Book Binding

For one part of the course we try bookbinding. Hannah showed us examples of her work, which was very good and demonstrates many different ways of binding pages and creating covers.

The first book we made was made from card scored on the folds and then joined together with tabs. The larger the card and the number of folds determines the amount of pages in the book. This technique is simple and a very effective way of creating a book. This technique is known as the Circle Accordion.

The next type of binding we tried was Japanese Stab Stitch. This involved cutting a back cover from card, then cutting another piece the same size. With the front cover you have to cut a piece off the end and subtract 2mm for the join where the book opens. Once you have all your pages cut, you clamp the book together and punch the holes for the stitch. With all the pages and covers lined up, you stitch through the holes until it is secure. La Voila!