Case binding book

After spending a good deal of time exploring medieval book structures, the first years fast-forwarded a couple hundred years in bookbinding history to work on case bindings. Case binding is a gener…

Creating hardcovers for books is harder than creating soft paperback covers. This article provides instructions for binding hardcover books!

After spending a good deal of time exploring medieval book structures, the first years fast-forwarded a couple hundred years in bookbinding history to work on case bindings. Case binding is a gener…

Wire-O bindings have a twin wire, come in quite a few colors for hardcover or softcover, for standard, concealed or semi-concealed bindings.

Sketch books come in many sizes and shapes – the sheer choice out there can sometimes be bewildering, but at the end of the day, what is a sketchbook? At its simplest level, it’s just a plain paper book – so what’s all the fuss about, surely one sketch book is as good as the next? As a lifelong enthusiast for gorgeous sketchbooks, this is a subject on which I could write at length. Don’t worry, I don’t plan to do that here, since I suspect for anyone other than fellow enthusiasts it would be…

well laid out diy book binding directions

Most often, a case bound book (sometimes called a hard cover book or edition bound book) has four distinctives: Cover is hard or stiff Covers are “wrapped” Smythe sewn sections Two end papers (inside the covers) There are two exceptions: Pages are perfect bound rather than Smythe sewn and then bound into a hard cover Some covers—but very few—may be…

Fond | Sarah Bryant of Big Jump Press, 2012 | Drum leaf binding