Fanbinding: If This Is A Man by Primo Levi

[nuh_s]

Back in school, I read the Holocaust memoir If This Is A Man by Primo Levi, and I printed it out. I had it as a stack of plain half sheets (not signatures) held together with binder clips. Since getting into bookbinding, I wanted to try and make that print out nicely bound, giving it the respect it deserves and making the print out much more readable. 

This was my first time doing a perfect bind (gluing the pages along the spine rather than sewing), and I think it went pretty well. I did about 4 layers of PVA glue, and it seems to be holding up well. This was also my first time adding a title to the cover. I used Black Sumi Ink and brushes to do the cover design with rubber bands around the book for the straight edges. 

For the page edges, I did an extra sanding with the fine grit that really helped with the uneven flecks/scraps that I had on the last book. 



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Comments

[yourlibrarian]

Sounds like you're learning new tricks as you work on new projects. A nice look to this!

[nuh_s]

I'm definitely learning something with each book. Thank you! :)