I Bound a Book!
Having been interested in book binding for a while, I finally decided to give it a go, and saras_girl kindly gave me permission to practise on and post photos of her stories. The following photos show the process of making a paperback book from her story 'On a Clear Day'.
1 -- Printing Book Pages:
2 -- Folding Sections:
3 -- Book Press Mark I -- Flattening Sections:
4 -- Piercing Sewing Holes:
5 -- Waxing Sewing Thread:
6 -- Sewing Onto Tapes:
7 -- Book Press Mark II -- I Knew I Had an Anvil Somewhere! -- Flattening Book:
8 -- Marking up and Cutting out Cover:
9 -- Attaching Cover:
10 -- The Book is Bound:
11 -- The Finished Book with Dust Jacket (i):
(Cover design for a more appealing dust jacket is on the agenda)
12 -- The Finished Book (ii):
13 -- The Finished Book (iii):
1 -- Printing Book Pages:
2 -- Folding Sections:
3 -- Book Press Mark I -- Flattening Sections:
4 -- Piercing Sewing Holes:
5 -- Waxing Sewing Thread:
6 -- Sewing Onto Tapes:
7 -- Book Press Mark II -- I Knew I Had an Anvil Somewhere! -- Flattening Book:
8 -- Marking up and Cutting out Cover:
9 -- Attaching Cover:
10 -- The Book is Bound:
11 -- The Finished Book with Dust Jacket (i):
(Cover design for a more appealing dust jacket is on the agenda)
12 -- The Finished Book (ii):
13 -- The Finished Book (iii):