Man Booker....Sewing and the end papers.

Having read the whole book, making notes and forming the design. So much colour, killings and red. Lips and booze. Poverty and riches both in mind and environment.

I have made the end papers, they will have a leather joint.



The sewing has been done in red linen thread ( more about that later, it is a design thing ) One of the problems of this sort of text block is the paper. It is not top and is full of problems. However, the two text blocks are sewn, the end papers are hook-guarded in place and the spines set and glued using a PVA-Paste mix.


Detail of the link stitch.

Of course it is very rare to see the early elements of the book taking shape.
Next will be edge trimming, rounding, backing, possible decoration and end banding.