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Bookbinding II
Flush with my success in Bookbinding I, I enrolled in Bookbinding II. Some of us just don’t know how to get out of school. This project was more complicated: French stitch. More pages, more steps; linen tape and sewing weights. Books have bodies: head, tail, fore-edge, spine Folio = one sheet folded Signature =…
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Bookbinding I
I took my first bookbinding class today. I’ve had this in the back of my mind for a long time. We used to make books in elementary school; for years, I made my parents a book every Christmas. But I started wanting a little more refinement in my bindings, a little polish to my technique.…