We didn’t get much of it, but what we got stuck around just long enough for me to get a few pictures. It’s all gone, now.
Day: March 5, 2008
A Note on Paper
Whenever I make a book, I list what kind of paper I’ve used. I didn’t this time, though, because I used a bunch of odds and ends. There’s some 90lb cream Stonehenge and some 140lb Cartiera Magnani hot press. There is also some buff Arches cover that I’ve been carrying around since school. I trash picked it in one of the printmaking rooms, I think. Some of the Arches had test images printed on it, so there will probably be found art in some of the spreads.
I’d forgotten how much I like the texture of Arches cover. It’s a nice weight for bookbinding, too. I’ll have to pick some up.
Burlap and Bell
Burlap and Bell
four-needle Coptic binding with hemp twine and burlap over Davey board covers
8 x 6 inches, 9 signatures of 2 sheets (36 pages)
5 March 2008
I didn’t take any detail photos before covering it, so I can’t show the horrible stitching. After looking at a different tutorial, I think the problem was either operator error (always a possibility!) or the instructions I used were not clear. Meaning, the problem was not with the binding itself, but that I did it incorrectly.
The burlap cover I added isn’t perfect. The corners are wonky, and I haven’t added end papers yet. That would’ve been easier to do before the fact. I’d also intended on wrapping the spine, to mitigate the vertical fanning, but didn’t like how that looked. I’m sure to be doing a lot of collage work across the page gutters, and hopefully that’ll stabilize things.
It’s all a learning experience, right?
Anyway, to answer Christina’s question, the tutorial I used was from the Volcano Arts website. This two-needle Coptic tutorial from Emma Jane Hogbin seems to be pretty straightforward. I’m going to try it next, though adapted for book board, not wooden covers.
Blue
red paper boat 