Binding Fun

Over the holidays I decided to learn how to bind books. It turns out to be great fun, and rather relaxing. And you can drink while doing it! I started with some open stitched (coptic) bindings. After deciding that I do not have the sewing skill to actually bind those tight enough to be useful, I moved on to a simple covered binding. This has given much better results!

I have bound about 10 or so books so far, to various degrees of success. As gifts, hand made books work really well, and since you can put one together in a night after some practice, I highly recommend it.

Here are some examples of what I have put together. (These are gifts, no copyrighted materials have been sold to anyone, if any lawyers come read this!)




Look closely, and you can exactly what I was drinking while making this book.