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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

  gallery - water ring designs  

 

 

 

 

This album was created for a father whose daughter's middle name was "Poppy".  The poppy was carved from three separate pieces of binder's board, each one covered with hand-pared goatskin leather.  The carved striations in the petals were accented with black wax and the entire blossom was waxed to intensify the color of the leather.  The finished poppy was then attached to the cover in a slightly recessed area.

the please note: the slightly shiny, mottled leather used for these water ring covers is no longer manufactured, but a similar, less glossy result could be achieved with currently-available book leather

 

 

custom leather album poppy blossom on the water

 

poppy blossom on the water album

     

- page size 10" square

- 50 pages (100 page sides to mount photos on)

- page are acid-free off-white Arches cover 

- natural deckled edge of the paper left on the outer edge of each page

- printed title page

- mottled tan parchment-look endpapers

- cover is "antique" pattern blue cowhide leather over carved binder's board and tag board

- poppy blossom on cover carved from a separate piece of binder's board and covered with hand pared black and red goatskin leather

- approximately $465

 

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custom leather poppy blossom on the water album front cover

 

custom leather poppy blossom on the water album poppy detail

 

custom leather poppy blossom on the water album spine

 

This customer liked both my leaf-on-the-water cover designs as well as dragonflies, so both were incorporated into one cover.  Usually, the center of a water ripple design is on the front covers...here it is on the back with the dragonfly on the front.  The dragonfly has a carved, offset recessed area "under" him acting as a shadow on the surface of the water.

 

custom leather journal with dragonfly and leaf on the water

 

redbud leaf and dragonfly journal

     

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

- 222 pages (444 page sides to write on)

- pages are acid-free off-white lined paper with light gray lines and college-ruled spacing

- soft teal blue endpapers

- cover is "antique" finish cow hide over carved binder's board

- raised cords on spine

- spine cords outlined in gold foil

- cover decorations added using custom metal dies, hot foil stamping, and gold stamping foil

- lettering on spine added using moveable metal type, hot foil stamping, and gold stamping foil

- approximately $290

 

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custom leather dragonfly and water ring book with leaf on the water front

 

custom leather dragonfly and water ring book with leaf on the water dragonfly and shadow detail

 

custom leather dragonfly and water ring book with leaf on the water back cover

 

 

 

 


 




     
     
     

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