Ta da!
That looks kind of cool. I’m quite pleased with that. It has a nice solid chunky feel to the whole thing. But I’m not finished yet.
Remember those cords?
Well they kind of worked.
I had to ink them a bit to make them show up. I need thicker cord, but I don’t want them making a ridge on the inside cover
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See what I mean? These are OK, but thicker could be a problem.
Now obviously this inside cover looks pretty ugly. I won’t be leaving it like this, but will find a nice bit of paper to cover it with.
Often the first page of the first signature is used to stick to the inside cover, and this makes everything tidy. But naturally I want something different.
I’m going to leave this part for now and carry on with stage two. I’ve turned the book I have already made upside down and this now becomes the back cover and the some of the pages. I’ve stacked more pages and the front cover on top, and will now carry on from the measuring of the spine to see how much of a gap I need for the spine fabric. The new pages havn’t been added to yet, so I’m going to almost double the gap measurement so that I have plenty of room for additions…otherwise I’ll get a book that ends up looking like this
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There is so much satisfaction in having made and bound a whole book. Not that I have done heaps of them, but enough to know I like it! Good on you for sharing your techniques with others.
Your book looks amazing! and I'd love to do a bits and pieces swap with you, just flick me an e-mail with your address and I'll send my envelope of goodies your way. xox
mushroomlane@hotmail.com
Goodness Corrine - this is what happens when I get busy and slip behind in catching up with you! far out, you're a fire cracker on the altered art book front. Flip! I love this BOS that you're working on! That cover is going to rock when it is finished!!!
Also, any news yet about your workshop funding application? I hope the news is good; but if not, ah well. I'm still coming.
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