More Books

A little parade of some of my handbound booklets.

The book boards were coated with gesso
and then painted with acrylics.

I then cut the book boards in half and made soft

spines out of heavy watercolor paper covered

with book cloth.

The book block is a single signature of around 80 pages which

I bound using a basic pamphlet stitch.

Punch three holes in the spine and the signature.

Starting from the outside,,,thread the ribbon through

the top and bottom holes. From the inside,,,take both

ribbons out through the center hole,,,one on either side of

the ribbon. Tie a knot around that piece of ribbon and

then wrap the rest of the ribbon around the book.

Tie a bow and you are done.

The theme this week over at The Three Muses is the Book.