Comparison between the new notebook and the previous one. Both 180 pages, paper 100g/m2.
After using it and pasting things on the pages it becomes 63% thicker! From 13mm new to 21mm finished.
Is there any method for balance this when bookbinding? In the past I tried to add extra gap in the spine, between the signatures and the cover. It doesn’t help much. Another solution is to cut some pages in the middle (same as some photo albums) but it’s not aesthetic and definitely destroys the spreads.
Next notebook, coming really soon, I will try a thicker thread and even signatures with less sheets of paper to increase the thickness in the sewing area.
Anyways the spine will always keep the same thickness and cover will bend lightly. I really like that shape. So even for that 63% or lower, it manages to get great final feeling.
2 comments:
I loved the "lived-in" look of a filled notebook. That thickness just adds to the charm!
Instead of cutting pages from the middle, how about planning for those sheets to not be there from the get go? Put some sheets of plastic or cardboard there when you are binding it to give you the space you want, and then remove them after for wider stitches in your binding. It might be a little sturdier if you did this between each signature with thinner removable spacers than one thick one in the middle?
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