Japanese Stab Bindings

January 17, 2017

4 Hole Stab Bound Book with Acrylic Paint Cover

I was experimenting with acrylic paint in December using 70lb drawing paper as the substrate. Normally I would use thicker paper, but these were just experiments/play. I wound up with a stack of them on my desk and decided to use a few to make book covers. Here’s one of them – a 4-hole Japanese […]

July 5, 2015

Little Arrows Binding

I’m continuing to play with Japanese stab bindings as part of my 50 Book Project. I posted a simple 4-Hole Stab Binding and a Tortoise Shell Binding last month, but this week I decided to branch out and make my own design. Once you’ve mastered the four basic Japanese stab bindings – 4-hole, Tortoise Shell, Noble […]