Before designing pages on screen, I learned to build the book itself. These photos document my bookbinding coursework from 2016 to 2018: a leaf-shaped book, western sewn spines, parallel bindings and hardcover work — every signature folded, pierced and sewn by hand.
The bindings
Three handmade leaf-pattern notebooks standing upright with covers fanned open, in pink, navy blue, and dark teal printed designs.Handbound notebook covered in navy Japanese-print fabric lying on patterned cloth, with exposed grey yarn chain stitching along the spine.Small handbound book in navy Japanese-print fabric with rows of parallel grey yarn stitches along the spine and a wrap-around yarn tie.Pink linen handbound book with grey cross-stitch binding along the rounded spine and a yarn tie, on pink paper scattered with white paper hearts.Top-down view of a closed hardcover case-bound book covered in navy Japanese-print fabric with porcelain medallion motifs.Top-down view of three handmade notebooks with printed leaf-pattern covers in pink, navy, and dark teal; one has a red ribbon bookmark.Opened fabric cover of a handbound notebook showing exposed grey thread spine stitching; a hand holds the cover flat.Hardcover case-bound book covered in navy Japanese-print fabric standing at an angle on matching patterned cloth.Three handmade leaf-pattern notebooks standing with covers opened, shown from a lower angle.Handbound notebook in navy Japanese-print fabric lying flat on matching cloth, grey stitching exposed along the lower spine edge.Pink linen handbound book with grey cross-stitch spine binding and yarn tie, shown slightly wider on pink paper with white hearts.Opened hardcover case lying flat, showing front and back boards and spine covered in navy Japanese-print fabric.
