Make a Tiny Book: Miniature Bookbinding and Illustration
Attaching the Cover
A course by Evan Lorenzen , Multidisciplinary Artist
About the video: Attaching the Cover
Overview
“I have all the pages finished and the cover made. Now all I have to do is attach them! ”
In this video lesson Evan Lorenzen addresses the topic: Attaching the Cover, which is part of the Domestika online course: Make a Tiny Book: Miniature Bookbinding and Illustration. Learn how to tell your story intricately by making a teeny tiny book from scratch and filling it with precise, micro-scale illustrations.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Attaching the Cover Previously, we saw how to make our cover and now, we'll learn how to attach it. First, you want to start with a nice small brush that you don't like much as it'll get covered in glue. You want to choose a glue that is acid-free to ensure the longevity of your book over time. Acid can start to break away at the threads or the pages of your book, so you'll want an acid-free glue. Taking a very small amount of glue, work it along the spine of your text block. You don't need much at all but make sure everything's coated and that any fibers are laying flat. Try to glue down...”
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Course summary for: Make a Tiny Book: Miniature Bookbinding and Illustration
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Category
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Areas
Arts & Crafts, Bookbinding, DIY, Traditional illustration
Evan Lorenzen
A course by Evan Lorenzen
Evan Lorenzen, better known as Art and Such Evan, is a multidisciplinary artist who specializes in micro illustrations. While studying animation in college, he became interested in bookmaking and took a course to learn the process. Several years later, he decided to try it on a small scale and has been passionate about the medium of miniature ever since, as it challenges both his physical and creative limits.
Throughout his career, Evan has had the opportunity to collaborate with organizations like the Miniature Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Amsterdam, Cat Art Show L.A., and hundreds of individual collectors. His work has been featured in exhibits across the US and abroad, including the Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil and the Nucleus Gallery in Portland, Oregon.
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