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My 35 Handmade Books I Created Using Recycled Paper And Other Natural Materials
Bonjour, I’m Clémentine, aka Turbochat!, an artist and craftswoman born in 1987 in Saint-Dié, a quaint town in the Vosges region of France, where I still reside with my elderly cats, cozy wool sweaters, and towering stacks of books that always seem ready to collapse. My life has been a winding path, filled with struggles, particularly when it comes to mental health.
For years, I battled with depression and anxiety, making it nearly impossible to fit into a “normal” job. I tried and failed at so many jobs, feeling lost and out of place, until finally, into my thirties, I decided to turn my lifelong love for art and craft into my main source of income. Since childhood, I’ve been creating nonstop—it was time to embrace that passion fully.
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I Created This Cover Using The Japanese Plant Printing Technique Tataki Zome
Final score:
24points
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Coptic Box-Style Binding With Flower Petal-Included Paper And Pure Silk Fabric: My Covid Lockdown Masterclass Featuring Days Of Sashiko Embroidery
Final score:
24points
#3
Coptic Binding With Japanese-Style Embroidered Cover And Mixed Handmade Paper
Final score:
23points
#4
Secret Belgian Binding With Double-Pulp Paper, Wooden Beads, Pure Wool Thread, And Indian Blockprint Fabric
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22points
#5
Silk Cover With Ancient Chinese Silk Thread Embroidery And Ink-Dyed Page Edges
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22points
#6
Mini Book In An Ancient Lacquered Chinese Box, Made From Tea Paper
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20points
#7
Heart-Shaped Book In The Style Of Medieval Cordiform Books, Bound In Luxurious Wild Silk
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20points
#8
Secret Belgian Binding With Indian Blockprint Fabric And Beads Made From Real Seeds
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20points
#9
Notebook With Round Pages, Indian Blockprint Fabric, Ink-Dyed Edges, And An Antique French Police Button
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20points
#10
Mystical Coptic Bound Book With Antique Sari Fabric, Seed-Embedded Paper, And Gold-Edged Pages
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19points
#11
Coptic Binding With Round Pages And Custom-Dyed Gradient Paper
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19points
#12
Coptic Binding With Vintage Indian Sari Fabric And Paper Dyed With Natural Mineral Pigments (French Ochres)
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19points
#13
Japanese Bound Book With Indigo-Dyed Indian Blockprint Fabric, Silver-Edged Pages, And Handmade Ceramic Beads Crafted By Myself
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18points
#14
French-Style Binding With Mulberry Paper And Antique Indian Sari Fabric, All Nestled In A Carved Marble Box
Final score:
18points
#15
Whimsical Pocket-Bound Book With Real Feathers And Tea Paper Pages
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17points
#16
Secret Belgian Binding With Round Pages, Ink-Dyed Edges, Indian Blockprint Fabric, And A Genuine Animal Vertebra (Found In The Forest)
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17points
#17
Books Covered In Vintage Handcrafted Embroidery (Discovered At A Local Flea Market), With Lichen-Included Pages And Walnut-Dyed Edges
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16points
#18
Japanese Binding With Layered Cotton Fabric Cover And Porcelain Beads
Final score:
15points
#19
Heart-Shaped Book In The Style Of Medieval Cordiform Books, Bound In Hand-Embroidered Fabric From An Antique Indian Wool Shawl
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14points
#20
Coptic Bound Book With Indian Blockprint Fabric And Ink-Dyed Page Edges
Final score:
14points
#21
This Book Is My Masterclass: The Cover Embroidery Took Days Of Work And Was My Christmas 2023 Vacation Project
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14points
#22
Modern 'Winged Envelopes' Binding: Entirely Folded And Glued With My Handmade Paper, Decorated In A Marble Paper Style
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14points
#23
Belgian Binding With Round Pages, Paper Embedded With Rose Petals From My Garden, And A Cord Hand-Embroidered During A Long Night Of Insomnia
Final score:
13points
#24
Petite Book With Ribbon Binding And Cover Made From A Page Of An 18th-Century Antique Book
Final score:
13points
#25
Coptic Binding With Indian Blockprint Fabric, Antique Metal Bead, And Hibiscus Fiber Paper
Final score:
12points
#26
Coptic Binding With Traditional Japanese-Style Embroidered Cover And Pages Containing Fibrous Plant Inclusions (Tea, Rooibos, Lichen, Flowers, Citrus)
Final score:
12points
#27
Stunning 4-Meter Accordion Book In A Box Binding, Featuring Antique Sari Fabric, Jingles, And Gold-Edged Pages
Final score:
11points
#28
Coptic Binding With Mulberry Paper, Embroidered Indian Fabric, And Traditional Tibetan Bead
Final score:
11points
MyName'sLisaMontoyaYouKiltMyPa 2 years ago
I love how you used 2 colors of thread for the spine.
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Enchanting Grimoire-Style Book Crafted From Citrus Paper And Antique Tapestry Fabric, Bound With Mohair Wool
Final score:
10points
#30
Coptic Bound Book With Tea Paper, Indigo-Dyed Indian Blockprint Cotton, Wool Thread, And Tiny Bells
Final score:
10points
#31
Whimsical Pocket-Bound Book With Real Feathers And Tea Paper Pages
Final score:
10points
#32
Secret Belgian Binding With Traditional Ajarakh Indian Blockprint Fabric And Antique French Police Buttons
Final score:
9points
#33
Simple Leather Notebook With Japanese Handmade Paper Endpapers
Final score:
9points
#34
Ribbon-Bound Book With Chinese Rice Paper And Upholstery Fabric
Final score:
8points
Bonus for scrolling to the end: The artisan in her studio (I'm laughing in the last picture because the photographer made a joke)
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MyName'sLisaMontoyaYouKiltMyPa 2 years ago
I took a class for a semester to learn how to do this and it’s not always easy. Your work is stunning. Keep doing what you are doing! I can’t wait to see more from you.
Paisley Nougat 2 years ago
are these truly books in the sense that they are meant to be written in? your work is so beautiful. perhaps a stupid question, but your work is so meticulous, so beautiful. to me writing, perhaps, would be an act of desecration.
Turbochat! (Post author) 2 years ago
It's not a stupid question, it's worth speaking about. For me, I am an artist but I feel more like a crafter when making books. I make art too, you can see on my instagram, I draw, paint and make linocut prints, and this is "art", because it have no purpose. I didn't say art has no meaning, only no practical purpose. Craft has practical purpose, you made on object with a function. For my book, the function is being written into (or draw, or whatever). A book is useless if nobody uses it as a book. One will not "desecrating" my book by using it, it's the opposite. Books are sacred when they contain something.
Load More Replies... MyName'sLisaMontoyaYouKiltMyPa 2 years ago
I took a class for a semester to learn how to do this and it’s not always easy. Your work is stunning. Keep doing what you are doing! I can’t wait to see more from you.
Paisley Nougat 2 years ago
are these truly books in the sense that they are meant to be written in? your work is so beautiful. perhaps a stupid question, but your work is so meticulous, so beautiful. to me writing, perhaps, would be an act of desecration.
Turbochat! (Post author) 2 years ago
It's not a stupid question, it's worth speaking about. For me, I am an artist but I feel more like a crafter when making books. I make art too, you can see on my instagram, I draw, paint and make linocut prints, and this is "art", because it have no purpose. I didn't say art has no meaning, only no practical purpose. Craft has practical purpose, you made on object with a function. For my book, the function is being written into (or draw, or whatever). A book is useless if nobody uses it as a book. One will not "desecrating" my book by using it, it's the opposite. Books are sacred when they contain something.
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