In regards to binding, I've really only done this through print shops who saddle-stitch documents for print jobs at work. I have done manual and electric plastic coil binding in-office, but I'm not sure if that counts for what we are talking about. Those I've done largely for reports and briefs where you use a machine to punch holes in one press and then weave the coil in, in the next press. The machine kind of acts like a giant claw the binds the plastic coil through the paper, like a spiral-bound notebook I've never been faced with a project that required me to bind otherwise, so this is definitely a new lesson for me. I love getting hands-on with projects, so I could definitely see trying out either of the posted methods - even if it were for the purpose of making journals for fun or gifts.
I've taken screen printing and letterpress workshops at Baltimore Print Studios and know last spring they offered a leather bookbinding and printing workshop (partnering with Almanac Industries, also located in Baltimore) that looked really cool. After further looking into their website, Almanac Industries uses the same methods you posted about, Abby.
I googled some different ways to bind, and thought this method, the Coptic Method, looked interesting. The threading is exposed and allows the book to lay flat. It is different because you fold paper in folds of fours before binding (called signatures). Here's a tutorial for a coptic bound sketch book:
sing
signatures, these binding method has an exposed spine and threading
that creates braids along the spine.
Pros: Allows the book to lay almost flat. - See more at:
http://emilyduong.com/blog/a-visual-reference-bookbinding#sthash.LpvjU3Kh.dpuf
sing
signatures, these binding method has an exposed spine and threading
that creates braids along the spine.
Pros: Allows the book to lay almost flat. - See more at:
http://emilyduong.com/blog/a-visual-reference-bookbinding#sthash.LpvjU3Kh.dpuf
sing
signatures, these binding method has an exposed spine and threading
that creates braids along the spine.
Pros: Allows the book to lay almost flat. - See more at:
http://emilyduong.com/blog/a-visual-reference-bookbinding#sthash.LpvjU3Kh.dpuf
sing
signatures, these binding method has an exposed spine and threading
that creates braids along the spine.
Pros: Allows the book to lay almost flat. - See more at:
http://emilyduong.com/blog/a-visual-reference-bookbinding#sthash.LpvjU3Kh.dpuf
