Notebook binding – Chinese binding technique

ShinaWorld

Oct 3

Some months back, when I was looking up all sorts of notebook binding techniques, I found this.

The Chinese traditional technique.

At first glance, it seemed way too unique for me, and a bit wasteful regarding the space on each pages it required at the binded side. But that did not stop me trying it anyway.

I practiced on some clear, remaining sheets from previous projects first. Punctured holes close to the side on each in sets of 2 or 3 sheets at once. Did the same with a thicker paper for the covers. I kept in mind, that each of them needed to bend when using, so I couldn't run with extra thick cardboard, which would break after folding.

For the sewing part, I used the simplest design I found, which is the original technique. With this A5 sized paper size I went for 0,5 cm from the edge, in total 9 holes. This is not an exact number, so you can experiment with is freely.

TIP: It can help if you use pliers at the sewing part.

I experimented on this, because I had a pile of copies from a book, that I kept for years. I wanted to try my hand on them and sew them together into a nice book or in this case, a notebook. With this technique it was finally possible for me.

I sewed the pages together in sections so the final book is made of three "chapters" so to speak. This made it possible for me to have a book from the individual sheets, since I couldn't quite glue them together to make it look like the original printed version. Also the sheet size was irregular too.

Not the prettiest, but it solved a problem and that's all it matters. It is good enough, and that is perfect-

Shina

PS: Have you tried this technique before?

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