Wednesday, December 17, 2008

books


So as you may know, or perhaps you don't, I have taken bookbinding for two semesters now and I really love it. I love books, and so I also love to make them.

I hadn't realized how many types of bindings there were, I just thought of paper backs and hardbacks. It turns out though that my favorite binding is one I'd never heard of called a Coptic binding, which is about the oldest binding there is...I think it looks like this:
If you want to learn more or see more, you should go to this site http://byubookbinding.blogspot.com

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