Showing Off / Decent Exposure
One of my earliest work from back during rehab. It was a suggestion from my Boss during that internship. I had to come up with how to do it by myself - and it took me quite a while. It's clean though. One of my prouder accomplishments.
Where I'm at right now I get to do a lot of hand-crafts. I wouldn't normally do something this ... 'extensive' ... but after a while I had confidence that I could do this with relative ease and so I did. I also made a second one for my "Ausbilder" - it's called "Nicole's 3-Stöckige Krimskrams Box" - that's: Nicole's 3-Leveled Stuff Box.
These are just some cases(?) I made. The magenta one was the first thing I made during rehab as 'the Project' we had to do at the end of the entry phase. While making it I also overheard that there was a Bookbinding Workshop somehow adjacent to the institution I was in, ... which then basically got me onto the profession. The yellow one I then made there, and the purple one was a quick build for me to sort away some loose papers.
Sometimes I get bored there - and I make books. Some more and others less intricate. These are the simplest kind. Just ... fanning open the back, glue on, fabric around and some sort of cover.
I was shocked how bad the first hand-bound hardcover book got that I made there got, so I made a second one. It took me a while to get a hang of it. Meaning, there were some things that I had trouble with. But after I felt competent enough, I made these. I get that may sometimes be a little bit too hasty or impatient. It's also a bit like something is working against me - which gives me the opportunity to really hone the craft. I'm currently working on a third one, that one with bright pink, though without colored paper inside.
Also one of the first things I made there. The covers that is. It sucks that they got a little bit too small - so I had to trim the content more than I had liked to. So yea, those are my original two books, rebound.
The big difference between back then and now is that where I'm now we don't have the same tools, or devices, like for rounding the spine of the hard-covers or fitting the boards on the covers. But yea, fitting the covers onto the content has been the bane of my early book-binding experience.
The only thing really special here is the cover. The rest is as previously mentioned, practically basic and simple. I suppose the cover isn't quite ... "there" yet. Although I suppose it's good enough.
This is my entry into the "I'll never do one of those again" category of things. I mean ... it was a fun project. But ultimately way too big.
These "Magic Boxes" are part of the standard supply of pre-cut boards we have for whenever someone has some downtime. After a while it's discouraged we do those, such that we try out more complicated stuff. I think this one came out really nice.
I also have a paper dispenser and a tea box. Hmm ...
This is the obligatory ... something-paraphernalia ... thingy. It has magnets to close tightly. It's not too sturdy as I didn't use fabric to re-enforce the edges. But it's only supposed to ... uh, work in a pinch. It may be too small or compartmentalized a little ... badly ... though ... when using it for what it can it does what it does XD ...
This is my latest thing. It's for important papers ... to be some kind of emergency box. I'm really happy how it turned out. Pride isn't really appropriate because some luck was involved. because the outer casing's front and back boards are slightly shifted out of place in the back, it's tighter there. It all fits really well - the inner part glides out really smoothly and yet it doesn't fall out easily. Or at all. It drops out a bit - and ... it might be vacuum that actually keeps it in place.
In the front there's certainly enough play.
I just took a look inside an RG box ... and ... oof. Anyway, I'm still waiting for a delivery before I "can" start building it. But it looks like I want to take my sweet time with it.
On a side-note, work related: It might seem like I have more money than I should and work way too little for me to call it work. And there's little to nothing I can do against that. I certainly do feel lucky. And I'm actually also happy. Between all the stress.
The thing is - I kind-of go for broke although I started some more serious book-keeping. Like, I actually have enough money now to not be depressed after subtracting all the fixed positions. It's "Ausbildungsgeld" - like ... part of our Governments subsidizing of education. It's roughly on par with minimum wage for doing an "Ausbildung"; And it doesn't increase with the second and third year. I get that I'm somewhat on borrowed time with it - since after I'm done I'll have to get a real job. The "institution" I'm in now seeks to prepare us by organizing internships for us - and they do have some "affiliates". And so far I seem to be doing all right. Good grades. And Stuttgart is one of the, if not THE leading place in terms of education for this profession. So, I'm in as good a spot for this as I could be I assume.
But ... well. Hmm ... nah, different story for another time.