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Holly ElderOnline help for adventurous pattern stitchers
Sometimes called poster books, these simple structures all fold up from a single sheet of paper.
No glueing or sewing required.
Four short videos showing preparation, some simple patterns, making holes with the paper drill and sewing.
Please note there is no sound with these videos so please use “CC” for subtitled instructions.
Prototype book being sewn by Rebecca Henson during L5 Graphics Elective. This elective offers students space and time to develop their bookbinding skills.
To explore the potential of making horizontal lines (or vertical depending on your point of view) across the spine of a book with the sewing structure, Rebecca used 8 needles arranged into 4 pairs. The pairs of needles cross over each other on the inside of the sections and hang down when not in use so that they don’t get tangled up.
This is a version of 2-needle Ethiopian bookbinding.
How to sew a simple pamphlet or single section booklet
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How To Sew a Multi Section Book “Coptic” style
This structure works well when you want to leave the spine exposed as the stitching is decorative. If you can sew neatly and with even tension you can leave the spine unglued – this makes a delicate binding style for light-weight books without hard covers. If you do want to add a hard cover it is best to attach them with the sewing – see Helen in the workshop for more info about this or have a look at the links below.
Please note there is no sound on this video so please use “CC” for caption instructions.
There are many variations to this sewing structure. You may find some of these helpful:
An experiment with inkjet photo transfer on to pallet wood
A selection of outcomes using a given bundle of objects (photograph, fragment of mirror, torn piece of text) as the starting point for an idea
A series of short movies demonstrating how to make a codex book with lots of pages.
For captions – click on “CC” at the bottom of the screen.
Multi section Part 2 – Glueing up the Spine
Multi section part 3 – Adding Endpapers
Multi section Part 4 – Trimming the Pages
Please note you must have a H&S Induction to use the Ream Cutter shown in this video
Multi section Part 5 – Make a Hard Cover
Cut Two Boards With the Board Chopper
Please note you must have a H&S Induction to use the Board Chopper shown in this video
Multi section Part 6 – Sticking Pages To the Cover