hand-tooled

Kureishi's words came back to me as I watched the procession of shortlisted writers in shiny shoes and black tie make their way to the podium to collect hand-tooled editions of their work from Man Booker's representative at the Guildhall last Tuesday.

The Booker prize is just another flea circus for writers Robert McCrum 2010

And what you find when you take such encounters seriously is that every last one must be hand-tooled.

Robert Redick, author of The Red Wolf Conspiracy: The Chathrand Voyage, answers our questions 2010

Inside was a gigantic fancy silver-and-gold championship belt buckle with a hand-tooled brown-and-black leather belt, from the PRCA Midwest Circuit, for first place in bull riding, inscribed to Mason “Mad Dog” Dawson.

Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011

I even got the presents I wanted most: an Easy-Bake Oven and a beautiful hand-tooled red leather diary with its very own lock and key.

The Dark Side of Innocence Terri Cheney 2011

An artist spent a year hand-carving three wood mantels featuring wagon trains, elk and bears and a local saddle maker hand-tooled the deer hide bar in the saloon.

A Lodge in Oklahoma Sarah Tilton 2011

Inside was a gigantic fancy silver-and-gold championship belt buckle with a hand-tooled brown-and-black leather belt, from the PRCA Midwest Circuit, for first place in bull riding, inscribed to Mason “Mad Dog” Dawson.

Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011

I even got the presents I wanted most: an Easy-Bake Oven and a beautiful hand-tooled red leather diary with its very own lock and key.

The Dark Side of Innocence Terri Cheney 2011

Glodell packs the film with a wired, spontaneous energy, and doubles-down on the rough, hand-tooled feel by having a hand in the building of the film's flame-throwers and cars, as well as the home-made lens system used to shoot the footage.

Dan Persons: Mighty Movie Podcast: Evan Glodell on Bellflower Dan Persons 2011

The next day I bought five hand-tooled leather journals from a bookbinder named Ustino and began writing in one of them at Locanda Cipriani, a restaurant in a quince orchard on a tiny island called Torcello.

My Perfect Honeymoon (That I Spent Alone) Jennifer Belle 2011

Leslie Gregory An artist spent a year hand-carving three wood mantels featuring wagon trains, elk and bears and a local saddle maker hand-tooled the deer hide bar in the saloon.

Oklahoma Log House 2011