Making a journal for building inner strength 🐉 ASMR Bookbinding

Shop bookbinding merch 📚 https://bittermelonbindery-shop.fourthwall.com Happy Year of the Dragon! 新年快樂！ Chúc mừng năm mới! I hope the start of the year has been good to you. I've been riding a boost in energy and creativity, and it was so fun to put this book together using new techniques like the wrap-around dragon cut-out, the laser engraved book cloth, and hot foil stamping endpapers. Enjoy the video :) 0:00 Making the hardcover case 7:57 Decorating the covers 10:03 Making the text block 13:45 Gluing and lining the spine 16:53 Decorating the fore edge 18:29 Hot foil stamping endpaper 20:11 Casing in 22:30 Pressing and ribbon beads 23:58 Beauty shots xTool M1 Smart Laser Engraver and Vinyl Cutter: https://www.xtool.com/?ref=IJ2xikCBlQ48HW&utm_medium=5306&utm_source=influencer 📔 📔 📔 ⟡ My book Handmade Books at Home is out now ⟡ https://www.bittermelonbindery.com/handmade-books-at-home Shop updates: https://www.bittermelonbindery.com/newsletter Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bittermelonbindery Shop: https://www.bittermelonbindery.com/shop Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bittermelonbindery Tiktok: http://tiktok.com/@bittermelonbindery 📔 📔 📔 Filming Equipment Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pro with Canon 24-105mm F/4 lens Editing Software DaVinci Resolve Studio https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve FAQ ✦ What tools and materials do you use? https://youtu.be/98SdMoq4kcc ✦ Where can I buy bookbinding supplies? your local art supply store, Blick Art Materials (US), TALAS (US), Hollander's (US), DeSerres (CA), Etsy ✦ What adhesive are you using? Archival quality PVA glue, there are multiple brands ✦ How do you make your book cloth? https://youtu.be/bDWSCmMK5bw ✦ Where do you get dot grid writing paper? https://youtu.be/kvyCW5GygIM ✦ Where did you get your guillotine cutter? https://amzn.to/49O6VmY ✦ What brand is your... thread - Crawford Irish Waxed Linen Thread corner rounder - Akiles Diamond-1 ✦ What is that laser cutter? https://www.xtool.com/?ref=IJ2xikCBlQ48HW&utm_medium=5306&utm_source=influencer ✦ Where is your music from? I use Epidemic Sound, sign up for a 30-day free trial here: https://share.epidemicsound.com/asrshm ✦ What is your dog's name? Lucy 🐕 Produced on the unceded territories of the Tongva people. Learn more: https://native-land.ca/