You can make a substantial cloth book without sewing or gluing by using the Slot & Tab binding.
Cut twenty equal rectangles out of cloth. Place the cloth in a horizontal format. Apply a vertical line of gesso down the center of each.
Detailed instructions for making the structure out of paper are shown on the following pages:
Making Handmade Books
, 55-56
Unique Handmade Books
, as Pocket Triangle and Diamond Book, 48-51
Creating Handmade Books
, 37-39
Cut twenty equal rectangles out of cloth. Place the cloth in a horizontal format. Apply a vertical line of gesso down the center of each.
Detailed instructions for making the structure out of paper are shown on the following pages:
Making Handmade Books
, 55-56Unique Handmade Books
, as Pocket Triangle and Diamond Book, 48-51Creating Handmade Books
, 37-39
This is how the book appeared before it became Handle with Gloves: Twelve Readings in the post, "Eva Hesse: Visual & Visceral."
Comments
I'm gonna give this a try!
Lotus
And welcome iNd!@nA
The gesso is there for stability, and to help keep the cloth from raveling, so probably best to let it dry first. Gesso dries pretty fast. You could hem it, if you prefer. Thanks for writing!
-Alisa
Ruth Carter
Thanks for writing.
For general art supplies, Blick: https://www.dickblick.com
For basic materials and tools, Talas: https://www.talasonline.com
For Japanese book cloth I like Campbell Logan: https://www.campbell-logan.com/supplies/index.html
I also sell small quantities of colorful waxed linen thread at nevermindtheart on Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/nevermindtheart
And, well, for an instructional book, I recommend mine! : ) Making Handmade Books (Sterling/Lark).
Good luck!
Alisa