I have been told over and over again that every first edition book will have mistakes. Well, this is ours. On page 52 of The Wood Burn Book, you will see this pretty board of finishes over colors and burn. This is to visually demonstrate how the color will react to that particular finish. Well, in the 1st edition printing of the book, the last 3 color option in the key are mislabeled. What you see here is correct, and it is already changed for the next printing.

This sort of thing unfortunately happens, and I can’t even begin to tell you how heart breaking it is for me. I originally wanted to be able to burn the names of the colors right into wood as I made it, but what I learned is that when a book is planning on being translated into multiple languages, the photos can’t have a lot of words in them. Fun fact: There is actually a list, called a “co-edition” list, that has acceptable words that are approved to use in a photograph. This made coming up with projects infinitely more difficult, because I could only use certain words. I wish I could share the “co-edition” list with you, because it is hilarious! Absolutely not what you would expect. There are even some names on the list that are acceptable to use, The one that I remember most was, Kylie. I thought that was so interesting. I was expecting John or Smith. The entire list was like that. I am so curious about how it was made and who chose the words.

Anyways…..

In the process of making the book, the designer takes all of my words, photos and direction and turns it into a book. I never met or spoke with my designer. I gave my edits to my editor, who gave them to the art director, who then gave them to the designer. You get the point. The entire Finishes section gave us a lot of trouble with formatting and last minute photo changes, and page rearranging, and unfortunately the mislabeling happened, and I didn’t spot it until after the books had already been physically printed. So…. you early buyers get a fun, limited edition, first printing! Like my spin on things?

Here are a couple fun ways that I have altered/edited my copies. Somehow, turning it into a doodle made me feel better about it. Feel free to send me a photo of your doodle edit, or post about it and tag me. I will send my favorite doodle an original art piece from the book before the end of the year.

Check out this blog post for more tips and tricks to finishing (or not finishing) your wood pieces.