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Coptic Bindings - A Beginner's Class

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Coptic Bindings - A Beginner's Class

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About Coptic Bindings - A Beginner's Class

Introduction

Lesson 1 Jump Start into Making Your Book

Lesson 2 THEORY. On Paper and Papergrain

Lesson 3 How to Cut Paper

Lesson 4 Forming Signatures Method 1

Lesson 5 Forming Signatures Method 2

Lesson 6 Adding Covers

Lesson 7 The Punching Template

Lesson 8 Pre-Punching Holes

Lesson 9 The Actual Sewing

Lesson 10 THEORY Thread

Lesson 11 Finishing Your Book

Bonus Track: Making a Book Using Office Paper and a Paper Bag for Covers

Congrats, You Finished your Book! What's on Next

What You Will Learn?

  • In this class I am going to teach you how to make a chunky journal..
  • This class doesn't require any previous knowledge about bookbinding. Compared to my other classes (also compared to my other beginner's classes) this one here is paced more slowly. It is made up so that you can either follow instructions to make your book and skip over the dry theory stuff. Or use the background knowledge conveyed in marked out lessons to make your own informed decisions about what materials to use and maybe even to buy some..
  • You'll learn how to fold and cut paper consistently, how to plan the sewing of your book, how to perform a kettle stitch, an unsupported chain stitch, and how to knot your thread. And you'll gain background information about paper and linen thread. You'll then use all that knowledge to finish a book as your class project..
  • To make your first book, you don't need to buy any expensive materials - just use whatever paper you can find ready at hand, and you need very few tools. You'll find a list of tools and materials in the project section for you to download..