KONSTANTIN MIHOV Konstantin is studying psychology at an international university in Germany. His passion for books began in 2002 when he received a postcard from Bonhams about a bookbinding sale. He has been binding books (in a somewhat sporadic manner) ever since, preserving the naturalness and rawness of materials. He loves to experiment with different relief board structures and is still discovering various well known binding techniques for onlays, inlays, sewing, etc. He has a preference for vellum because of the 'personal touch' that it creates - collecting dust particles and showing obvious wear sooner than polished skin. Konstantin prefers to print his own books on colourful pages or paper that he has treated in some way. k.mihov@iu-bremen.de
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Walks and Talks in Geological Fields Published, 1889 Sewn on three pig vellum tapes, board split, hand sewn headband of black linen thread, book body is painted in black ink and covered with a layer of beeswax; puckered sheep vellum, with a rough amethyst jewel swen through the board; black kapra skin doublures and joints.
	The Pilgrims Progress John Bunyan Alexander Strahan, 1890 Original gilding on all edges preserved (rough). Sewn on three cords, board split, hand sewn headband of cream linen thread; slightly puckered and blind tooled natural goatskin; black doublures, red vellum joint; marbled endpapers.
Alice in Wonderland Lewis Carrol Hand printed from a Project Gutenberg e-text on colourful luxurious letter-writing paper. A limp binding in red Capra goatskin with black onlays and punched circles. Doublures of red vellum.
	New Directions in Bookbinding Philip Smith Shenval Press, 1974 Onlays of thin black and metallic green calfskin on blue sheep vellum. Doublures of black bookcloth lettered "Philip Smith" in relief on the inside front cover. Endband made of the same blue vellum rolled and sewn.