This is the first time in this challenge that I have made what non-book arts people would probably call a "real book" -- a traditional codex with a stitched and glued book block cased in. It was fun to do and I will do a lot more, but it's frustrating when you don't have all the right tools. Especially when you learned in a studio with ALL the toys. That would be my sister's. She has all the right presses and hand tools and a hydraulic cutter so the blocks come out perfectly trimmed.
Me? No stitching cradle. No book press. No gluing press. I've got some paper wrapped bricks and some heavy cardboard boxes of Arizona maps for weights. I didn't have any mull to glue onto the spine but I found some ribbon that worked.
I guess part of the "challenge" aspect of this whole thing is making it work when conditions are not optimal.
Anyway, I made the case for this book from davey board covered with some marbled paper I made in a workshop literally years ago. It's been sitting on a shelf ever since. The liners are some scrapbooking paper I bought a long time ago. The six signature are folded text paper sewn on tapes.
I think it's a pretty book and I want to make more, but first I'm going to pop over to the Talus website and place an order for better glue, thread and papers.
Me? No stitching cradle. No book press. No gluing press. I've got some paper wrapped bricks and some heavy cardboard boxes of Arizona maps for weights. I didn't have any mull to glue onto the spine but I found some ribbon that worked.
I guess part of the "challenge" aspect of this whole thing is making it work when conditions are not optimal.
Anyway, I made the case for this book from davey board covered with some marbled paper I made in a workshop literally years ago. It's been sitting on a shelf ever since. The liners are some scrapbooking paper I bought a long time ago. The six signature are folded text paper sewn on tapes.
I think it's a pretty book and I want to make more, but first I'm going to pop over to the Talus website and place an order for better glue, thread and papers.
