Thursday, October 22, 2009

2 rules of bookbinding

Rule number One: Always know where your glue is. Glue is like poo. If you are not careful, it can be all over the place very quickly. If you have ever changed a squirmy toddler with a poopy diaper you know what I am talking about.

Rule number Two: Think before you cut. I broke rule number two. In a very bad way.

Look closely. See that black line? That is not suppose to be there. In fact that line is actually a cut that goes down about 3 more pages. In a moment of distraction I tried to use my scalpel blade and listen to my teacher at the same time. That is not good.



All this beautiful work on my spine is now not worthy to be turned in for a grade.




And this little part, the headband. That makes me the sickest. That was extremely difficult to sew and now I gotta start all over again.

3 comments:

Saratoga Six said...

Poor girl. I still think you ought to get the grade for effort. I once had a design teacher rip my project apart verbally. But that was at the U. Maybe at the Y they're nicer. :)

Sarah said...

How frustrating to have to start over when you have put in all the work.

Anonymous said...

Ah, but NEXT time, you'll get it right. It is like sewing for me. Thinking inside out and backwards.