I was worried about how the onlay would fare over the spine but it only needed a couple touchups after covering.

The endpages are hand painted by me and represent the ending of one of the short stories that speaks to the bridges that communication can build.

I met Karen at Worldcon this year and she decided to have a special copy of her book created. I love working with authors to make their work into a binding.

I created the onlay by paring the leather down to 0.3 mm. I painted it then applied it to the book leather, pressed it, then back pared it.

Thank you! 😊

Happy birthday!

Thank you 😊

Thank you!

It was definitely on my "must bind this" list! Good luck with the Hugo nomination!

No worries!
I love that thought. I'm sure they'd have wonderful colors.

I also use very thin PVA to secure the stitching depending on what type of thread it is

Thank you! The box that it's shown in is the protection against all that. It just stays in the box on the shelf.