Thank you, but not even close to being that good. A well read average bookbinder with a strong interest in the history of the trade and enough time to make videos:) Check out the new Stuart Brockman video to see one of the best in the world. www.allaboutbookbinding.com/wp/
Thank you! Reviewing this binding structure has been such a great idea. Many details are visually clearer in this video and practical advices make life easier for us amateur binders.😀
Very nice. Looking forward to 3.2. I noticed something that you do all the time but it never really caught my attention before. I think this is probably the only craftsman skill I can think of where one can write all their notes right on the end product. Sweet!
Thanks. Maybe not all my notes. Woodworkers do it too. I love looking inside furniture and seeing stuff scribbled on it. The mark I use for the finished edges comes from woodworking. Blacksmiths use that lime chalk to scribble over their work too. Once you start thinking about it all sorts of trades start coming to mind. I know you can see laying out marks from stone masons on ancient buildings. All the best, DAS
I’m glad you are doing the half binding method with the diagonal corners. This is a style I have been wanting to try but somewhat hesitant to do without an example to follow. So glad you are back. Your videos provide the clearest instructions on how to do things. And now I’m wondering what trouble the ripples in the book cloth are going to give you. Which leads to the question of how should book cloth (and decorative papers) be stored, especially if you have limited space.
Glad you like the videos. Ideally paper should be stored flat. A huge set of flat files is perfect. I wish! Cloth is best stored on a core rolled up and not squashed. That piece I'm using is actually a large scrap. I'm still working on a new cloth storage solutions. When I get these things sorted out I'll do a bindery tour. DAS
Great video, as informative as ever... This will be my next project, (all my books to this point have been square backed bradel)... So this will be an interesting challenge.... Thanks for giving me the, (hopefully not misplaced!!!!) confidence to tackle this..
getting back into it after being sick for a while. Question for you about the spine stiffener - is there any reason why you wouldn't use cardboard when going for paper that is 300gsm? I'm guessing because it is easier to curve it over the spine?
For this book the spine cover needs to be able to flex easily. Board would restrict this, and put a lot of outward force on the joints. For some reason it has become trendy on the internet to put hollows on cased books. This is not traditional in English binding and has the potential to act like a spring and damage the joint as mentioned.
I have done quite a few 1/4 covered case bindings with leather as the spine material. I'm not a fan. I think it was not uncommon in trade binding as cheap leather bindings. Especially in the later 20th century. Later prize bindings were often done this way. There are a few (mostly older) videos around where film crews have gone to commercial binderies and this cheap type of work is held up as examples of great craftsmanship. In my roadmap for future videos, way out in the future somewhere I want to start making models of interesting trade bindings with a focus on what we can tell about the history of bookbinding in the process. I'll start looking for a good example of cased leather binding to add to the list. Ta, Darryn
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Without doubt, one of the best bookbinders on earth. As evidence, there's a whole TH-cam channel lol
Thank you, but not even close to being that good. A well read average bookbinder with a strong interest in the history of the trade and enough time to make videos:)
Check out the new Stuart Brockman video to see one of the best in the world.
www.allaboutbookbinding.com/wp/
I've learned much from your channel, and am very happy to see your return. Thank you for sharing your skills.
Thank you for these awesome video! I was binding fast and loose before but now I’m going to knuckle down and start perfecting the craft
Thank you!
Reviewing this binding structure has been such a great idea. Many details are visually clearer in this video and practical advices make life easier for us amateur binders.😀
Very nice. Looking forward to 3.2.
I noticed something that you do all the time but it never really caught my attention before. I think this is probably the only craftsman skill I can think of where one can write all their notes right on the end product. Sweet!
Thanks. Maybe not all my notes. Woodworkers do it too. I love looking inside furniture and seeing stuff scribbled on it. The mark I use for the finished edges comes from woodworking. Blacksmiths use that lime chalk to scribble over their work too. Once you start thinking about it all sorts of trades start coming to mind. I know you can see laying out marks from stone masons on ancient buildings. All the best, DAS
Love your work, I do book binding purely as a hobby and wish I had half your skills.
I’m glad you are doing the half binding method with the diagonal corners. This is a style I have been wanting to try but somewhat hesitant to do without an example to follow. So glad you are back. Your videos provide the clearest instructions on how to do things.
And now I’m wondering what trouble the ripples in the book cloth are going to give you. Which leads to the question of how should book cloth (and decorative papers) be stored, especially if you have limited space.
Glad you like the videos. Ideally paper should be stored flat. A huge set of flat files is perfect. I wish! Cloth is best stored on a core rolled up and not squashed. That piece I'm using is actually a large scrap. I'm still working on a new cloth storage solutions. When I get these things sorted out I'll do a bindery tour. DAS
Thank you! The details are always appreciated!!
Always glad to see a new vid. :)
Great video, as informative as ever... This will be my next project, (all my books to this point have been square backed bradel)... So this will be an interesting challenge.... Thanks for giving me the, (hopefully not misplaced!!!!) confidence to tackle this..
Wonderful as always. Thanks for sharing!🤗📖📚💝
getting back into it after being sick for a while. Question for you about the spine stiffener - is there any reason why you wouldn't use cardboard when going for paper that is 300gsm? I'm guessing because it is easier to curve it over the spine?
For this book the spine cover needs to be able to flex easily. Board would restrict this, and put a lot of outward force on the joints. For some reason it has become trendy on the internet to put hollows on cased books. This is not traditional in English binding and has the potential to act like a spring and damage the joint as mentioned.
thank you so much, it was really useful
I am loving the series. Have you ever considered doing a case binding that was full leather? Or is that not conventional?!
I have done quite a few 1/4 covered case bindings with leather as the spine material. I'm not a fan. I think it was not uncommon in trade binding as cheap leather bindings. Especially in the later 20th century. Later prize bindings were often done this way. There are a few (mostly older) videos around where film crews have gone to commercial binderies and this cheap type of work is held up as examples of great craftsmanship.
In my roadmap for future videos, way out in the future somewhere I want to start making models of interesting trade bindings with a focus on what we can tell about the history of bookbinding in the process. I'll start looking for a good example of cased leather binding to add to the list.
Ta,
Darryn
Thanks
Спасибо за ваше видео.
The leather you use is synthetic or natural
In this project I use bookcloth. When I use leather it is always veg tanned real leather.
Merci
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