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piercing... binding... starting...

Today I started piercing some of that massive pile of cut, folded and bundled book sections..... I made a little project-specific book piercing cradle (with thanks to this wonderful 'how-to' post by paper chipmunk) I thought that it might make the job quicker and easier - although I love the way this simple book cradle works, for this fiddly job, my old way of working (with a piercing template aligned inside the section and a board on my lap, I pierce through the template and the section at a 45 degree angle with my pin awl) seems to be more comfortable.....

I AM going to make a larger version of that cradle one day though!

At last this big project is really underway..... I have lots and lots (and lots) more encyclopaedia pages to cut and fold and bundle and sort (and pierce) before I can really dig my teeth into this baby - but I've got enough white sections sorted out from the bunch to make a start (and that means when I head off to uni in a couple of weeks time I'll have a project to occupy my fingers....)

ahhhh its good to add piercing and binding to my list of slow winter work....

(yes anna - this is going to be a very very very VERY 'long' serpent book - I'm expecting it will exceed 5m ... but the end is months away... anyone want to put in a guesstimate for the final length and finishing date? I might take bets!)

Posted by ronnie at 4:44 PM Labels: bookbinding, bookbinding piercing cradle, coptic binding, handmade book

