Learn how to hand stitch V1 bookbinding and discover different stitching styles that will amaze you. Kateřina Mestická aka Knihařka presents the second volume of bookbinding tutorials with step-by-step production procedures. Watch the stream recording from the Telegraph at 6pm on 26/02/2021 and try your hand at bookbinding in the comfort of your own home.
Knihařka has a workshop in Olomouc and has been bookbinding for seven years. She started as a self-taught photobook maker and is dedicated to educating the bookbinding craft. She also plans courses and workshops. She runs an eshop with paper products and has a passion for making videos with bookbinding themes. You can try making at the same time as Knihařka, but if you can't keep up, don't despair. After the stream, you can order a printed version of this tutorial along with the tools and papers and make everything at your own pace.
What you'll need:
Papers for three A5 workbooks:
- 30 pieces of thinner 80g/m2 paper - 310 x 220 mm
- 3 pcs of 300g/m2 harder paper - 310 x 220 mm
Case:
- 2 pieces of 1 mm thin cardboard - 310 x 220 mm
Tools:
- (bookbinding) needle
- needle with larger eye
- scissors
- bookbone
- stitch (can be replaced by a thin nail with a hammer)
- pencil
- locking knife
- office clips
- wax
- bookbinder's linen thread or ordinary thicker thread
- thin cotton thread
- spring (rubber band)
- metal ruler (or stainless steel bookmarks)
- small pliers
- cutting pad
