You aren't signed in     Sign In    Help
Brian Sawyer > Collections
[?]

Before and After

Photos included (and many more that weren't) in my "Olde-School Bookbinding" how-to article in Make: magazine, Volume 5.

Click (or mouseover) any picture for a short descriptive title, and please don't hesitate to leave feedback or questions!

If this interests you, here's another set of photos documenting another bookbinding project.

And here's a set of various other finished bookbinding projects.

103 photos | 16,962 views

items are from between 11 Jun 2005 & 22 Jun 2005.

Before and After by Brian Sawyer
Source Material by Brian Sawyer
Stripping the Cover by Brian Sawyer
Cutting Off Spine by Brian Sawyer
Separating Into Signatures by Brian Sawyer
Splitting a Signature in Half by Brian Sawyer
Lining Up Pages by Brian Sawyer
Measuring for Mark by Brian Sawyer
Marking for Glue by Brian Sawyer
I'm a YES! Man by Brian Sawyer
Gluing Gulley by Brian Sawyer
Pressing Glued Gulley by Brian Sawyer
Glued Pages in a Signature by Brian Sawyer
Folding a Signature by Brian Sawyer
Pressing the Crease by Brian Sawyer
A Completed Signature by Brian Sawyer
Bookbinding Is Messy by Brian Sawyer
Two Completed Signatures by Brian Sawyer
All Completed Signatures by Brian Sawyer
F&Gs (Folded and Gathered Sheets) by Brian Sawyer
Marking for Holes by Brian Sawyer
Marking All Signatures for Holes by Brian Sawyer
Piercing Holes by Brian Sawyer
Pierced Holes in Signature by Brian Sawyer
Pierced Holes in All Signatures by Brian Sawyer
Setting Up Stitching Post by Brian Sawyer
Time to Sew by Brian Sawyer
End Signature on Stitching Post by Brian Sawyer
Starting to Sew by Brian Sawyer
Pulling Needle Through by Brian Sawyer
Sewing Back Through Spine by Brian Sawyer
Sewing Around Tapes by Brian Sawyer
Sewing Around Tapes by Brian Sawyer
Two Signatures Sewn by Brian Sawyer
Tying Off Foot Kettlestitches by Brian Sawyer
Joining New Thread by Brian Sawyer
Tying Off Head Kettlestitches by Brian Sawyer
Tying off Last Signature by Brian Sawyer
Sewn Signatures by Brian Sawyer
Sewn Signatures by Brian Sawyer
Removed Signatures From Post by Brian Sawyer
Book Block in Press by Brian Sawyer
Book Block in Press by Brian Sawyer
Gluing First Two Signatures at Spine by Brian Sawyer
Cutting Mull by Brian Sawyer
Brushing Glue on Spine by Brian Sawyer
Brushing Glue on Mull by Brian Sawyer
Book Block with Mull by Brian Sawyer
Book Block with Mull by Brian Sawyer
Measuring Boards by Brian Sawyer
Cutting Boards by Brian Sawyer
Cutting Boards by Brian Sawyer
Cover Boards by Brian Sawyer
Measuring for Spine Board by Brian Sawyer
Front, Back, and Spine Boards by Brian Sawyer
Sanding Board Edges by Brian Sawyer
Brushing Mull with Glue by Brian Sawyer
Glueing Cover Board to Mull by Brian Sawyer
Rubbing Glued Mull to Board by Brian Sawyer
Gluing Tapes by Brian Sawyer

< Prev 1 2
(103 in set)
Subscribe to a feed of stuff on this page... Feed – Subscribe to the set "DIY Bookbinding in Make Magazine"