Bookmaking tutorial links from around the Web
Here are some links to book and box making tutorials from around the web that you might find useful. It is by no means all inclusive and is an ongoing project that I will be updating regularly. Please let me know if you find any broken links or if there are any tutorials that you think should be on the list
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Perfect binding:
Perfect binding - A unique and interesting way to perfect bind a book by the Go To Guy
Perfect binding - A tutorial for perfect binding from Hamish MacDonald
Perfect binding - A great tutorial for perfect binding from comic book artist Toby Craig
Hardcover and simple binding:
Hardcover book - A hard cover book tutorial from Dave the designer. This is one of my favorite tutorials. Makes a nice looking book.
Small hardcover book - How to make a small hardcover book from curiously crafty
Casebound book tutorial - Instructions for making a casebound book by Peter Verheyan
Simple binding - Make your own Moleskine like book from Michael Shannon
Hardcover book tutorial - A tutorial that walks you through setting up and printing text and binding it into a hardcover book with a dust jacket from Hugh Sparks
Secret Belgian Binding A tutorial for the Secret Belgian Binding
How to make a simple hardcover book
A cool tutorial for making books from household and recycled materials.
Making a case bound book - From the University of Indiana Library
Codex Binding Demos - These are video tutorials for sewing signatures
Single signature Pamphlet Book
Pamphlet Book A pamphlet book with covers.
Single section binding A single section binding/hardcover pamphlet from the University at Newcastle
Softcover Wraparound Notebook This is a fun little softcover wraparound notebook made with vinyl from Rosemary Travale's super blog. She sews the signatures individually using a sewing machine and then glues the block together but you could sew the signatures in the traditional way and use the vinyl as a covering as she does.
Techniques for a ribbon-mounted casing Techniques for a ribbon-mounted casing by Cai Lun - This is not a comprehensive tutorial but it gives you a really good idea of the steps involved in making a book like this.
How to make a simple sketchbook A Wiki on how to make a simple sketchbook with a slotted cover.
Sketchbook tutorial A tutorial on how to make a simple sketchbook. This one has a hard cover.
Exposed spine binding: (includes Coptic and longstitch bindings)
Coptic tutorial-A coptic stitch tutorial from the altered-book.com website
Coptic tutorial - A single needle coptic stitch tutorial from Shelly Couvrette
A simple journal tutorial - How to make a simple journal from Teesha Moore.
Leather book tutorial - A softcover leather book with stitching on the spine.
Minifolio journal - A fabric minifolio journal tutorial from Sue Bleiweiss at Fiber & Stitch
Coptic Binding Demos - These are video tutorials
A longstitch tutorial - by Douglas Jones. This tutorial is aimed at preserving old paperback books but can be utilized in the making of blank books as well.
Longstitch tutorial- Part 1 and Part 2 - A longstitch tutorial in two parts from Comfortable Shoes Studio.
Wiki long stitch tutorial - A longstitch tutorial in Wiki form which explains the process step by step.
Slotted spine tutorial - A slotted spine book tutorial by Janet
Two Needle Coptic tutorial - Two Needle Coptic tutorial in PDF format by Emma Jane Hogbin. There are some nice examples of wooden book covers.
A Pamphlet Binding - A pamphlet binding tutorial in PDF from Marne Cales
Tacket Binding - A tacket binding tutorial from the Cai Lun site
Albums:
Post and screw - A nice tutorial on making a post and screw album at the Alternative Photography site.
Double Guard album - How to make a double guarded album by Betty Storz
Popup Books:
Popup tutorials for beginners - You can find some nice beginner tutorials on pop-up book techniques on the Art Is Smart website of Jay Davison Ballanger.
PopUp Tutorial - Popup tutorial from Joan Irvine
PopUps
Toy and Movable Books
Japanese Binding:
A simple Japanese style binding technique
Stab Binding Tutorial
Japanese Stab Binding by Gary Miller
Japanese Stab Binding Demos - These are video tutorials
Japanese Stab Binding - Steps to making a Japanese stab bound book by Ashley Young
Japanese Stab Binding - Another Japanese stab binding from the Wake Forest University art dept.
Accordion Books:
Accordion/Concertina Book - from HGTV
Several Accordion Book tutorials
five and a half
An accordian style book from envelopes from the Paper Source
Tunnel Books:
Tunnel Book
Tunnel Book - instructions by Robert Sabuda
Origami Books: (was Star Books)
HGTV-Tunnel of Love Star Card
Star Book Tutorial by Chia. This is the Origami style book.
Patriotic Triple Star Book by Arlene Stum
Patriotic Star Book by Becky Stratton
Star Book with hard covers
Simple Star Book
Accordion Fold Mini-Album - The author calls this an accordion fold album but it is a star book
Another Star Book
Concentina book by Liz Plummer. A star book by any other name is...still a star book.
Squash book with board covers - similar to the star books
Squash Book
Folding Book Necklace
Folded Book Cover from Yasumoto Art Supplies
Venitian Blind Book from Yasumoto Art Supplies
Misc. bindings & sites with multiple tutorials:
Collection of tutorials - A collection of binding tutorials from Temper Productions.
Boardbook - Some great instructions on how to make a children's board book.
Book arts tutorials A group PDF tutorials on book making from the National Museum of Women in the Arts - Includes an accordion book, flag book, tunnel book and a few others.
Booklyn's ED Manual - This is a whole book on the book arts available for download in chapters from Booklyn Artists Alliance. Included are instructions for on-sheet, coptic, flag, accordian, stab and pamphlet books. The downloads require a little patience as they are large but worth it.
Here are some nice PDF tutorials on book making from the San Diego Museum of Art education department.
A simple sketchbook tutorial From the Ruskin site, this unique little tutorial shows you how to make sketchbook from a folded sheet of paper. It also shows how to add a cover.
Mini envelope book from Di Hickman
Matchbook notebook from greetingarts
Water Lily book tutorial from Rhonda at MyHandBoundBooks
Chopstick Notebook tutorial from Rhonda at MyHandBoundBooks
Secret Fold Notebook tutorial from Rhonda at MyHandBoundBooks
Padfolio - A fabric padfolio tutorial from Fiber & Stitch
Fabric Moleskine cover - A fabric Moleskine cover tutorial from Keyka
Flag Book
Box making:
How to make an Origami box - This could actually be make bigger and use it as a presentation box.
Origami box - A cute video on making an Origami box.
Mirkwood Designs - This is a nice page with folded box instructions.
How to make a corrugated clamshell box - These would be good for packaging album or books to give to clients. I imagine they could be made out or corrugated cardboard.
Corrugated clamshell box - Here's another set of instructions for a clamshell box from Cornell University.
Clamshell box- A really nice PDF file on box construction.
Box tutorial - A good step by step clamshell box tutorial from the Indiana University Libraries.
Clamshell box process - Not full details but Laura Pope Robbins has a good overview of the clamshell box process on her blog.
Slipcase - How to make a slipcase with hard sides
Slipcase - How to make a quick slipcase out of bristol or lightweight cardboard