Ochiru In reply to JAE462 [2013-03-19 15:13:44 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I wish I had the time to bind some more...

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Ochiru In reply to QuiEstInLiteris [2012-07-19 16:39:17 +0000 UTC]

I have finally - and incompletely - responded!

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Ochiru In reply to tvissoc [2012-06-09 15:33:27 +0000 UTC]

You should give it a go - it's quite easy to get started, though it takes a bit of practice to get the hang of it. It can be very satisfying to make something yourself. Good luck!

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Ochiru In reply to the-soulseeker-vio [2012-05-05 13:42:07 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I do my best...

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Ochiru In reply to QuiEstInLiteris [2012-02-19 12:15:10 +0000 UTC]

Well, thank you for the retrospective watching! Much obliged.

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Ochiru In reply to CreationsbyHamilton [2012-02-01 10:48:23 +0000 UTC]

Thank you - and thank you for watching too!

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Ochiru In reply to Pharaoh-Ink [2012-01-31 18:09:36 +0000 UTC]

There are a fair few binders, but few and far between in a community the size of dA (have a look in my favourites if you want to see others' excellent work)

Yeah, I hope bookbinding never dies out - the internet and ebooks are all very well, but what happens when you lose electricity, or even just if the technology moves on? A good book will last hundreds of years if cared for properly - I have one from the 17th century next to me here, and a stock of nineteenth century ones which are just as readable now as when Victoria was on the throne... now imagine trying to get data off a 2012 Kindle or open a .doc from a rotating hard drive in 2150 or 2300...

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Ochiru In reply to Maelovent [2012-01-31 11:41:16 +0000 UTC]

Thanks
I find that they make a good break from staring at a screen or text all day - it's nice to actually make a physical object by hand.
Thanks for all the faves too!

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Ochiru In reply to VerteRill [2012-01-11 14:45:58 +0000 UTC]

Thank you
Yeah, I love old books, especially thick heavy tomes, all raised cords and decorated spines! （日本製の本なら本当に賛成する！私を世話になっている教授は日本の製本の歴史の専門家だけど、私にとって和綴じはぜんぜのもしろくないー簡単すぎるし本物の「本」の感じがしないからかな．．．）
I have to confess that I taught myself binding - I intend to take proper classes one day, but they are so expensive! But I think it would be a good idea - the trouble with working it all out yourself is that you don't always know where you are making mistakes or if there is an easier/better way to do what you are trying to do...
Thanks for watching

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VerteRill In reply to Ochiru [2012-01-11 15:15:04 +0000 UTC]

I do understand you !

I had the chance to study it at school for my binding art craft certificate. But it is more difficult to practise it now the school is over and I don't have the specials machin it needs. I am only doing few things, blanck books, for birthdays and others...
I a currently looking for a job in a bindery, but it is really hard to find. so depressing -___-
And thank you for the Llama

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Ochiru In reply to XaelMcEwan [2011-12-25 13:21:11 +0000 UTC]

Hi, and thanks for the message - I would submit something, but I'm in Japan at the moment and don't have any of my materials with me...

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XaelMcEwan In reply to Ochiru [2011-12-31 12:42:23 +0000 UTC]

I totally understand.
If you can, tell me before the 3rd of January

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Ochiru In reply to Analliz [2011-12-12 12:22:39 +0000 UTC]

Thank you and thanks for watching!

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Analliz In reply to Ochiru [2011-12-12 19:55:10 +0000 UTC]

No problem and i really like ur books, the way u make them AWESOME
i tried making one but...well lets say it didnt look like a book

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Ochiru In reply to Analliz [2011-12-13 09:30:02 +0000 UTC]

Hahaha, you should see the first book I made! It didn't look much like a book either, and promptly fell to pieces - I'm sure you'll come back to it one day and it'll work fine

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Analliz In reply to Ochiru [2012-01-03 18:20:16 +0000 UTC]

Well I made a second one...it didn't fall apart like the first one (yayyyy) and it kinda looks like a book(yayy again) but i don't think I can open it >.<

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Ochiru In reply to Analliz [2012-01-08 14:33:48 +0000 UTC]

Glad to hear it! Making a book that opens easily (and shuts properly!) is surprisingly difficult, but don't worry you'll work it out with practice. Don't forget to leave a gap to make a groove running down the edge of the cover like a hinge if you're making a hardback book, it'll make it easier for the book to open and shut.
Keep up the good work

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Ochiru In reply to somnomollior [2011-11-28 17:59:54 +0000 UTC]

Oh really? I was born in Oxford but grew up in Cambridge. Which school did you attend? I went to Chesterton then Hills Road.

I shall make sure to say hello to it for you - though I have to say the city seems to be in an unfriendly mood, as after a long mild autumn it has suddenly given us frost and strong wind!

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somnomollior In reply to Ochiru [2011-11-29 13:18:45 +0000 UTC]

I went to Hills Road Sixth Form College too! My what a coincidence. I was there a long time before you I expect (late 70s), but we may have had some of the same teachers. What subjects did you take?
Before Hills Road I was at Parkside.

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Ochiru In reply to somnomollior [2011-11-29 15:36:52 +0000 UTC]

Hills Roaders seem to pop up wherever you go (we used to say "throw a brick in Oxford and you'll still hit a Hills Roader..." Throw a brick in London or, of course, Cambridge and you'll pretty much certainly hit one!)
I was there from 2001-3, and did Physics, Maths, Biology and Chemistry, a rather unforgiving combination which I regretted quite quickly, but thankfully wasn't a problem for doing Japanese at university. When I was there the head was Colin Greenhalge (I think that was his name), who had been there for the last 20 years or so. I also had the famous Doc Martin as my form tutor, but all my other teachers were very young so wouldn't have been there in the 70s.
A friend's son has just started at Parkside this term - it seems to be maintaining its reputation as the leading state secondary school in Cambridge, and has recently taken over the ailing Coleridge Community College in order to prevent its closure.

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somnomollior In reply to Ochiru [2011-12-02 12:20:09 +0000 UTC]

That's a big time difference then so I doubt if any of my teachers were still around, and besides I did Latin, Ancient History and English Lit. I failed Latin. I went to Durham but my best friend there went to Oxford.

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