DAS Bookbinding

Mary asked “Any more suggestions on determining grain direction on .098 in (2.5mm) Davey board? I’m having an awful time figuring it out.” Mary is right. Sometimes it is difficult to determine board grain direction. Wetting one side of the board and seeing which way the board warps is a very reliable test in this situation. I'll demonstrate this in this short video. At the start I use the bend test to determine the grain direction of full sheets of binders' board.

In this series of videos I will demonstrate making a long and link stitch binding inspired by a 14th century limp vellum binding held at the Bodleian in Oxford. In the first video I will prepare the cover and the sections. The second will show sewing the text. The third and final video will show the weaving on the long stitch sewing and attaching the string for the closure. This is meant to be a modern book inspired by a medieval book. I have used modern materials, tools and techniques. It is not meant to be a model of an historic book.

In this series of videos I will demonstrate making a long and link stitch binding inspired by a 14th century limp vellum binding held at the Bodleian in Oxford. In the first video I will prepare the cover and the sections. The second will show sewing the text. The third and final video will show the weaving on the long stitch sewing and attaching the string for the closure. This is meant to be a modern book inspired by a medieval book. I have used modern materials, tools and techniques. It is not meant to be a model of an historic book.

In this series of videos I will demonstrate making a long and link stitch binding inspired by a 14th century limp vellum binding held at the Bodleian in Oxford. In the first video I will prepare the cover and the sections. The second will show sewing the text. The third and final video will show the wrapping on the long stitch sewing and attaching the string for the closure. This is meant to be a modern book inspired by a medieval book. I have used modern materials, tools and techniques. It is not meant to be a model of an historic book.

In this series of videos I will be making a records book from the late #medieval and early modern periods. These books were used by merchants and officials to keep accounts, inventories, minutes and general business records. In this video I demonstrate an 8-pointed star lacing pattern which was used to attach the turn-ins to the inside of the cover and as a decorative element. This pattern seems to be primarily associated with books of Spanish origin.

In this video I'll demonstrate a modern take on the two-needle #Ethiopian style binding. In the video I mention that you can't make holes in the edge of soft grey binders board. If you have access to Davey board or another higher quality millboard, then it is possible to make holes in the board edge and do the more traditional board attachment (see the diagram from Szirmai in the video), which I think is a better board attachment method.