The Mountain Fold

I have been meaning to start a book binding project for quite some time, and I finally made some headway and completed my first book. I picked up “How to MAKE BOOKS” at a book store, it’s not the best book a tad bit too arts and crafts, and the author does not comply with the internationally standard rules for documenting mountain folds (something that this website takes pretty seriously.)  But near the end there is a section on Coptic binding which is what I tried first. I need to use coptic binding because for one of my projects I allready have made 3 sets of signatures and the way I prited them only coptic will display each page.  This first test was a success and it was really easy to do, now what to fill that book with….

Make Book + 1 Signature + Awl

Needle and Thread + Signature

Final Coptic Binding

Final Bound Book