The Book Cryptid
thebookcryptid.bsky.social
The Book Cryptid
@thebookcryptid.bsky.social
Fanbinding account of @Stefanyeah
Secret Belgian Criss Cross Fan <3
Thank you. :D

We all really need to embrace that motto into out lifes.
January 10, 2026 at 11:36 AM
December 27, 2025 at 8:25 PM
And here it is, my quick little octavo with leftover cloth to keep track of Gojira's tricks. (It's much needed so I don't use two commands for one thing, or one command for two things. Happens far too easily when you're dabbling in a lot of dog activities.)
#Bookbinding
December 27, 2025 at 8:25 PM
…I overestimated the page count. It's a lot slimmer than planned.
Also, a little tracker for tricks with stars on how well Leia can do them. Prefilled some in parts for Mum to get an idea.

Maybe I should do one for Gojira and me as well. *off-to-Affinity*
December 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Even the endbands are… very individual. Look at the special effect in the middle of the book! It's twisted! 😅

I also learned that the curtain I used for the spine is not good for filled bookcloth. It's all learning and practising here.
December 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Cooking and sieving paste and spines, spines, spines!

#bookbinding
December 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Filled bookcloth experiments. Curtains and my old PJs. Not surprisingly at all, the curtains lost the sheen when being filled. Both for the new BuJo, because I couldn't possibly pass up the chance of a tartan BuJo. :D
#bookbinding #bookcloth #filledbookcloth
December 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Gojira also has a little spot in the bookbinding studio. (And chooses different spots more often, of course)
December 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
New place and a proper space for the binding courtesy of the prior renters who left the table, chair and monitor in this little attic room.
I've still got to evolve a system where to store which things, but I'm getting there.
December 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Also, doing new things like filled bookcloth and cooking my own paste, so experimentations going on as well.
December 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Asked a friend for advice and alu-foil and WD40 helped getting it a little more silvery again. I went at it a few times, so I guess that's all I can achieve right now.

[Photo descriptions: Three photos showing the same compass as above, with a little less black spots.]
November 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM