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Tedra Ashley-Wannemuehler, bookbinder



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More information on the books pictured above can be found in the following galleries (clockwise from left):

Impala and motel sign (daytime) - gallery - intricate

Album with crab - gallery - intricate

Impala with motel (nighttime) - gallery - pop culture

Chevy Cheyenne - gallery - baby

3/4 binding sunflower with copper accent  - gallery - engagement

 

your idea + my craftsmanship = a one-of-a-kind heirloom

 

gallery - cookbook

 

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also see the "wedding" gallery for an interesting wedding cookbook / guest book at the top of that section


 

 

 

This book was created for a customer who re-did her kitchen in an art deco style with lots of red, stainless steel, and chrome.  She wanted a guest book for her home where guests could leave comments and she could write down the recipes she used for various gatherings.  I found this image of a great art deco frame and made it into a metal die so that it could be stamped on the cover.  The back cover features a favorite quote from Shakespeare.  All lettering is a simple san-seri font in keeping with the deco look of this book.

 

custom red leather art deco style cookbook recipe book

 

art deco recipe guest book*

     

- page size 10" wide by 8" tall

- 200 pages (400 page sides to write on)

- pages are archival, unlined, off-white paper

- light gray satin ribbon page marker

- cover is red pigskin leather over binder's board

- art deco frame on cover added using a custom metal die, hot foil stamping, and silver stamping foil

- lettering on cover added using moveable metal type, hot foil stamping, and silver stamping foil

- approximately $205 (I still have this art deco frame die that can be used on other orders)

 

*the pigskin leather used on this cover is no longer manufactured or available, but a red goatskin book leather could be substitued


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custom red leather cookbook with art deco design front

 

custom red leather cookbook with art deco design whole cover

 

Commissioned as a Valentine's Day gift for someone who loves to cook, my customer wanted a blank book for his wife to record her favorite recipes.  My customer told me that his wife liked stars, so I came up with the idea of stars falling into a mixing bowl and a single star above a single spoon on the back cover.  The spine is accented with classic raised cords and there is silver foil lettering on the front cover and spine.  The book's black and silver swirled marbled endpaper reminded me of swirling clouds around galaxies photographed by the Hubble space telescope; it seemed fitting.

 

custom bowl of stars cookbook recipe book

 

bowl of stars recipe book

     

- page size 7 and 1/2" wide by 10" tall

- 175 pages (350 page sides to write on

- page are archival unlined white paper

- purple grosgrain ribbon page marker

- black and silver swirl marbled endpaper

- cover is a 1/4 binding of purple and black goatskin leather over binder's board

- decoration on cover added using custom dies, hot foil stamping, and silver stamping foil

- raised cords on the spine

- spine cords outlined with silver foil lines

- lettering on cover and spine added using moveable metal type, hot foil stamping, and silver stamping foil

- approximately $230

 

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custom black and purple leather cookbook with bowl of stars

 

custom black and purple leather cookbook with bowl of stars spine

 

custom black and purple leather cookbook with bowl of stars marbled endpaper

 

custom black and purple leather cookbook with bowl of stars open pages

 


 

     
     
     
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