Natural Paint, Dye & Ink

Closure III:

The build for this project has been very tricky from the start and I have learnt a lot from it:

1) Nothing can be used instead of a book binding press. 

2) PVA glue works just as well as book binders glue. 

3) Trimming corners looks easier than it is, punch or no punch. 

4) Emory boards can be used for sanding both pages and covers in to the correct shape. 

5) I am not a fan or "perfect binding"

Before any future book related projects I will be either making, purchasing or borrowing a book binders press. especially if the book requires "perfect binding". I had no problems with cutting each of the individual pages to size, once cut and stacked up they lined up quite well, I then taped the pages down on to the work surface and applied glue to the spine. I applied a bulldog clip to the spine of the pages to keep them in place and this appeared to be working, however when the clip was removed the pages had kicked out of place slightly which effected how they lined up, this could be made better with an emery board sanding but it was still not good enough for my liking but had to stay that way due to time scale. 

I also thought the curving of the pages on each corner would be easy once I had the correct tool, again this was not the case. As the blades met to cut the corner it would, on occasion, knock the paper out of the guide lines which again stopped some pages lining up with the others. 

For my next book project I will be going back to using a binding method that involves making signatures such as case binding or coptic stitch binding.