2010/02/07

Binding Hand - 5 Hand Bookbinding Techniques

Bookbinding by hand began thousands of years ago. Binding is technology, stacked in the multiple pages together to form a readable document. Before the bookbinding was introduced, the people used to keep the scrolls of the document. It was hectic and hard to get to certain length. So that the pages were attached to each other by stitching. Thus began the era of bookbinding. People from different parts of the world bound books in various forms. Some are very simple andsome are very complicated. Let's look at some of the techniques, hand bookbinding are common today.

1) Saddle: In this technique, all the papers are placed a on the other and it is stapled or stitched through the middle.

2) Yotsume Toji: This is a Japanese technique of bookbinding four holes are in the vicinity of a corner. Then it is sewn in a special way to get a hand-bound book.

3) Perfect Binding: A lot of booksMachines are perfect bound. You can do this by hand. This is what you do.All the signatures are held tightly. The spine is roughened and glue is applied. After the glue has dried, she applied a second time and the paper cover is appropriate.

4) Issue Binding: This method is used as a thick cardboard cover. First, the signatures will be sewn and glue is applied. Two additional papers are attached at the top and bottom in this book. Adhesive is on the extreme sides and appliedalso on the spine. Now the cover is attached and always under
To create pressure on a hardcover book.

5) Coptic Bindings: Another method that is very old Coptic binding. In this method, the spine of the book will be suspended. Two covers are placed directly sewn above and below. The spine will not be damaged, even if you connect the two lids back to back.

The 5 techniques practiced on the bookbinding by hand by hobbyists and publishers themselves. The procedure forBookbinding these methods are simple and easy to follow. You just have for some time and then you will be perfect with your hand bookbinding practice.

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