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Tedra Ashley-Wannemuehler, bookbinder



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More information on the books pictured above can be found in the following galleries (clockwise from left):

Impala and motel sign (daytime) - gallery - intricate

Album with crab - gallery - intricate

Impala with motel (nighttime) - gallery - pop culture

Chevy Cheyenne - gallery - baby

3/4 binding sunflower with copper accent  - gallery - engagement

 

your idea + my craftsmanship = a one-of-a-kind heirloom

 

finished books for sale

 

I have moved away from making and selling already-finished books to doing largely custom orders. All finished books that I have for sale currently are pictured here.

Please note:

- some materials used on books pictured for sale here are no longer manufactured so I cannot replicate some of these covers

- if any of these "already-finished" books are custom-ordered, they can be as much as twice the price listed here
- all books pictured here are sold as they appear - I cannot add lettering or foil stamping to completed cover

 

please contact me by email:

tedra@fineblankbooks.com

to order any of the books you see here

 

prices do not include shipping

shipping is calculated based on your location and the size and weight of the book being shipped

 

Illinois residents add 9% sales tax

 

Every book I make has a single printed page at the back; a "colophon" page where I describe the materials and techniques that go into the book.

 
 

 

bfs sky ranch large 1

 

sky ranch motel sign journal

 

- page size 6" wide by 8 and 3/4" tall

 

- unlined white Mohawk Superfine text paper pages

 

- 100 pages (200 page sides to write on)


- pages are hand-sewn in signatures with 100% cotton thread to lay open flat


- cover is black soft-finish cow hide book leather over binder's board


- cover features a raised retro motel sign made up of many separate pieces of hand-cut and sculpted board, individually-covered with various colors of goatskin book leather that has been hand-pared paper thin, with all parts permanently-attached in a recessed area of the cover


- sign lettering is recessed - white color is a layer of white leather underneath turquoise leather

 

- fine, raised "neon" lines on electric blue arrow part of sign are accented with rubbed silver pigment

 

- moon covered in yellow goatskin leather accented with rubbed gold pigment for a rich metallic finish (difficult to see in photos)

 

- suggestion of stars/Milky Way on front cover, spine, and back cover stamped in pewter stamping foil

 

- stars on sign added using a custom metal die, hot foil stamping, and silver stamping foil

 

- "no vacancy" lettering added using moveable metal type, hot foil stamping, and pewter and red stamping foils

 

- wild hand-marbled endpapers in colors that match those used on the cover with some metallic pigment swirls


- all archival adhesives


 

$425


 

bfs sky ranch large 2

 

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bfs sky ranch whole cover

 

bfs sky ranch endpapers

 

bfs sky ranch detail

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

leather topographic journal front


 

topographic map travel journal

 

- page size 7" wide by 8 and 1/2" tall

 

- lined (college-ruled) acid-free off-white paper pages

 

- 120 pages (240 page sides to write on)


- pages are hand-sewn in signatures with 100% cotton thread


- cover is very dark green pigskin leather over binder's board


- cover features a raised topographic map design hand-cut from many layers of thin tag board


- silver foil lettering on spine

 

- silver and pewter foil compass designs on back cover

 

- endpapers are a "lucky" clover handmade paper

 

- this book is very heavily-built - the covers are thick and the hing areas of the book are reinforced with double layers of cloth

 

- this type of discontinued leather used on the cover is resistant to marks and scratches can be repaired with the use of colored shoe wax/polish

 

- all archival adhesives


 

SOLD

 


leather topographic journal whole cover

 

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leather topographic journal back

 

leather topographic journal spine


leather topographic journal endpapers

 

leather topographic journal pages

 

 

 

 

bfs coffee diner large 

 

1950's diner-style journal with raised coffee design

 

- page size 6 and 1/8" wide by 9" tall

 

- unlined white archival paper pages

 

- 90 pages (180 page sides to write on)


- pages are hand-sewn in signatures with 100% cotton thread


- cover is burgundy pigskin leather over carved binder's board


- lettering on cover ("Open 24 hours" on front and "coffee" on spine) in pewter foil


- marbled endpapers in black and white

 

- all archival adhesives


 

$195


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bfs coffee front small

 

bfs coffee endpapers small

 

bfs coffee detail small

 

bfs coffee spine small

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

cactus highway 1 large

 

large, intricate cactus highway blank book

 

- page size 8 and 7/8" wide by 11 and 1/4" tall

 

- unlined white archival paper pages

 

- 140 pages (280 page sides to write on)


- pages are hand-sewn in signatures with 100% cotton thread


- hand-marbled Spanish marbled paper endpapers in a black and tan

ripple pattern


- cover is predominantly dark brown goatskin leather

 

- cover featuers a relief desert highway design

 

- each color on the cover is a separate piece of binder's board,

matte board, and/or tag board that has been hand-cut, filed,

shaped, and individually-covered with various colors of hand-

parted goatskin book leather

 

- all pieces are then permanently-attached into recessed areas on the cover

 

- back cover features a raised horned toad and small cactus

 

- a book like this is one of a kind and takes a solid 100 hours to create

 

- I would be happy to provide additional detail photos for anyone interested

in purchasing this book - contact me with the email address at the bottom

of this page


- all archival adhesives


 

$750


 

bfs cactus highway 2 large


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bfs cactus highway 1 sm

 

bfs cactus highway 2 sm

 

bfs cactus highway 3 sm

 

bfs cactus highway 4 sm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

bfs flex copper ring turquoise front large

 

small / thin flexible-cover goatskin notebook

with hand-forged copper D-ring style closure

 

- (please note small page size): page size 4" wide by 4" tall

 

- unlined white archival paper pages

 

- 48 pages (96 page sides to write on)


- pages are hand-sewn in signatures with 100% cotton thread


- cover is raw-edged flexible turquoise goatskin leather


- closure on cover made from a strap of permanently-attached (riveted on) red goatskin book leather with a hand-forged (handmade by me) copper D-ring style closure

 

- copper rings are soldered closed, crafted with visible hammer marks, oxidized with black maxx to bring out the texture, and treated with Renaissance wax to help preserve the finish on the metal and reduce oxidation


- red marbled paper endpapers

 

- all archival adhesives


 

SOLD


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bfs copper ring turquoise endpapers small

 

bfs copper ring turquoise back small

 

bfs copper ring turquoise open small

 

bfs copper ring turquoise detail small

 

 

bfs mcm front large

 

small / mid centry modern blank book

 

- (please note small page size): page size 4 and 1/8" wide by 5 and 1/2" tall

 

- unlined off-white archival paper pages

 

- 100 pages (200 page sides to write on)


- pages are hand-sewn in signatures with 100% cotton thread


- cover is turquoise goatskin leather inlaid with sky blue and

red goatskin leather


- inlaid pieces are separate pieces of hand-cut matte board

individually-covered with hand-pared goatskin leather and

permanently attached to the underlying cover board in a

recessed area

 

- foil retro stars on cover are added using a custom metal die, hot foil stamping,

and silver stamping foil


- decorative marbled endpapers


- all archival adhesives


 

$175

 

bfs mcm whole cover large


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bfs mcm 1 sm

 

bfs mcm 2 sm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

bfs copper ring closure lg

 

small / western-look copper ring closure book


- (please note smaller page size) page size 4" wide by 5 and 1/4" tall

 

- unlined off-white archival paper pages

 

- 100 pages (200 page sides to write on)


- pages are hand-sewn in signatures with 100% cotton thread


- cover is decorative mass-produced "tooled-look" leather over binder's board - a rare instance where this is NOT specifically book leather, but has a fun Western style look


- cover features a black metal oxidized brass stud with a simple decorative copper ring closure - the closure is not super-secure (like a buckle would be), so this may not be the best candidate to throw in a bag or purse - but it is very effective with proper care (kept on a shelf, etc.)

 

- hand marbled endpapers

 

- all archival adhesives

 

SOLD

 

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bfs copper ring closure 1 sm

 

bfs copper ring closure 2 sm

 

bfs copper ring closure 3 sm

 

 

 

 

 bfs coffee cup diner lg

 

small / coffee cup diner sign blank book


- (please note smaller page size) page size 4 and 1/8" wide by 5 and 1/4" tall

 

- unlined off-white archival paper pages

 

- 100 pages (200 page sides to write on)


- pages are hand-sewn in signatures with 100% cotton thread


- cover is burgundy pigskin leather over binder's board


- cover features a raised design entirely cut by hand from layers of thin tag board and stacked to form the relief image - leather is then worked down into and over the design with a bone folder as the glue between the leather and the board dries

 

- lettering on front cover added using moveable metal type, hot foil stamping, and red stamping foil

 

- retro stars on back cover added using a custom metal die, hot foil stamping, and red stamping foil

 

- hand marbled endpapers

 

- all archival adhesives


$115

 

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 bfs coffee cup diner 1 sm

 

bfs coffee cup diner 2 sm

 

bfs coffee cup diner 3 sm

 

bfs coffee cup diner 4 sm

 

bfs pie lg

 

small / "pie makes everything better" blank book


- (please note smaller page size) page size 4 and 1/8" wide by 5 and 1/4" tall

 

- unlined off-white archival paper pages

 

- 100 pages (200 page sides to write on)


- pages are hand-sewn in signatures with 100% cotton thread


- cover is red pigskin leather over binder's board


- cover features a raised design entirely cut by hand from layers of thin tag board and stacked to form the relief image - leather is then worked down into and over the design with a bone folder as the glue between the leather and the board dries

 

- lettering on front cover added using moveable metal type, hot foil stamping, and pewter stamping foil

 

- retro stars on back cover added using a custom metal die, hot foil stamping, and pewter stamping foil

 

- hand marbled endpapers

 

- all archival adhesives


SOLD

 

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bfs pie 1 sm

 

bfs pie 2 sm

 

bfs pie 3 sm

 

 

 

bfs blue diner lg

 

small / retro diner sign blank book


- (please note smaller page size) page size 4 and 1/8" wide by 5 and 1/4" tall

 

- unlined off-white archival paper pages

 

- 100 pages (200 page sides to write on)


- pages are hand-sewn in signatures with 100% cotton thread


- cover is navy pigskin leather over binder's board


- cover features a raised design entirely cut by hand from layers of thin tag board and stacked to form the relief image - leather is then worked down into and over the design with a bone folder as the glue between the leather and the board dries

 

- lettering on front cover added using moveable metal type, hot foil stamping, and light blue stamping foil

 

- retro stars on back cover added using a custom metal die, hot foil stamping, and light blue stamping foil

 

- edges of front covers are slightly long on this one to allow for a decorative stamp of a double silver line down the inside edge of the front and back covers

 

- hand marbled endpapers

 

- all archival adhesives


$95


bfs blue diner 2 lg

 

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bfs blue diner 1 sm

 

bfs blue diner 2 sm

 

bfs blue diner 3 sm

 

 

 

bfs metal corners lg

 

small / western-look book with metal corners


- (please note smaller page size) page size 4" wide by 5 and 1/4" tall

 

- unlined off-white archival paper pages

 

- 100 pages (200 page sides to write on)


- pages are hand-sewn in signatures with 100% cotton thread


- cover is decorative mass-produced "tooled-look" leather over binder's board - a rare instance where this is NOT specifically book leather, but has a fun Western style look


- cover features mass-produced silvertone metal corners with engraving detail - I rarely use mass-produced parts but am using some that I have had available to use on projects for awhile now - the edges of these corners are slightly sharp, but they are great protection for the corners of a book

 

- hand marbled endpapers

 

- all archival adhesives


$65
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bfs metal corners 1 sm

 

bfs metal corners 2 sm

 

bfs metal corners 3 sm

 

bfs three tone cloth lg

 

larger three-tone cloth-covered hardcover blank book

 

- page size 7 and 1/2" wide by 10 and 7/8" tall

 

- unlined off-white archival paper pages

 

- 97 pages (194 page sides to write on)


- pages are oversewn on an oversewing machine with 100% cotton thread - oversewing is a very durable form of binding


- cover consists of three colors of linen book cloth over binder's board


- decoration on cover added using a larger, custom metal die, hot foil stamping, pewter stamping foil and tan stamping pigment


- plain white cloth-reinforced archival endpapers

 

- all archival adhesives



$85

 

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bfs three tone cloth 1 sm

 

bfs three tone cloth 2 sm

 

bfs deco frame lg

 

larger two-tone deco style cloth-covered hardcover blank book

 

- page size 7 and 1/2" wide by 10 and 7/8" tall

 

- unlined off-white archival paper pages

 

- 94 pages (188 page sides to write on)


- pages are oversewn on an oversewing machine with 100% cotton thread - oversewing is a very durable form of binding


- cover consists of two colors of linen book cloth over binder's board


- decoration on cover added using a larger, custom metal die, hot foil stamping, and copper stamping foil


- plain white cloth-reinforced archival endpapers

 

- all archival adhesives



$75

 

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bfs deco frame 1 sm

 

bfs filigree lg

 

larger two-tone filigree style cloth-covered hardcover blank book

 

- page size 8 and 3/8" wide by 10 and 7/8" tall

 

- unlined off-white archival paper pages

 

- 94 pages (188 page sides to write on)


- pages are oversewn on an oversewing machine with 100% cotton thread - oversewing is a very durable form of binding


- cover consists of two colors of linen book cloth over binder's board


- decoration on cover added using a larger, custom metal die, hot foil stamping, and red stamping foil - the design appears on the front and back covers


- plain white cloth-reinforced archival endpapers

 

- all archival adhesives



$75

 

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bfs filigree 1 sm

 

bfs filigree 2 sm

 

bfs filigree 3 sm

 

bfs sky ranch fog 1 lg

 

sky ranch motel in the fog version

 

- page size 6" wide by 6 and 1/2" tall

 

- unlined, acid-free off-white pages

 

- 170 pages (440 page sides to write on) - this is thick little book


- pages are hand-sewn in signatures with 100% cotton thread


- cover is very light gray soft cowhide book leather over binder's board and tag board - this softer leather gives the raised design a softer appearance


- cover features a raised vintage motel sign design hand-cut from many layers of thin tag board


- stars on cover added using a custom die, hot foil stamping, and silver stamping foil

 

- moon on cover accented with a rubbed pearl pigment

 

- endpapers are a beautiful frosted silver paper

 

- all archival adhesives


 

SOLD

 

bfs sky ranch fog 2 lg

 

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 bfs sky ranch fog 1 sm

 

bfs sky ranch fog 2 sm

 

bfs sky ranch fog 3 sm

 

bfs sky ranch fog 4 sm

 

bfs sky ranch fog 5 sm

 

bfs sky ranch fog 6 sm


bfs turquoise stud 1 lg

 

small / tree of life book with imitation turquoise studs


- (please note smaller page size) page size 4 and 1/8" wide by 5 and 1/4" tall

 

- unlined off-white archival paper pages

 

- 100 pages (200 page sides to write on)


- pages are hand-sewn in signatures with 100% cotton thread


- cover is dark brown leather over binder's board


- cover features a line of imitation turquoise studs (resin/plastic in a metal bezel setting)

 

- tree of life design on cover added using a custom metal die, hot foil stamping, and silver stamping foil

 

- hand marbled endpapers

 

- all archival adhesives


$75

 

bfs turquoise stud 2 lg

 

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bfs turquoise stud 1 sm

 

bfs turquoise stud 2 sm

 

bfs turquoise stud 3 sm

 

bfs turquoise stud 4 lg

 

bfs turquoise stud 5 sm

 

bfs turquoise stud 6 sm

 

bfs flex belt lg

 

small / flexible cover, raw-edged leather journal with buckle closure


- (please note smaller page size) page size 5" wide by 6 and 3/8" tall

 

- unlined off-white archival paper pages

 

- 140 pages (280 page sides to write on - this is a thick little book)


- pages are hand-sewn in signatures with 100% cotton thread


- cover is raw-edged, flexible cowhide leather with a mottled, distressed appearance - this type of leather in not made anymore


- cover features a flexible flap wrap-around cover and a belt closure with buckle

 

- "belt" strap is permanently attached to the cover with a rivet through the back and remains attached when the book is open

 

- slightly textured handmade off-white endpapers

 

- all archival adhesives


SOLD

 

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bfs flex belt 1 sm

 

bfs flex belt 2 sm

 

bfs flex belt 3 sm

 

bfs flex belt 4 sm

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

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