Hi!
Thank you for this class, I had lots of fun trying a new thing for the first time!

The sausage on the cover is a little inside joke in my family, my parents will be getting this for Christmas. I think they‘ll like it.

First try at bookbinding - image 1 - student project

My book isn’t perfect, but I like it still. I think I‘ve now got the hang of it and the next one will be a bit more tidy. I think I didn’t always get the direction of the knots right and I might have flipped one signature upside down. Even though they should be symmetrical, it is visible on the ends of the book. It‘s ok, I will get it right next time!

First try at bookbinding - image 2 - student project

I did have a bit of trouble with the creation of the cover. I wanted to cover it in fabric, but the glue showed through and it also didn’t go away after drying. First try at bookbinding - image 3 - student project
Then I wanted to cover it with a nice printed paper, but I didn’t realize the surface I was working on had a little bit of color on it, so I ended up with an unsightly smudge on the cover.
In the end I decided to just use some thicker black watercolor paper. It is beautiful and simple.
First try at bookbinding - image 4 - student project Thanks again, I wouldn’t have thought I could be able to bind a book by myself! It was definitely not the last one.

Laura Bounin

Hallo

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