Indeed! I didn't thin much of it in the beginning but when I realized the most of my work will be saved mostly by photos, I cherish these a bit more. Even thought they're not my crown works, it's still something that it's going to be here no matter what.

Thank you kindly!

I subscribed for the cover crafting, but I got excited to see written pages in the thumbnail. The book covers are incredible to look at, but the most important thing will always be the words and their potential.

I really appreciated it! It means a lot and I'll do my best not to disappoint.

Thank you, Jared! I hope I'll manage to polish it a bit more with the next videos, as I still find it a bit odd speaking and have moments of confusion.

I've seen a lot of book binders on KZfaq. Most of them do things to books that upset me for the sake of the books. They use saws. They make fake bangs for "astedic purposes". some of them glorify digital media as beter a better alternative to books and put holes next to the spine. This guy does it better than I could ask. He even attaches the bands to the board. The only things I don't like is how he put solids metal on some of them which makes it have to be stored away from the other books to make sure it doesn't strap other books, and his officiant method of constructing the end bands. They would be more useful if he threaded them through each signature. They're supposed to protect the spine from getting slowly ripped off while being pulled off the shelf. I hope I can be as good at this as he is someday.

A pleasure to hear! I'm sure you'll create something that you'll cherish! I really appreciate you reaching out!

That's truly wonderful to hear! Thank you for writing! I'm sorry you might be finding difficulties with some of the more peculiar techniques but I wish that you'll be able to find your strengths in this craft nonetheless and make your own unique type of book that brings you and others joy. Wishing you favorable winds in your struggle with the traps of the mind as well.Thank you again!

Thank you, Sven! For the kind words throughout the videos and the support! Have a great week!

Glad to hear that glimmers of hope are returning, Kat! Best of luck with your future projects and you probably know that there's no reason to rush things. Little by little, new ideas are born and with them new opportunities to develop. Have a great weekend!

Thank you as well for the kind words! I dream of the future as well, I want to see a book made by me in 20 years but it's hard to imagine, haha. If you'd really be interested in that, I actually made a presentation about my influences and inspirations during my first exhibition. So I still keep the photo material and it would be easy to make a video about the topic. I'll keep it in mind and try to prepare it!

I think it would be really interesting to see your influences. And maybe your future plans. Do you want to experiment with marbling paper or with different layers/colors of leather?

Hello, Namaya and thank you for the kind words of appreciation! It's a pleasure to meet you too! Best of luck with your future book projects.

That really is the most difficult thing to come to terms with, isn't it? That perseverance is the recipe to whatever your goal is.

You are too kind! Thank you, I do my best to just act as I usually do, even though it's still a bit odd doing it on camera.

Thank you so much, Cleopatra! Very kind words!

My pleasure

Glad to hear! Best of luck with your projects!

It is a guarantee! Best of luck with your projects!

It's a relief to hear! I've been doing making of videos for years and to be honest, they lost a bit of their magic for me. These new formats allow me to stay in touch with you guys a bit more often.

Thank you for reaching out! I really appreciate you sharing these thoughts! I'm really cautious when it comes to tutorials. You see, I'm still not the pillar of knowledge I want to be and I've proven to myself one too many times that I do many things improperly. I've seen people emulate my mistakes from the earlier videos I've posted and basically learning things the wrong way. It pains me to see that because I feel like a fraud. I know people will be interested but I'm still not convinced it's time. I'll probably start out by talking and showing some specific techniques or recipes but it is my belief that the proper way to teach would be face to face in an apprenticeship type experience. I'm currently doing my best to reformat and make available all of the great handbooks that I've learned from and sleep well knowing that they're written by the experts in the field. You can see the first ones here: www.etsy.com/shop/HouseOfStopan?section_id=26682323 They are some bookbinders on KZfaq that share very good techniques and knowledge, albeit some of their videos not being in the upmost quality. For now, I think it will be most truthful for me to serve mostly as an inspiration, throwing in a bit of advice here and there, rather to be considered a teacher. I hope some of this made some sense. Again, thank you for watching and staying in touch!

Glad you found it interesting!

Thank you so much, Gina! It's wonderful you have that passion. I have done maybe only two or three journals for painting, I mostly use and make them for writing. Best of luck with your next projects!

@@Stopan thank you so much i love your work

Thank you very much!

They do they're job very well and are comfortable indeed. They were always too plain for me to continue making them. Some people do exceptional coptic stitch bindings with all sorts of complexities but I never got around try out such things.

Thank you for the kinds remarks! I get the feeling that these situations are more than common with anyone who keeps him or herself busy with creative work. The throwing situation was a one time thing :D Too many high expectations never lead to anything good. I agree that being calm in all stages of work is of upmost importance.

Stopan Tjanks for the reply. I am honored. I hope you didn’t think I was disapproving of your actions. I have a strange sense of humor and so I made a hopefully playful comment. Sometimes our expectations exceed our skill level at a point in time. If I could throw a painting against a wall without damaging it, I would have done so, I’m sure. Lol 💕 Annie

Thank you for the kind words, Rubens! Indeed, sometimes it takes another pair of eyes to see the value in these works. For me, they are mostly helpful notebooks, as was their original idea.

Glad you like them, Colin! Unfortunately, it's very hard to have an objective view on my own work. I'd like to have a more positive view on them but I can't really find the method to do it. Maybe a few more years down the road will fix things.

I watched this video so many times and only after I uploaded it I saw that I said October, haha. Thank you for the kind remarks!

Hello! In this article I've written up some of the suppliers I most frequently use: www.iostopan.com/considering-bookbinding-a-short-first-step-guide/

Thank you! I visited the UK twice and got some hints on pronunciation but I'm quite far from proper speaking in my opinion

Indeed!