Several weekends ago i went on a bit of a binge and managed to make three small hand bound booklets. They are not fine exemplars of the bookbinding arts, in part because i made up the binding techniques as i went along.
I’m not sure that real books put so much structural importance on end papers, although i could be wrong. I vaguely remember seeing a technique like this on line, but i can’t find it now!
Just as with the end papers, the signatures are held together with what i shall call “signature end papers.” The most important thing to me was that i could then glue lots of stuff inside and the binding would be forgiving and accept all the stuff. Mission seems accomplished.
One of the books, though, was bound by carefully stapling over a curling ribbon. This is sort of like sewing the signatures to book tape, but not. Still, it’s a cute little orange book.
Eventually, i will do this right, but sometimes it’s more fun to just play around with what little knowledge one has.
I like playing with fire, too.
*”Glue-to books” are a term learned from Live Journaler “Art Journaling”, who seems to have coined the phrase.