Book #33

V-Fold Pop-Up
Today is Groundhog Day and my local prognosticating rodent saw his shadow and ran back into his burrow so we are likely to have another six weeks of winter. Of course, we would probably have at least that much more winter anyway, so I suppose Shubenacadie Sam's prediction is probably quite accurate this year.



Today's book isn't really a binding technique; it is an example of one particular pop-up book structure called the V-fold, demonstrated in this little video.

Case Binding Video Tutorial

I get a lot of questions from people who are starting to do some bookbinding and I try to give easy answers; but, technique is something that is hard to describe in an email message. One question I get, is how to case in a textblock and keep the endpapers straight. First of all, practice many times. It's easier the hundredth time. I thought it might be helpful show a video, so here is a clip of me as I case in a text block. If this step is one that you struggle with, maybe you will see something helpful in my technique. No guarantees, though. Sometimes my endpapers are still crooked!