Making journals for a peaceful mind ✦ ASMR bookbinding process

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These are rounded spine case bound books that turned out wonderfully. It's been over a year since I tried backing, and felt inspired to try again with my new backing boards. It was challenging without a lying press however. The covers are made with a variation of the 3 piece bradel binding method with commercial book cloth and chiyogami paper. I added cover decorations with stamp embossing. These may be some of the prettiest journals I've made!

0:00 Preparing signatures
2:44 Punching holes
3:52 Sewing French link stitch
6:33 Gluing spine
8:23 Rounding text block
9:05 Gluing 2nd spine
9:53 Tipping on endpapers
10:56 Trimming head and tail
11:46 Backing spine
12:43 Cutting cover boards
13:06 Lining spine
14:50 Preparing cover boards
17:08 Making spine pieces
17:43 Stamp embossing
19:41 Decorating covers
20:31 Assembling covers
21:40 Casing in
25:37 Pressing books
26:01 Completed books

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Filming Equipment
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pro with Canon 24-105mm F/4 lens

Editing Software
DaVinci Resolve Studio https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/prod...

FAQ
✦ What tools and materials do you use?    • Bookbinding Tools & Materials - begin...  
✦ Where can I buy bookbinding supplies? your local art supply store, Blick Art Materials (US), TALAS (US), Hollander's (US), DeSerres (CA), Etsy
✦ What adhesive are you using? Archival quality PVA glue, there are multiple brands that sell this
✦ How do you make your book cloth?    • How I make bookcloth from any fabric  
✦ Where do you get dot grid writing paper?    • How I source dotted writing paper for...  
✦ Where did you get your...
guillotine cutter - https://amzn.to/49O6VmY
book press (made it myself) -    • Bookbinding Studio Vlog 8 ✦ New sketc...  
✦ What brand is your...
thread - Crawford Irish Waxed Linen Thread
corner rounder - Akiles Diamond-1
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✦ What is your dog's name? Lucy 🐕

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