Bookbinding tutorial part 1

[tucavalinhos]

i like this video!! thanks a lot!

[amreedoh]

wait woudn't that make 240 pages in a book?

If there are 12 signatures, and 10 peices of paper in each signature, and 1 piece of paper makes 4 pages; 12 x 10 x 2 = 240

[karinsuebart]

@amreedoh I can't remember what I said in the video, but yes, there are a total of 120 pieces of paper; folded in half they make 240 pages, providing 480 face pages to write on!

[isoldablog]

Thanks. Amazing! I'm from Brazil too. Health and Peace for you.

[lylatina91]

thank you! very helpful!

[Luna261]

that is amazing and usefull! thank you so much! I was searching in greek web pages and i couldnt find any information about it! Thank you!!!!1

[alinotic]

Hi! I'm from Brazil and I'm in love with your book!!! It's very beautiful and different, and the videos are amazing. I'll try to make my own book soon!

[karinsuebart]

@alinotic Thanks so much for writing! I appreciate your feedback, it means a lot to me.  I hope you are inspired to make your own book - it's very satisfying seeing a stack of paper become a book in fairly short time :) take care, Karin

[armydawg1292]

What kind of paper is used for the pages? and what other kinds are out there?

[karinsuebart]

@armydawg1292 In this book I used a 24 lb weight recycled copier/printer paper. You can actually use just about whatever you like, depending on your intent for the book, but the thicker or heavier weight paper you choose the fewer sheets you'll want to have in each signature (folded section) because they'll get too bulky. Hope that helps.

[armydawg1292]

@karinsuebart thanks lots!

[DigidesignScrap]

fantastic video, thanks

[karinsuebart]

@DigidesignScrap many thanks!!

[danieljval]

awesome video, thanks for sharing!

[karinsuebart]

@danieljval You are welcome! and thanks for your words of appreciation :)

[gmsale1970]

Thank you for the great tutorial. I am getting various ideas of binding and doing my own book for a girlfriend's birthday and yours was very well explained.

[evadewitte]

@karinsuebart Thank you for the explanation. I want to make some cool schetchbooks for myself and I love your tutorial!

[evadewitte]

Great tutorial. I can't wait to make a book for myself. I was wondering if I want to make the height of the book larger if I would need to make more holes in the signatures and if it matters how many holes there are (even or uneven numbers?) and how far apart you recommend the holes to be. Greetings from the Netherlands!

[karinsuebart]

@evadewitte Sorry for my delayed response. This binding is great because of it's flexibility. If you are going to make it larger & thick, with 12 or more signatures, then yes, I would add extra holes for stability. If only a few signatures, like five, I'd probably just spread the holes out & not add more. You also have flexibility with having an odd or even amount of holes. It will work either way! good luck, and enjoy!!

[Aluenvey]

Can you use your own book binding to self publish? I'm thinking of going the self publishing route, and then having my own libruary.

[karinsuebart]

@Aluenvey Hi, You certainly could do a limited series of self published, self bound books. It's just a lot of work, so if you want to publish 100 books, that would be a lot to bind, however if you bind them to order, or do a set limited series that you can handle it would be wonderful. Artists and poets do this. Otherwise places like blurb.com do a nice job, too.

[52538584]

Why are the called signatures? just curious..:)

[karinsuebart]

@52538584 good question! you'd probably have to seek that info out in the history of book making - I don't know, but it's what i've always been taught and how I've always seen them referred to as... if you find out, please let me know!!

[Verycuteyeah]

Ahhh that's how it's done, helpful video, I am going to have a go tomorow :D x

[avoicecrying]

I was wondering what brand/model your bone folder is.

[karinsuebart]

@avoicecrying the bone folder I'm using is referred to as a Teflon like bone folder and can be ordered from Talas book binding supplies site on line. Google Talas and then search within the site for bone folders and you'll find it there. It's a wonderful bone folder - just glides across paper! Hope that helps, Karin

[karinsuebart]

The cover lengths are doubled in length, so I fold them over, toward the inside, and sew along the bottom edge of them to create a folder/pocket like space on the inside cover in front and back. Does that make sense? I think it may get explained better further along in the video series - I'm not remembering now! but that's where the extra length goes, into making inside pockets for both front and back covers. I hope that helps.

[Arnieross5]

Thanks for the post. Your cover is divided into five sections. I understand how you got the front, spine, and back, but not the two other, thinner panels. How do you determine their widths, and what do they do?

[tiger8122]

it was a great idea ! thank you!

[karinsuebart]

You are welcome! Thanks for watching, I hope it was helpful.

[shinWangXiao]

Hmm, if you have 10 sheets in each signature, I'm pretty sure that's 40 pages per signature, not 20. Yes, there are 20 leaves, but 40 pages if you're using both sides.

Each sheet is folded in half, so it has two leaves; each leaf has a front and back--that's two pages. 2 leaves per sheet * 2 pages per leaf = 4 pages per sheet... 4 pages per sheet * 10 sheets per signature = 40 pages per signature.

So with 12 signatures, you have 120 sheets = 240 leaves = 480 pages...

I think..

[karinsuebart]

yes, you've got it right! i used words more loosely. the leaf has 2 sides & if they were numbered with page numbers, there would be 480 total. i used terms more loosely, referring to a page by the piece of paper that gets turned, once bound.

while filming my first video with a new camera, I was lucky to have a signature number counted! as long as the pieces of paper used can fold & be sewn, the final count can be flexible. With thicker paper, use less sheets - guidelines can be modified. enjoy!

[littleglimpses]

thank you!