A Book Swap

I've been meaning to tell you about my friend Jacek Tylkowski and a very interesting project we are doing together. We actually know each other from the internet, but I tell you, he's one of the finest bookbinders out there whom I had the pleasure to meet. Imagine my surprise and excitement when he proposed me a book swap. We get to choose any book we want from our own country and turn it into a one of a kind binding which we then exchange between us. So we are on for January 15, when the book must be done and ready to meet with the other!

As you see, Jacek is already ahead of me - the developments are on his blog.

For now I only can show a little preview of what I chose for him - a book about books seemed somehow appropriate :)

More soon to come!
  

A Hand Full of Books

2011 ended with a commission for many tiny books. 2012 is starting with a huge book. Love making them both. I've always been fascinated by extremes...

Have a wonderful and prosperous year, everyone!!!
 

A Travel Present

Here's what I received from my family right before my trip from Romania back to Portugal.
Very appropriate :) Thank you guys!

   

Look what I found...

I found this poor thing last week at the fair. I don't quite understand, was this ever a book cover? Or just prepared to become one? There are no signs of use, no title, no traces of glue on the back. The front however looks like a hundred years old. I wonder what's its story. Perhaps it's just an old piece of leather that escaped slicing and came out so I can find it and give it a new life.

 

Old Leather Books

Finished these two the other day... simple, so to let the beauty of the old leather do the rest.