Kräuterkunde

Prop Making Project, 2023

Kräuterkunde is the must-have book for the traveling witch. A specialist book-making project, based off 18th Century, Germanic 'Poison Books'. This project combined history with fantasy to create a prop designed for travel and storage.

This page showcases the design and make process, along with the final prop.

Design Process

This section details the initial research, sketches, and finally Fusion360 technical drawings and renders.

Witch’s Cabinet References	Cover Designs	Inside Book	Inside Book - Sizing
Hidden Areas Ideas	Technical Drawing of Drawers	Technical Drawing of Shelving Unit	Technical Drawing of Covers
Technical Drawing of Pages and Cabinet	Textures used in final render	Final Render of Cover	Final Render of Internal book
Debossing Stamp Design	Debossing Stamp Print	Hing Creation

The Make

Cabinet building	Cabinet building	Cabinet building	Cabinet Painting
Cabinet Painting	3D printing	Book spine Mould	Book and spine
Laser cut book cover	Laser cut drawers	Pattern Cutting	Pattern Cutting
Pattern Test	Leather Preperation	Leather Book Cover Process	Final Covers in leather
Debossing Stamp Prep	Iron smelting	Iron debossing Stamp	Leather staining
Laser Cutting	Pages	Fabric Dying	Final fabric sheet
Interior drawers	Gilding Front Cover	Gilding Process	Final Drawers
Sketching Process	Process of Illustration	Illustration Process	Final Illustarion