Create your own handmade journal to bring home with the Japanese side stich and paste paper.
Bookmaking with the Japanese Sidestitch & Paste Paper
Create your own handmade journal to bring home!
“Japanese Side stitch is a simple non-adhesive binding that is an excellent intro to bookbinding. Also known as Stab Binding, this traditional binding was practiced in China, Japan, and Korea” -Wikipedia
What you will learn:
- Students will learn to make decorated, patterned paste papers with a corn starch and acrylic paint mixture
- How to wrap & adhere the decorative paste paper over bookboard creating the front and back covers
- Create the interior signatures (pages within the book)
- How to use a jig to punch holes in the paper signatures and covers
- Assembly of the book using bookbinding thread with the Japanese side stitch technique.
All materials included!
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