504 - Type in Context - Binding

With my last printed mockup I aimed to pamphlet stitch each individual section of the photobook, and then carry out a complicated multi-section stitch to bring everything together along the spine, it would overlap all sections. However, this did prove harder to plan than I thought as the various layers of stock (different scaled stock) meant the figure of eight motion I would be using to bind them all together would get disrupted at certain points and not work. So this was guna take some serious consideration and trial and error to get right..

But as you can see in picture beneath the stitch holes weren't properly aligned making it much harder to plan anything.













I made a plain to-scale mockup and also a measuring chart which would help me plot the points where I would stitch in synchronisation with all the sections. I left 2mm either side of page edges and then worked through the book at 5mm intervals to ensure a strong, sturdy hold..

After some trial and error I finally worked out a system where, as normal each section of the publication would be individually stitched, but then after I would do a stitch between the first and second points from the bottom, to ensure Section 3 is securely fastened, and then a stitch between the middle and fourth point up to hold the the other sections together aswell. The only problem I found was then the bottom bit of section 1 was not properly secured then, but it was simply fixed by going into the stitch hole second up on the Section 2 and then going up and along to the middle stitch hole to figure of eight round and secure that first section!

Lastly for the binding technique, I gathered my sample stocks and then lined them up to choose which thread I should use out of white, grey and black for the publication. White was subtle on the white stock, but appeared to strange over spines of the coloured stock. The grey I have access to is too thick and is an un-related colour to the rest of the publication; Black did some most appropriate, also matching the black inks used for lettering. I would've considered gold thread but I left this too late.