{"id":46,"date":"2007-08-19T11:07:10","date_gmt":"2007-08-19T18:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wkiri.com\/today\/?p=46"},"modified":"2007-08-19T11:11:17","modified_gmt":"2007-08-19T18:11:17","slug":"how-to-bind-books-by-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wkiri.com\/today\/?p=46","title":{"rendered":"How to bind books by hand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wkiri.com\/albums\/bookbinding\/IMG_2539.sized.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"floatRight\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wkiri.com\/albums\/bookbinding\/IMG_2539.thumb.jpg\"><\/a>I attended a Bookbinding class at Vroman&#8217;s, a local bookstore.  In this four-hour course, we learned how to construct a simple binding and created two small examples (see right).  The instructor provided us with paper &#8220;folios&#8221; (folded sheets in sets of six) and all of the other materials.  We did the rest. <\/p>\n<p>I took detailed notes on the process, but without step-by-step pictures it would be a very long entry indeed to convey all of the instructions.  Instead, I&#8217;ll focus on the interesting tidbits I took away with me.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>The type of book we made is called a &#8220;codex&#8221;, which consists of multiple &#8220;signatures&#8221; (folios sewn through their folds into little six-sheet booklets).  In our case, the signatures are sewn individually; I think traditionally they would all be connected with a single length of thread, which would increase the book&#8217;s cohesive strength.  Our individually sewn signatures are connected by merit of some strong liquid glue and fabric-paper along the spine.  In theory, a signature could fall (or be pulled) out due to this construction.\n<li>Making the book casing was one of the most enjoyable parts of the process, since you get to pick a pretty colored paper to wrap around the boards for the cover.  You fold the paper around the cardstock, mitring the corners, and then glue &#8220;end papers&#8221; (cardstock) on the inside edges to give it a finished look.\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wkiri.com\/albums\/bookbinding\/IMG_2544.sized.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=floatRight src=\"https:\/\/www.wkiri.com\/albums\/bookbinding\/IMG_2544.thumb.jpg\"><\/a>\n<li>The little colored strip at the top and bottom of the book&#8217;s binding (click image at right to enlarge) is just a bit of decorative tape, at least for the books we made.  It doesn&#8217;t actually do anything for the binding.\n<li>We finished by &#8220;embellishing&#8221; the books with ribbon trimming and (in my case) a ribbon bookmark that&#8217;s glued into the cover.  Nothing like a built-in bookmark!\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I attended a Bookbinding class at Vroman&#8217;s, a local bookstore. In this four-hour course, we learned how to construct a simple binding and created two small examples (see right). The instructor provided us with paper &#8220;folios&#8221; (folded sheets in sets of six) and all of the other materials. We did the rest. I took detailed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[24],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wkiri.com\/today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wkiri.com\/today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wkiri.com\/today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wkiri.com\/today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wkiri.com\/today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wkiri.com\/today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wkiri.com\/today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wkiri.com\/today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wkiri.com\/today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}