Making of the Autumn Journal Collection

A new set of journals and a new video showing the more important steps in making and decorating a book. The three journals of the collection are 340 pages each and are bound in goat leather tooled with 23 karat gold leaf. They are quite thinner than I'm used to making but volume is surely one of the most important factors that influence the comfort of writing. Music: Red in Black by Kosta T is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. For the first time I coat the whole surface of the book in glaire in order to tool directly with gold. This rapidly decreases the chances of making mistakes. Before this, I used to repeat the tooling, one time for creating the releaf and a second time to apply the gold. This sometimes leads to a mismatch between the two stamps, creating an unsatisfactory decoration. Be sure to visit my re-opened shop on Etsy! https://www.etsy.com/shop/HouseOfStopan Be up-to-date with upcoming projects, commission availability and when new collections go live for sale. Subscribe to the mailing list: https://tinyletter.com/Stopan If you wish to support my work and help me produce more educational content for aspiring bookbinders please consider contributing to my Patreon page:   / stopan   Website and other social links for more information: Website: https://www.iostopan.com Facebook:   / iostopan   Instagram:   / iostopan   #Bookbinding #GoldTooling #LeatherJournal