Bookbinding Class

These photos do not look very exciting, however, they are of the spine of my book.  The book is wedged in the bookbinding press and has got a wooden shaped board on either side of it.  I had been hammering it along the spine to get a rounded mushroom shape.  Its end papers had been glued in place prior to the hammering. Once hammered enough ... a piece of mull was stuck over the spine with about an inch overlap either side, followed by a strip of kraft paper (brown paper to you and me!) glued on top of that.

Next week I get to put the bookboard cover on and the bookcloth, which is a rather bright orange.