Notebook with Japanese binding
Step-by-step instruction
Whether you opt to use it as an unusual notebook, a diary or for your own poems: simply bind your book yourself to create something really special. Or perhaps you need small souvenir? A home-made book is a memorable and precious personal gift.
Page after page of art. Simple to make using wallpaper. Anyone would be pleased to use this hand-made work of art day after day.
HANDY HINT: If you want to make things a little easier, you can also bind ready-made notebooks, writing pads, school books, calendars or journals with interesting paper, saving yourself the work of cutting and drilling the sheets.
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1. First, create the wallpaper according to your mood and taste. Mix indigo blue with a little black and plenty of water to achieve this striped pattern. We recommend testing it on a sample piece of paper to see whether you like the colour. Then use a narrow brush to draw fine lines by hand. Allow the paper to dry.
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2. Now it’s time to cut the paper and cardboard. Cleanly cut 3 cm from the short edge of the cardboard. Place one of the large pieces of cardboard on the wallpaper and cut two pieces with a 3 cm margin along each edge (you will end up with two pieces measuring approx. 24 x 21 cm). You will need 2 pieces of sugar paper, measuring 8 x 17 cm and 42 x 14 cm.