Making A Handmade Book - Part 5 - Finishing the Book - Marbled Paper & Casing In

Follow along as I bring the Handmade Book project to its conclusion! In this video I finish work on the case of the book. I trim out the leather and in-fill with card stock to bring the boards level with the leather. This has the effect of pulling the cover boards out of shape, so I line the inside covers with bond paper to counteract the pull of the outer paper. Next I take my handmade marbled paper and burnish it with beeswax and an agate burnishing tool. From there I cut the outer papers and glue them to the book covers, finally completing the case. Then I paste down the endpapers and nip the book in the press overnight. Video Contents Trimming the leather: 00:40 Gluing down the infill papers: 2:03 Lining the inner boards: 3:48 Burnishing marbled paper: 5:19 Applying the marbled paper: 6:49 Pasting down the endpapers: 10:45 Pressing the book: 12:52 Unveiling the finished book: 13:52 This has been a fun project and I’m delighted with the end result.