creatures for spring. Cutting the fabric to get a maximum number of cute animals wasted a lot of the cloth!
Here are samples of my latest textblock for L. Frank Baum's Oz books -- "Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz." Now back to my ongoing battle to create textblocks for miniature books of several fairy tales, not an easy project.
March 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Here are samples of my latest textblock for L. Frank Baum's Oz books -- "Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz." Now back to my ongoing battle to create textblocks for miniature books of several fairy tales, not an easy project.
"Pride and Prejudice" textblock for bookbinding with illustrations -- lots of illustrations!
March 8, 2025 at 1:13 PM
"Pride and Prejudice" textblock for bookbinding with illustrations -- lots of illustrations!
As a student of Stoicism, I've been wanting to make my own books. I started with "The Golden Sayings" because it's a fairly easy one to edit. These signatures only took three days. Marcus Aurelius' "Meditations" is a work in progress, but oh those footnotes!
March 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
As a student of Stoicism, I've been wanting to make my own books. I started with "The Golden Sayings" because it's a fairly easy one to edit. These signatures only took three days. Marcus Aurelius' "Meditations" is a work in progress, but oh those footnotes!
A friend commissioned a set of Winnie-the-Pooh books. So, naturally, I decided to combine three techniques that I'm not that great at yet -- wrap around spine labels, quarter binding and windows. I always seem to go for maximum stress, but they are finished!
March 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
A friend commissioned a set of Winnie-the-Pooh books. So, naturally, I decided to combine three techniques that I'm not that great at yet -- wrap around spine labels, quarter binding and windows. I always seem to go for maximum stress, but they are finished!
Just finished preformatted signatures for Ozma of Oz, the third book in L. Frank Baum's Oz series. So many gorgeous illustrations in these books!
March 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Just finished preformatted signatures for Ozma of Oz, the third book in L. Frank Baum's Oz series. So many gorgeous illustrations in these books!
Ever wanted to try making your own book? These preformatted signatures for Winnie-the-Pooh are a great place to start. Check this out at etsy.com/shop/CGMBook....
March 4, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Ever wanted to try making your own book? These preformatted signatures for Winnie-the-Pooh are a great place to start. Check this out at etsy.com/shop/CGMBook....
This is my two-volume version of Dracula. This story is told via a series of journal entries, letters, and other documents. I've always wished that there was a different font for each person, just to keep track of what is going on. And then I discovered bookbinding . . .
March 1, 2025 at 12:55 PM
This is my two-volume version of Dracula. This story is told via a series of journal entries, letters, and other documents. I've always wished that there was a different font for each person, just to keep track of what is going on. And then I discovered bookbinding . . .
Handbound Goth Journal
February 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Handbound Goth Journal
New Journal -- Pink Blooms and Butterfly Dreams
February 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
New Journal -- Pink Blooms and Butterfly Dreams
Handbound Journal with Blue Floral Window
February 19, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Handbound Journal with Blue Floral Window
Mini journal/sketchbook, just 2.75 x 2.25 inches.
February 19, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Mini journal/sketchbook, just 2.75 x 2.25 inches.
Just finished a handbound book covered in beautiful Japanese patterned book cloth.
February 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Just finished a handbound book covered in beautiful Japanese patterned book cloth.
Just finished making this journal. I'm really loving the blue butterflies.
February 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Just finished making this journal. I'm really loving the blue butterflies.