There are so many book structures out there that it can be difficult to know where to begin. Luckily, our next 5-Day Challenge is the perfect way to test out bookbinding. It doesn’t matter whether you’ve made hundreds of books or never made a book at all! The 5-Day Coptic Journal Challenge requires just one […]
I recently created a couple of books with a French Doors structure. This is a book with two spines and two covers that open in opposite directions (like two doors) and a single back cover. For both I used a coptic binding on the spines, but you could use a simple pamphlet stitch, an accordion […]
Recently I dyed a stack of print making paper using tea and made some marks with rust and leaves. I made so many pieces of paper that I folded them into signatures and bound them into a nature journal. The binding is a three hole, two needle coptic stitch which holds everything together firmly. The […]
I’m making variations on the Coptic bookbinding stitch during March and this week I tackled the dos-à-dos structure. This is book 11 in my 50 Book Project. Dos-à-dos means back-to-back in French and the dos-à-dos binding is two separate books bound together to form one book. The back cover of the first book forms the front […]
I returned to my stack of gelli prints to make today’s book – a coptic bound sketch book. This is book 10 in my 50 Book Project. We had a huge ugly weed growing in our front yard last summer but it had the most amazing leaves that were perfect for making gelli print – […]
Last year I learned the coptic book binding stitch. I wanted to take a live class but couldn’t find one locally, so I turned to the internet. Online is a wonderful place to learn new skills, including bookbinding but it can be hard to sort through the different options and the quality of tutorials […]