Long stitch book binding method has existed for many centuries. It is a non-adhesive method for bindings books, ie, you don’t need to use any glue to do this binding. And it […]
I first heard about the Jar of Awesome on the Tim Ferriss podcast. Tim Ferriss is the author of the 4 hour workweek. I’m not sure how I first stumbled across his […]
I think I last wrote with a fountain pen a few decades ago (showing my age!), back when I was a kid in school, and writing with fountain pens was mandated in […]
Growing up, books were treated with a lot of respect in my family. They were the source of all knowledge, and weren’t particularly cheap either. There was perhaps some religious aspect to […]
There is something about miniature books that is really quite breathtaking 🙂 I recently made one using case binding. It has 6 signatures, each using 4 sheets of paper, giving a total […]
When you start learning book binding, you start hearing terms that you’ve likely not heard about before. In this post, I’ve collected the definitions of a handful of terms that you’ll come […]
As any book binder would know, enthusiast, amateur, professional or otherwise, a bone folder is a staple tool of this craft. The first time I heard about a bone folder, and that […]
“Tactile” is defined as “Of, relating to, or being the sense of touch.” In a world where the majority of our time is spent interacting with digital interfaces, this post is a […]
On a day filled with back to back Zoom meetings, it is easy to get so immersed in what’s happening virtually, that we fail to look up and notice the real world […]
One of my recent attempts to make a journal failed miserably. It looked bad from all angles – so much so that I cannot get myself to use it, let alone gift […]
Sonali Mangal 