Clear and helpful instructions, thank you Will!

Fabulous instruction from start to finish Will. From Australia, thank you so much for your generosity in sharing!

Can I use a 50 mm lense to shoot artwork and oil paintings?

This was a fantastic tutorial. I did this little project with my daughter and the result was really wonderful! The details of the instructions were so helpful.

Colour space? Would you edit a colour photo on a monochrome screen? I would not, but that doesn't seem to me very different from editing in Adobe RGB when I can't see it on my screen because it only supports sRGB. I suspect that, as you say, LrC and Ps work in 16 bits. I further suspect that ProRes is a subset of that, and sRGB and Adobe RGB are eight bit and therefore subsets.

17:25 That's weird.

This is wonderful. Thank you! Nice to see such high-end conventional bookbinding, instead of the many more craft-oriented and less archival versions out there. And so well explained and demonstrated. 😊 I've taken some basic bookbinding courses, but it was a few years ago. This has inspired me to dive back in - particularly given recent disappointments with some of the more expensive store-bought watercolour journals. (Why, for example, does the pricey Fabriano Venezia not lie completely flat, no matter how much I torture the spine? 😄)

woah it was cool to see it with a regular paper. The regular one had a bluish tint to it :0

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wonderful🎉❤

Very Good idea ! love this

One thing I've realized for strobe setups is you need the room pitch black prior to pressing delay timer (term?). I was using auto focus and AV mode with a light on, then pressing the timer button, and then turning light off during the delay. You'd think it would make the decisions and end of delay(?) SO going full manual and auto focus seems to be consistent and better.

WIndows in the UK are really short.

Thanks for the great videos... yours are amongst the BEST! I have a question. At 14:30 you are applying glue. Do you apply the glue to the tapes as well as the paper at this point?

This is my favorite book binding tutorial, thank you so much!!! I made two and I enjoyed it! I just want to add that some materials can be replaced by alternatives for us without budget. I glued a normal cotton fabric over a piece of paper, let it dry and ironed it, and it was good to go!

Thanks for the video! Any tips on how to price for this type of work? Do you price per photo?

Amazing work. I appreciate your efforts and dedication. Thank you for sharing your knowledge for free 🙏🙏

The bowline will not hold with waxed thread. A weavers knot did not work either. Do you recommend waxed? Or do you use something else?

I avoid using the bone folder for cutting, as it seems to tear often. Instead, just burnish, turn inside out, burnish, repeat, repeat, repeat. Then you can tear without fear of mistakes, but go carefully. If it looks like it’s sticking, stop and burnish a couple more times. Usually this is only necessary for the first large cut.

What a wonderful and beautifully presented tutorial! So much great information. Thank you for sharing your process.

The clamshell design w/ torsion hinges could also be constructed using two cradled paint boards, the bottom serving as your palette, the upper as your canvas support; the back could cradle a wet canvas for transport. A tripod would have to be attached to the lower board as well.

Thanks!

Mr. Baily, other than weight or knapsack capacity, is there any other reason why the Gurney size is never seen as being constructed larger, or with fold-our extensions for collapsible cups, etc.?

hola, cómo haces para que esa vena bajorelieve perdure?

What type of glue would you recommend if I needed to repair the binding of a 8x10 book that is on very good quality heavy glossy paper and pictures on all 150 pages?

Brilliant!

The Americans have the best kit , no doubt about it. I bought the gurney plans ages ago but thanks to this tutorial I am now going to be able to make it so thanks for all the very useful info

Your video caught my attention this morning as I was wandering down the ""You Tube Rabbit Hole". This is the best video to date that I have viewed the on making a sketch book. I was happy to see you use Fabriano Artistico HP paper. In my studio I have leftover sheets (140) purchased for monotype printing days long ago. Thank you for the inspiration and I will be following your instructions pausing video along the way with your specific instructions. Thank you, and I appreciate this video very much!

I know this technique, but polarization won't cope with shiny frames. The framework is the biggest problem. Polarization changes color, e.g. the gold frame turns orange and the silver frame turns blue.

What about the most common scenario, artworks framed behind glass?

Very nice. I made mine from an old cigar box. Love love love James Gurney.

What did you use to mark a line to the side of the book? Thanks

What paper is it?

Great info. I took your advice and purchased the Canon EOS 200D along with the Canon EF-S 60mm f2.8 macro lens. My question is how can I take a close-up photo of my artwork as I stand 6 feet away and only get 33% of the 24x30 canvas on the display screen. What settings should I use on the camera to view the whole canvas? This might be a stupid question but keep in mind I’m new to this. Thank you

Thank you. My mom was professional of book binding, and in childhood I made my own books. But of course I didn’t do I for year now, and forget some steps. But as I couldn’t find good affordable watercolour sketch book, I thought to make by myself, but I couldn’t remember, sewing process, so I’m really happy I found your tutorial, and catch up missing steps. So next step is find free time to make it 🤭

Excellent video. I love the aluminum hinges due to strength. What is the hinge size?

Thanks for your excellent videos! Does this style journal pages lie flat?

Im still wondering how manga is binded.

I love the level of detail in your videos ❤ chef kiss

Outstanding in every way! What an example for us to follow - thank you very much for encouraging us to work at the details - all of them! Brilliant.

This is a fantastic video, thank you so much! I have an Olympus Pen E-PL5. It does not have an aps c sensor. Is the camera still suitable for taking very good art photos or should I look for another camera?

Hi! Could you share the name of the polarizing sheets you use? Many thanks!

Very good explanation, For light I prefer studio flashes with soft boxes

Do you sell these?

Excellent, thank you. I now have my first Arches sketchbook by following along. Also saw part 2, which is also excellent. My wife now also wants one and I know there are many more to come…

Hi Will, I have been studying bookbinding for a while now, and gathering lots of supplies with the intention of making books and journals. I’ve made a few that turned out well thus far, but I’m as a serious information junkie, as well as being rather frugal/conservative with my supplies, I am trying to learn what mistakes to avoid so as not to waste 💸 costly materials. Before seeing this video, I purchased that same press here in the US. I found the back and side baffles to be unnecessary and restricting so I removed them, first consulting with my engineer son if it would compromise the integrity of the press (he said it wouldn’t) and I’m happy to report that it works perfectly well and allows me to press larger books using boards without as much size constraints, especially from front to back. It may not apply as much outer pressure with large books, but when using very sturdy wood boards top and bottom, that helps overcome this and my pressing ends up being quite even. I’m finding your videos to be very helpful, so thank you very much! I am about to begin making a large wedding album and need it to be as perfect as possible with no expense spared. I do find that it can sometimes be difficult to know paper grain direction when ordering large sheets as it’s sometimes not noted on websites (rather frustrating). For this reason, I went to an art supply store and chose the large sheets of Fabriano Italian made watercolour paper in person since I was able to determine the grain direction myself. The large album I’m making will be in landscape orientation. I chose watercolour paper because I like texture and sturdiness and was also able to get a brighter white which will go with the colour theme of the wedding (instead of off-white or ivory which seems to be more common with this sort of paper). I also like the natural deckle edges. I should note that I am a professional paper maker and instructor but I do not make extremely large sheets. The Fabriano paper is quite pricy but as mentioned, I don’t have a price restriction on this album so I will purchase whatever I need to get this done right. I am also adding glassine between each album page (photos will later be inserted by recipients with photo corners), using my Mum and Dad’s 1950s [English] wedding album as inspiration. Anyway, apologies as I’ve obviously started to ramble on 😂. Thanks again Will! 😊📚

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Fantastic - thank you!! Gathering materials going forward. I’m So excited. I’ve really had enough of commercial sketchbooks! These will be my staple from now on 🎉

Thankyou very useful

I love your technic! Can you tell me where you bought your book-press? Because I really need one for my bindery lab