May 15, 2015 - Week 6

Hello Everyone,

Finally!  I finished the cutting, coloring and pasting of the interior pages.  Here's some pictures of the process.

Finished pages before coloring

I do like the look of the plain white page cut-outs, so I will make a version of the book in that style.

Since I was unable to run the pages through a printer, I had to had draw all the lettering using a light table to ensure everything was straight and consistent.

I colored the pages by using Caran d'Ache Crayons and water.  I did this before gluing the pages together to make it easier to handle.

Before gluing, I made sure I knew what direction the pages need to go in.  This book structure calls for the content to be front, back, front, back of the concertina folds.

I am not exactly happy with the color, so I'm thinking I will alter it a bit.  The other problem can be seen below.  And that is where the pages are attached is very visible in the back side of the book.  which would be ok, except I put the page key on the wrong side.  I would prefer not to have to redo those pages, so I'm going to spend some time coming up with a solution for that problem too.

Next week, I will post about the solutions and also a demo of making the book cloth that I will use for the cover.

Until then,

Happy Book Binding!

Sheila