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Type in Context - Putting Final Publication Design together

The images below show how I am putting together my publication, this is demonstrated by a coptic binding method. 

A coptic binding can be made with or without covering leather. If left uncovered, a Coptic binding is able to open all the way. If the leather is excluded, a Coptic binding is non-adhesive, and does not require any glue in its construction.

Artisans and crafters often use coptic binding when creating hand made art journals or other books. Instead, I am using a wooden cover for my publication. 

Coptic bind books are usually made up in three or more sections of booklets. For my one it is made of three booklets. This is how my publication is going to be constructed, I will need to drill holes on my hard covers (front & back). Then use wax thread to sew the pages and book covers together. 



As my book cover is a hard wood cover, I had to drill holes to allow the needle and thread to bind it together. The space between the holes are 4cm apart but at the top and bottom of the edges of the book, they had to be half a cm so the wood would not snap when being drilled into.




The images below demonstrate the process of binding my publication together. For a single coptic binding stitch. The coptic stitch is sewn continuously from hole to hole along each successive signature, looping up to the signature above to create the pattern. 

Firstly I begin by getting a piece of A3 spare paper as a template, by outlining the points of where the holes are on hard back and front covers. Then I use the template for the sections of my pages and mark where the holes will be there as they need to match the hard cover holes. This will then allow me to sewn a continuous coptic stitch bind. Then with tool Awl, this will allow me to create the holes for the needle and thread to go through the pages. 







To begin, inside the first sewing station, leaving a tail (of thread) inside to tie later. Attach the cover (in my situation, I started with my front cover) and one station at a time. 

After sewing the cover at the last station, do not go in the final of the first signature, instead add a new signature and go into the corresponding hole in that. Continue sewing along the signature, looping around the three above at each station to create a chain pattern across the spine.





Secure the end of each row with a kettle stitch (a knot tied in the thread that links one section to the next.) The attach the back cover and tie off the thread ends inside. 


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