And a I and a II and a…
August 28th, 2009 | Link
I was so happy with II that I decided to turn it into a set.
I uses the same handmade Lokta bark paper from Nepal as II. Aside from the reversal of colors, and the difference in the cut-out, it is constructed in the same way.
The sewing is, again, the Long Stitch Through Slotted Wrapper Cover, from Keith Smith’s Non-Adhesive Binding I: Books Without Paste or Glue. It’s a slightly wonky sewing, what with the offset and the leaning threads at the top and bottom, and often I like a little more symmetry but here I find its lack rather suits the handmade feel.
I have a number of colors of the Lokta paper. I think it would be neat to make a whole set of these, with a slip case to hold them all, so that the different colored spines would be showing with the stitching. Though I’m not sure I’m interested enough by the idea to venture into box making (I’ve made one box and it turned out okay, but it doesn’t excite me.)
These books look very smart. I know what you mean about the stitching but on these books it does suit them, and I can see you’ve been very careful with the placement of the stitches. A boxed set would look great.
Thanks Carol! I’ve since made a bunch more—I used every color of Lokta paper I had, and did some with cut-outs and some without. I have six different colors that I did identical white spines on, and now I really want to make a box.