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Published: 2010-02-17 15:59:10 +0000 UTC; Views: 5665; Favourites: 60; Downloads: 327
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Description So it has come to my attention that not everyone knows how get a perfect corner when gluing book-cloth around a piece of binders board. I know different teachers have different approaches to this but I was told this is the "art conservator's" method. But hey it does a bang up job and leaves nothing exposed.

The instance illustrated here is when you prepare your back and front cover separately for when you are making an exposed spine binding. But the corner tab technique can be applied to any hard cover book, with slight modifications, to address the spine.

Anyhow please forgive any spelling errors and general bad drawing. I think it gets the concept across and if you guys like it I can make more book binding tutorials.
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Comments: 9

AntarcticDreamer [2012-03-21 18:10:59 +0000 UTC]

Thank you This was EXACTLY what I was looking for.
The drawing style actually helped - too much detail and I lose track of what you're telling me to do

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mouse2cat In reply to AntarcticDreamer [2012-03-27 18:09:56 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! Apparently this is the "book conservation" technique and a lot of artists books make their covers less complex but I feel like this way give you the cleanest look without making the corners too bulky.

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Sidtheodd1 [2010-06-09 22:51:44 +0000 UTC]

Bad drawing or not - this is helpful! Thank you bunches for showing your techniques! I'm actually working/finishing up a bound journarl right now. I've already glued most of fabric on the board base, so I can't really cut the corners, but I'll have to remember this for next time. Thanks again!

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mouse2cat In reply to Sidtheodd1 [2010-06-11 21:51:10 +0000 UTC]

I am glad this was able to help you out! Bookbinding can take some time to perfect I would love to see what you manage to make.

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Sidtheodd1 In reply to mouse2cat [2010-06-12 15:30:45 +0000 UTC]

I finished a journal a couple days ago - I love it already, even though there was some stuff that could have been done better, but yes, it will take time to perfect.

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Cacodaemonia [2010-02-21 04:38:51 +0000 UTC]

Wow, interesting! Thank you for sharing.

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sashas [2010-02-17 16:40:08 +0000 UTC]

I love making my own books and containers so this is great. Thanks.

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mouse2cat In reply to sashas [2010-02-17 16:53:59 +0000 UTC]

Covering containers is a whole different bag of chips. And a bitch. I know how to do that as well but I would probably have to make one just to remember. But if you are interested I could give it a try.

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sashas In reply to mouse2cat [2010-02-17 19:55:40 +0000 UTC]

I've got an awesome book about binding/box/container making. Don't trouble yourself : )

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