Making A Handmade Book - Part 5 - Finishing the Book - Marbled Paper & Casing In

Follow along as I bring the Handmade Book project to its conclusion! In this video I finish work on the case of the book. I trim out the leather and in-fill with card stock to bring the boards level with the leather. This has the effect of pulling the cover boards out of shape, so I line the inside covers with bond paper to counteract the pull of the outer paper.

Next I take my handmade marbled paper and burnish it with beeswax and an agate burnishing tool. From there I cut the outer papers and glue them to the book covers, finally completing the case. Then I paste down the endpapers and nip the book in the press overnight.

Video Contents

Trimming the leather: 00:40
Gluing down the infill papers: 2:03
Lining the inner boards: 3:48
Burnishing marbled paper: 5:19
Applying the marbled paper: 6:49
Pasting down the endpapers: 10:45
Pressing the book: 12:52
Unveiling the finished book: 13:52

This has been a fun project and I'm delighted with the end result. If you missed them you can watch the previous videos in this series here:

Part 1 - Folding and Sewing the Book:    • Making a Handmade Book - Part 1  
Part 1.5 - Endpapers and Trimming:    • Making a Handmade Book - Part 1.5 - E...  .
Part 2 - Sewing Three-Color Endbands:    • Making a Handmade Book - Part 2 - Rou...  
Part 3 - Making the Case:    • Making A Handmade Book - Part 3 - Lin...  
Part 4 - Applying the Leather:    • Making A Handmade Book - Part 4 - Par...  

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