
Introduction of the course to students
This an overview of this course, it shows everything in a nut shell.
The video describing the style of the book that will be made
Items that are required for this project
The video will show how to put together the pagers of the book that is named "Signatures". These pagers makes up the body of the book. Folding & cutting them is important as it must be accurate.
How to put the Signatures together
Learn how to make items in-house, this is to keep the cost & also help to create needed items.
Binding cloth can be made with different fabrics from natural to systaltic with different colours to choose from.
Making the stitching Template for the spine of the covers & signatures.
To try your hand in creating stitching pattern for future project, by understanding the idea behind it
All Book need a cover. Use the binding cloth for the covers.
Knowing how to use the binding cloth to make book covers.
To decorate the corners, to give it the finishing touches
To assemble every part that have been made into the end product
Preparing thread, the length & to lock the needle in place
Learning to make the first book by your own hands. To understand the fundamental of book binding from terminology, methods and the how to. To estimate the time allocated for the project. Use items with in your home to make something have emotional value & character for yourself or as a gift. As the world have evolved into have things that are more organic instead of more generic. This cause will show you how to build something from the start.
Before we start the course, collect some item in your own home such as unused cloth, old blank papers that was supposed to be thrown out. You might have to purchase some very thick papers to be use in this project.
Using item from your home and enhance it to make it part of something you create would add value the the item. This may turn out to be your new hobby and perhaps you might continue and that it to the next level. You might never know it can be a future business for you and your family. Most of all to learn how to make item in-house to keep the coat low & also challenge your imagination to think outside the box to be as creative as possible, and also have the satisfaction of making everything yourself.