Article · Erin McClean Illustration
Book Binding on a Budget: How to Make Your Own Dummy Books
By Erin McClean
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Intermediate
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2018
About this lesson
Illustrator Erin McClean shows how to hand-bind a professional-looking dummy book on a budget, covering folding and spray-mounting interior pages, reinforcing the spine with fabric, and building a hard case from grey board and decorative paper.
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