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My first leather bound book, made from some leftover leather I used on my steampunk goggles. I learnt a lot whilst making this book and it was awesome fun 8D I'll be practicing with leather again when I can locate a store that has one - there's like 2 fabric stores within a 30km radius or so O_O. The leather was too thick to use on the strong curved spine so I used some red fabric I had. Everythings hand done - page staining, spine construction, etc.Conclusion: binding books is so much fun 8D
I couldn't think of what else to put in it and lately I've taken an interest in the stars so I drew up a title page and started filling it in, it's not done yet - as you can see!
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This little guy is gorgeous.
It's great how you made it from leftover leather from your goggles, and I made my goggles out of leftover leather from a book.
The closing mechanism and title page are perfect. And the seam on the front, along with the jewel... /gush. This really has to be one of my favorites I've ever seen on dA.
Did you upload photos of your steampunk goggles? I'd love to see!
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Thanks so much ^__^ I'm glad it worked out in the end (it really happened becuase I didn't have enough leather!)
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Interesting things happen when you have to work around obstacles, neccesity being the mother of invention and all that!
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Very nice, the stone is cute! I've done a little book binding, it is great fun. The pages turned out nicely.
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Thankers 8D I'm going to have to epoxy it to the leather though, me thinks, the bookbinding glue isn't strong enough. Book binding is hella addictive!
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yeah and the leather is tough to find. There was a shoe shop here in japan selling heaps of it though for cheap, like 800円 a square meter. they even had crocodile!
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Ugh, I know... our FABRIC stores don't even have it... and if they do it's marked up terribly.
Dude awesome! If leather isn't attackable by ausland customs do you think you could nab some for me and I'll pay you back? I'd just be looking for rich browns, black and red regular leather - reasonably soft and thin in width.
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maybe I got 3 little pieces for myself and we might be going back to tokyo so I`ll see if I can find the place again
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this is really quite awesome, I love the stitching, and the clasp.
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Thanks a bundle for the kind words! It was so much fun to make.
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^_^ Thankers mucho.
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That is awesome! I love the title page.
I've been trying to find some leather for my goggles. 
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Thanks 8D Pointillism is awesome fun (in small doses)
I know, Isn't it crazy! Why is it so hard to find leather? I tried finding some snazzy cogs too but had zero luck...
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That it is!
I have no idea! I've only been able to find leopard print pleather . 
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I once tried to do a whole A4 size Queen of the Damned tribute and failed, it's got very little done.
xD You could look like you just stepped out of a disco derigable? Now see I don't know where to look for old clocks! My city is kind of small when it comes to things like that, I'm betting if I found one it'd cost over $50. Hell, an A3 self healing cutting mat cost me $20 today O_O...
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If there are any antique stores in your city you might be able to get cheap broken clocks. Its worth looking into anyway. If not, you can find large sets of gears for sale on Ebay. Prepare to fight for those though. They go fast.
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