Binding a Little Springback Pocket Notebook Part 1 // Adventures in Bookbinding

[@cynthiaeaton2342]

You’ve brought me to tears. I’m an American registered nurse working in a small rural hospital. Your little mention of health care workers went to my heart. Thank you for your concern for our safety. I hope you and yours also remain safe and well.

[@DASBookbinding]

Hi Cynthia. We're all in this together, well the 99% of us that aren't wealthy and powerful. You might wonder how a bookbinder in Australia may be connected to an RN in rural America. Both our children were born in Wisconsin. We planned homebirths, and our midwife (RN) used a backup doctor in a small rural hospital. When one of the boys didn't want to arrive on time we were visiting our wonderful backup doctor almost daily and eventually he was scheduled to be induced. As it turned out he arrived at 4am at home on the day he was scheduled with no dramas. But we have wonderful memories of our positive experiences at a small rural hospital in the US. Take care and all the best, Darryn

[@Eddrian32]

"I don't have a shot of me going to the guillotine, but you know what I've done" that sounds terrifying out of context

[@skeletonkeybindery3936]

"Oh by the way, I'm also a physicist." Was not expecting that one. Thank you for addressing the pinch that many small businesses find themselves in during the covid-19 pandemic. I'm fortunate enough to have a regular day job, book binding being a craft business on the side, but I still understand the frustrations that come with a disrupted supply chain when it comes to one's art.

[@DASBookbinding]

Be safe and happy binding! DAS

[@nashvillain171]

As an engineer, I appreciate you offering your professional background. Thank you!

[@KennethNicholson1972]

Darren, thank you so much for continuing to produce and share your videos. It brings some comfort and a sense of normality during these strange times, and it is always both relaxing and mesmerizing to a certain extent, to watch an artisan thoroughly enjoying and displaying his craft. Thank you Brother, and God bless you from the UK.

[@DASBookbinding]

It is a struggle to keep some sort of normality. Take care and stay safe. Darryn

[@inuichiban6394]

Gripping, solid narration pace. Not to bury the lead, but killer stories, cheers.

[@irishguy13]

I work in a hospital, and this is the first day off in two weeks. I really like springbacks. Thanks for the video. I'm looking forward to the next ones. Hopefully, someday it gets back to normal and I can try one for myself.

[@DASBookbinding]

Thanks for your work! It's strange that while in Antarctica I got so much training in first aid, I was on SAR and trauma teams, did lots of triage and mass casualty training, and attended a number of serious incidents. And now the world could use some of that, and no one wants it. I feel like I've been put on the bench:) I started to apply for a job as an emergency phone operator but didn't make it past the first requirement of 40 wpm typing:) Anyway, I hope you get some time eventually to give the springback a go and it's not too far in the future. DAS

[@ernestomontero8186]

I love your tutorials, very descriptic and clear. Thansk from Mérida, Yucatán, México.

[@DASBookbinding]

You're very welcome! Stay safe! DAS

[@mogonigik]

Just to see the coloring of the head and tail was worth a lot (great reminder, of how to do it properly)

[@hancock1066]

Thank you again for the videos. I look forward to them every week. As a hobbyist, they are the perfect way to start off a weekend.

[@DASBookbinding]

That's really nice to hear. Stay safe and happy binding!! DAS

[@sinceyouveaskedilltellyouw2241]

You are a great teacher, videographer, bookbinder.

[@DASBookbinding]

Thank you! 😃

[@r45frt]

Thank you so much for sharing, enjoying working along with you. It's my first springback so it's an exciting journey.

[@DASBookbinding]

I find them addictive. Be careful, you might become addicted too! Have fun, DAS

[@TheUltimateScorpio]

I really appreciate your hard work and that you post these videos. I hope you and your family are well and that you and your colleagues are able to keep doing what you love!

[@DASBookbinding]

Thanks, and same to you! Darryn

[@DavidHallam55]

Excellent shot showing the endpaper curl going to the thinner paper even after drying.

[@jamesandrews4404]

great to see a miniature spring back being made! I have made ledger size but never a miniature. A great project for an oldie like me during these stressful times. Jim Andrews

[@DASBookbinding]

Yep, big books are so satisfying when they're done, but can be a handful in the processes. Now I see the advantage of going small - so much easier pasting out 4 square inches rather than 100! DAS

[@brainfornothing]

Curious to watch this more than a year later knowing things got worst before starting to rise up. Physicist ! Also curious : I started Physics in the University here in Spain, many years ago, but "work happens", that same year I started my actual job. I'm watching all your videos going forward most of the time to listen your explanations and see some possible tricks, your channel is a Cultural Treasure. Thanks a lot for sharing !

[@johnbaines9580]

Just a heads-up on 50gsm layout paper for binders in the UK - I just checked both 50 sheet pads of layout paper I bought from discount store Hobbycraft a while back and they are both short grain A3 which is the right orientation for folding to A7 as Darryn does here. It is nice strong and smooth paper but I have only used it in the past for backing when making bookcloth but I will be making the little springback with it. Unfortunately the website says it is out of stock online but if you have any moldering away in your old paper stash, it is perfect for this project.

[@DASBookbinding]

Thanks John! DAS

[@jcortese3300]

And here I am someone who is interested in your hobby, with a graduate degree in physics, who has made the same Antarctic analogy about the pandemic having compared it to what Jeri Nielsen said in her book about it taking all kinds on the ice. :-)

[@marilynbook4211]

I love doing little books. This is on my todo list. Thanks for doing these videos.

[@DASBookbinding]

Have fun! DAS

[@kathleengarness1660]

This is such a kind and beautiful video. Thank you for producing it. I can't wait to see the other episodes.

[@wildlancaster1]

Thanks for another wonderful video, I do book binding just as a hobby and am completely self taught from people like yourself, and many of the books I make I give to friends or local charities for them to sell and raise much needed funds. So on my next days of I am going to give little book a try. Thank also for showing appreciation for heath care workers, I work as a nurse in a nursing home so for our residents the past few months have been difficult as they have not been able to see there families and we have supported them to the best of our abilities, and thankfully in our home we have not had one case of the virus.

[@DASBookbinding]

Hi Robert. Glad to hear the videos have been helping advance your bookbinding. Take care with work. I understand how difficult your work has become. The stress on families is unbelievable. Society isn't very good at effective empathy. All we can do is do our best. Stay safe. Darryn

[@yoohoovideo]

Thanks for sharing, and promoting, the list of suppliers.

[@DASBookbinding]

Got to look after our suppliers and fellow craftspeople! DAS

[@jamesandrews2902]

A great project for these trying times! I thought that it was a lot of work when I maid a ledger way back in 1984. I am filling time making miniature books (A6 and smaller) certainly keeps me busy now that I am on chemo until September! I love your. Site and it keeps me going. Jim

[@DASBookbinding]

Hi Jim, Very nice to hear from you. Glad the videos have been helpful. I wish you the very best! Darryn

[@johnbaines9580]

Thanks for keeping us sane with your videos Darryn. I'm going to have a bash at one of these cute little springbacks to keep me occupied. And while waiting for the later parts, I'll be following your Antarctic adventures too! Stay safe.

[@DASBookbinding]

Hi John. All the best for you and your family too! DAS

[@allisonkingsbury2621]

Dear Darryn Thank you for all your useful and clear videos. I have just found you. Since moving to France I no longer have access to Bookbinding training so I was thrilled to find you on the net.

[@DASBookbinding]

Glad you like the videos. Much worse places to move and do bookbinding! Materials and tools won't be a problem. Take care and happy binding! DAS

[@plants5743]

Didn’t even notice that these were new!

[@roineval6346]

Thanks Darryn, I'm new to bookbinding but loving your videos. I'm learning so much and your calm and soothing tones is just what we need in these strange times :-) My friends granddad was with Scott AND Shackleton on their voyages to the South Pole which I have an interest in so I'll be checking out your blog

[@DASBookbinding]

That's a great story What is your friends grandfathers name? All the best, Darryn

[@roineval6346]

@@DASBookbinding Tom Crean was his name. I've stayed in his house in Co. Kerry in Ireland, there's a pub called the South Pole that he ran and also a statue of him with an armful of puppies. He looked after the dogs on the trips. Best, Karen

[@DASBookbinding]

Hi Karen, That is amazing! Of course all the expeditioners from the heroic age are well know but Tom Crean was a superstar. Yes, I know about the South Pole pub. It is a pilgrimage for many people. Haven't got there yet. Thanks for sharing. All the best, Darryn

[@roineval6346]

@@greghughes54 My friend is Mary and her sister Aileen runs this place www.tomcreanbrewerykenmare.ie/food

[@bigjarn]

really enjoyed this series 1 2 3

[@huanghouWuZetian]

I'm a PhD in mechanical engineering and work on a university too. And I also want to work in something more... manual. Bookbinding or carpentry ;)

[@DASBookbinding]

Good luck! DAS

[@oliverclaes5341]

Hello, Thanks for your clear explanation. As a paper conservator, I follow my 2nd year of bookbinding in evening school, but because of the coronavirus the lessons have been canceled for a while now. In my opinion, courses and books on bookbinding are not always that clear, but your video changes that. I am also very visually oriented. Thank you, I am curious how you can continue working on this springback, Greetings from Antwerp, Belgium. ( #oliver_paper_conservation)

[@DASBookbinding]

Hi! Good luck with paper conservation. I think that is a more complex field than bookbinding, unless you combine the two in book conservation, which is harder than both! I just checked out your Instagram photos. I've never thought about a paper repair to a bottle label!! I'm not sure what you mean about continuing to work. My bindery is in my house; it's a hobby business. I used to have a day job. I guess I still do - house husband and teacher for my kids. I'll let you in on a secret; The projects are normally finished before the videos come out. In this case I hadn't quite finished it, but only minor work left. I do this in case I stuff up towards the end:) Stay safe! DAS

[@marinayerali4932]

Many thanks .

[@DASBookbinding]

You're very welcome! Happy binding. DAS

[@OldIronShops]

I didn't know you were in Australia. I have friends in Perth and another on the gold coast

[@DASBookbinding]

Perth is looking safe. Gold Coast is the local hot spot here. Stay safe! DAS

[@1musicsearcher]

Sorry to find this series a year after the fact. It does seem like we’ve spent a year in isolation but times are improving. My wife and I just got our 2nd Pfizer shot and it truly feels as if the isolation should soon be over. On a lighter note, this is the cutest little book of all time. On to part 2.

[@Fragkogiannakis_Vasilis]

Good Evening.

[@DASBookbinding]

G'day!

[@johnbirkel7626]

can you use thick twine for the bands to give a more raised look?

[@DASBookbinding]

Hi John, If you mean the springback, then no. All the sewing is covered by the spring. Any springback with raised bands on the spine are false raised bands made by glueing a strip of leather or board on the spring to simulate a band before covering. If you mean the leather binding with laced on boards which I just finished, then it's also no. Because of the hollow tube on the spine the sewing supports need to be flush with the spine and bands are added as false bands as mentioned. A binding with genuine raised bands must have a tight spine, the leather is glued directly onto the spine and over the raised cords. All the best, DAS

[@ragbearebikegoodlife6693]

Thank you for another great video. I'm looking forward to the next ones. Btw, you have mentioned sometimes using diluted PVA adhesive. I assume you use water for this. Can you tell me of the ratio used to thin PVA and yet still get good adhesion please.

[@DASBookbinding]

Maybe I said mix, in which case it is mixing PVA with methyl cellulose as per the video I did on MC. If it sounded like mixing with water, then I wasn't very clear. I'm more likely to let water evaporate off PVA to make it a bit thicker. But I vaguely recall someone telling me I shouldn't do this - but I do:) Ciao, DAS

[@soliverostavares]

5:38 - 6:05 In regards to the sections that you pulled out. You pulled out 4 pages out of the 8 pages that are in section, 2 for each end paper. What did you do with remaining four pages? Do you have a total of 7 sections including the 2 end paper sections without the 4 pages? Or did you distrubte the 4 pages amongst the other 7 sections like so: Endpaper Section 1, Section 1 (+1 page), Section 2, Section 3 (+1 page), Section 4, Section 5 (+1 page), Section 6, Section 7 (+1 page), Endpaper Section 2

[@DASBookbinding]

The left over folios from the sections I cut up for the endpapers I put aside for the next time I make this book. In total there was 10 sections plus the 2 endpapers. Sorry this wasn't clearer. Good luck! DAS

[@meghananoonavath8699]

Hi! This was so beautiful and informative, thank you very much for posting! I have a question: how do you get the speckled edges on the two larger books? I would love to see video demonstration of that!!

[@DASBookbinding]

I show it in the leather library binding and the visitors book. But am making a video just on edge sprinkling. It's fairly straight froward. Tooth brush:) Maybe next week? All the best, DAS

[@maryrayner6029]

What can you use instead of ramiband as we are in middle of lock down...

[@DASBookbinding]

Hi. You'd need to order ramieband anyway. But 10mm cotton tape will work fine too. Take care. DAS

[@tonyennis1787]

Are the paste-papers you make smooth to the touch?

[@DASBookbinding]

Well, they are not rough. But where the paste/paint is thickest after putting patterns in it you can feel a slight thickness when you run your hand over it. It's not much and just looking at it it's not obvious. DAS

[@edwardgurney1694]

I'm curious, Darryn, did you make any books while stationed in Antarctica?

[@DASBookbinding]

You'd think so. But it was an incredibly busy period in my life, and working on the ice. I wish I had. I did some basic repairs to library books. I don't think they even have a library any more. DAS

[@johnbirkel7626]

oh ok, you don't cut all the way through the paper. these are beautiful btw