Before adding cover paper, we lined the front of the cover with a piece of paper, attached with PVA, so that the cover paper would meet the leather on an equal plane. The cover paper was added using paste. Looking at the inside of my cover, you can see that the cords were shredded and [...]
Archive for March, 2007
Finishing
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Attaching the boards
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Before attaching the boards, we temporarily attached a piece of MBM paper to the first sheet. This helped to create a space for the spine so that the covers would open. Attaching the boards was done very simply for this book. I used my awl to punch holes about 1/2 in from the edge and [...]
