I tried book binding!
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- Опубліковано 19 чер 2023
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That's so cool! Welcome to the community!🎉
As a trained bookbinder myself, I have some tips for you:
- try putting the glue on the end paper instead of on the book block and the covers
- glue the gauze only to the back of the block at first. Only paste the rest of it down when glueing on the boards
- when covering the boards, put the glue on the cloth (works best with a big brush or a paint roller)
- try not glueing on the spine of the cover to create a hollow back - most casebound books have one and it will be much easier to open the book. If you don't like that you can look into the spine, you can use the endpaper paper instead of masking tape to make it look prettier.
Have fun experimenting!
I screenshotted this for future reference. Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge!
what is the guaze for?
@@mollyoxy the gauze along with the endpapers connects the book block and the cover. It is especially important when doing a hollow back, to connect the spine to the cover. When not using a pre-bound book block, it also helps with stabilizing the glue binding.
I’m getting lost on this but I want to understand 😭 do you have a good video for us visual learners showing the process?
300 likes thx for info!
Hahaha the transition between "I love books" and *aggressively rips cover of a favourite book* was startling
Your videos are so aesthetic and amazing. The editing is so beautiful and your personality really flourishes through it. ❤
I love bookbinding!!! I had lots of scrapbook paper so found out how to make notebooks. Now I've got an Etsy. I work in a school and I'm making story books for our yearly production 😁
Hello Ruby! I love your videos and I find myself becoming more and more inspired by you every day!!!
I love bookbinding so much! I was introduced to it by my dad
Wow i don’t remember making this comment lol but people actually liked it haha
You are an inspiration! It looks beautiful
Excellent first go.
They taught us how to bind books in art foundation class so that we could make our own sketch books, any size we liked. It a skill I treasure to this day, not something I thought I would get out of art school but truely a privledge to be have this skill!
It looks soo professional!
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Wow ! ❤️ this takes some skill and patience!
I think you did a great job and should be super proud of yourself 🤗
I would love to try this , but would be scared to mess it all up. I will add this to my bucket list of things to try though 👍🏼
Every Bookbinder has that box that hides all the first attempts and learning books. I made the horrendous mistakes of learning on my good books and ruined them, after 32 years of binding I still haven't got around to fixing them...Happy Binding...
You did great! Well done.
Please, protect the whole stack of original pages with something like nylon sheets before applying glue to place the endpages.
Thank you for the tip! :) x
I love books 📚 as well as magazines
love your videos ruby ❤
In my days, we used to bind books by using clothes, cardboards and threads
Amazing ❤❤❤
I wanna try book binding too! Hopefully I get to, after stumbling upon a How-to video on UA-cam
Great work Ruby! 👏 Please tell us how you printed the gold lettering on the spine. Or did you write using a gold-ink pen?
It looks stunning Ruby
FUN!
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Welcome!
I would definitely mess this up
Interesting!
hi ruby, how much in total did it cost you?? ive been meaning to start book binding as well!
Pumpkin Productivity & Book Binding Services incoming in the next few years
Bravo
I love how she’s actually had a good attempt and included the not so good parts too 👏🏼
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Explain how to do the foil stamp please
What materials woukd you recomend? Where do we find them? Thanks
My bookbinder soul is crying... this is NOT how you do it xD
Oh dear! I know it’s nowhere near good, but I’m keen to learn so I’d appreciate any feedback? Or maybe any videos or websites which you’d recommend? I was following an online tutorial but don’t know enough to know if it’s a good one!
@@RubyGranger8 DAS bookbinding is incredible and very informative, or for something more friendly for beginners, I recommend SeaLemon’s tutorials on hardcover bookbinding!
also! for the endpaper and book board, it’s good to use ‘short grain’ paper, where the grain direction runs parallel with the spine. this helps to prevent warping when glue is applied. (not sure if that makes sense but i’m sure other people can explain it better than i can)
@@RubyGranger8 Would also recommend DAS bookbinding! The Nerdforge also has some videos where she binds a book!
I mean... first attempts are always... not so good :D so keep going!
(I honestly wish it was still a reliable job tho...just throwing my thoughts in randomly)
Thats a little harsh 😂
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Thanks boss
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So so cool, Ruby. What about a custom print and binding of your favorite Emily Dickinson poems? Limited edition of 50 by Ruby. I'll buy one...
I am surprised you didn't up-cycled something from your kitchen for the book covers You can use cardboard from food packaging.
Book binding is so hard! Wait until you try and do the threading of the pages…
I mean to try it but it’s so daunting haha!
I did it with my first one (in the gluing phase now). I cannot even count the amount of times I stabbed myself with the needle XD
Why do they always skip the gold foil part?
Good result:)
With what did you di the text?
Does anyone recognise the company the custom bookboards came from?
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Sorry for my ignorance. what's that?
- I love books
- oh, really?
Where u buy thay hard cover plz pin link
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Ruby when' s the next uploaddd😫
Tomorrow!
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Yet
Um
You r cute😊
Ruby have you looked into getting a job as a website content writer