Two Black Albums - Part 1

[@Ceropegia]

Thank you all for your warm greetings from all over the world. You have made a real difference in how I have been feeling in these days of social isolation. Please stay safe, wear your masks in public and we'll all get through this together. Thank you again, you have warmed my heart.

[@lisasartstuff9607]

I’m so grateful to you for taking the time and sharing your skills in traditional techniques in bookbinding. I have learnt so much from watching you virtually in ‘real time’. Thank you so much ❤ Sage is a good name, Guru is another

[@ordinaryimages]

We’ve all missed you! Inspired by the clarity of your tutorials, I’ve gone on to make 87 projects: books, boxes, folios etc. for my personal photography and have learned over twenty bindings…your little triangle used on them all ; ]

[@shadwellsong]

SO nice to see you back

[@MoniqueAO888]

Thank you so much for a great new video...I'm happy to see you again !!! Hello from Germany :-)

[@scottstallings5029]

WE LOVE ❤️ 😍 YOUR WORK!! THANK YOU SO MUCH 💓 💗 💛 ☺️

[@PhLo-Mix]

Wow, you're back! Haven't seen you do this stuff in a LONG time! Good to see you again. I always enjoyed your detailed bookbinding videos.

[@MyDearCharlie]

Thank you for another fabulous video. I have learnt so much of what I know through you. Much appreciation from a gal way down south in Australia ;)

[@skeletonkeybindery3936]

Good to see a new video from you! And how fortuitous, I was looking at the different ways of making albums.

[@roguecthulhu6002]

I started watching your bookbinding videos many years ago (under the old channel name), then fell out of touch when you started focusing on metal chasing. Very happy to see new bookbinding videos from you. Yours have always been my favorite. So many other channels use so much bad technique, they make me cringe.

[@meebathederpmeister6357]

I missed you! I really like your instructions and KZbin tutorials, thank you, it is good to see you again.

[@jeandaubas3252]

Hi Sage, so happy for your come-back! During your long absence, l often wondered what has happened to you. I had learnt so much from you, long ago. Now, you are there again, and seeing you again quietly crafting your albums and sharing your excellence and your tips is like a ray of sunlight in our rather sad world. All my best from locked-down France, Jean

[@Ceropegia]

Thank you Jean, All the warm regard in which I am held has brightened my day too. (and surprised me) Stay safe.

[@sharon94503]

I thoroughly enjoy watching & rewatching many of your videos. Your techniques and results are wonderful. But I am only a crafter, whereas you are a true craftsman.

[@luzpish]

Estava com saudades dos seus vídeos. Abraços desde Brasil.

[@K7ZUZ]

So happy to see a new vid! One of the most inspiring bookbinding channels here. Looking forward to more...

[@xunilpenguin]

Hey Sage! I am so glad to see you posting again. I look forward to more .. your videos are an excellent guide to a neophyte binder such as myself. It's always the little tips and tricks that really make your videos shine.

[@michaellyne8773]

Thank you so much for sharing your tutorial, a long tedious process I can imagine. Thank you again for your knowledge and expertise I enjoyed watching very much.

[@barrynovak9458]

Very happy to see you back and doing great work. Thanks for showing us your talent.

[@raisavaz]

Yessssss! Thanks for being back! Your bookbinding videos are the best!

[@puppyhead2666]

SO GOOD TO SEE YOU! I love your videos. Thank you for sharing.

[@lisam9233]

So great to see you and your work again. You have been missed 😊

[@caroleunderwood953]

Good to see you again. I didn’t give up on you! I refur back to this sight from time to time.

[@AlessandroPierfederici]

Thank you for this great tutorial. It's wonderful to see you back.

[@jenniferwatson7118]

Hello again - I like your videos!

[@georgiewalker1069]

Oh boy, the master at work. Such a joy to watch you create. Amazing studio. Perfect album. Thank you so much ⭐️ best regards from South Africa 🇿🇦

[@daveturnbull7221]

You were my initial source of high quality bookbinding info Sage - so very nice to see another series from you.

[@alejandrasalastumiarte5323]

It's great to see you again. Thank you for sharing. A huge hello from Arequipa-Perú.

[@MultiCrackerjacker]

Oh, you have made my day! Thank you for another great tutorial ❤️🇨🇦

[@Fragkogiannakis_Vasilis]

Καλημέρα από Ελλάδα. Σας ευχαριστούμε.

[@AM-ow3gn]

1:49 made me SO anxious. Thanks for your uploads!

[@steveireland1860]

Well, Hi Sage, so great to see you back, hopefully 1st of many more, keep safe and well in these trying times.

[@ScrapbookingCecilia]

So happy you posted a new video Sage!!! TFS!

[@drabtofab3340]

Welcome back. Missed you videos. Please make more of them especially boxes 😁

[@0Scathach0]

It’s wonderful to see you binding again! I hope you’re well

[@Weesperbuurt]

Thank you so much.

[@rubyrojas8794]

Thank you for another great tutorial!

[@CaramelLyth]

It's so nice to see you back! Thank you for the great video~ I wish I could see the knot for the thread and the needle trick more clearly, I'd love to try them on my next project :D

[@Ceropegia]

I think I do that in all of my videos that have sewing in them. Take a look at those videos and you should find what you are looking for, I will add those to the next video in this series, in about ten days or so. Thanks for watching.

[@DSKSUPINFOCOM]

Great video, thank you! looking forward to watching the second part! :)

[@lizzywurmann]

I agree, glad you made a video!!

[@ghadeermohamed2258]

Wonderful ☺️

[@fatis8893]

Wooow. Your back i m so happy

[@lorraineday8255]

Hello, Sage - how great to see you again! Glad you are doing well. Have you worked much with multiple-page (6, 8, or more folds) accordion books? I have a terrible time folding the pages accurately. Any chance you've come up with some kind of jig to help? Cheers from Washington State at the furthest NW corner possible --

[@folpetto86]

welcome back!

[@shponglechunch]

yes!!!

[@saraho6824]

It's so wonderful to see a new video! I've learned so much from your earlier videos. Why did you punch the signatures during the stitching process and not punch them all first? Thank you so much for sharing your work with us. It's inspiring and relaxing to watch.

[@Ceropegia]

Because I would have to open the signatures twice during the sewing process, once to punch and then again to sew. It would add a lot of time, stacking punched signatures and then I would have to open them again and finish sewing. Punching while sewing finishes the operation as you do it saving both time and space.

[@saraho6824]

@@Ceropegia That makes sense. Thank you for taking the time to reply.

[@kateh4030]

I have only just discovered your channel, and have learned a lot from your older videos. I am in South Africa, and can’t economically buy from American online stores. What sort of tape are you using? It seems stiffer and sort of papery? Perhaps I can find a similar sort of tape here.

[@Ceropegia]

It is a starched, woven tape, you should be able to find something in a fabric store that will work. I have used strips of leather and cut strips of denim. The tapes are there to help keep sewing straight and regular. You also, sometimes, use them to pull the signatures together. Thanks for watching.

[@kateh4030]

@@Ceropegia thank you for your reply, I will easily find woven cotton tape, and I can starch it myself. The starch I’m sure makes it easier to work with.

[@stjameso15]

Sage, I love your vediosand have watch then all! Make More! What weight is the Black Stone? Thx!

[@Ceropegia]

The paper is Black Stonehenge which is 250 GSM. I think that is the standard weight of Stonehenge paper. It also comes in Cream, white and some other colors. Check out Dick Blick on line. I would like to make more videos but I am immersed in Metal work now and the studio,is totally devoted to that work, although I can still do some normal binding. I might make a video or two on binding computer print outs and a colonial diary maybe later this summer. Let me know if you are interested in that. Thanks for watching! and happy binding.

[@gaziakkus]

how many pages are in a signature 2? 4?

[@Ceropegia]

Usually the standard is for a signature to have 4 folios, A folio is sheet of paper folded in half, that gives you two leaves which is 4 pages. So 4 folios in a signature gives you 8 leaves which is 16 pages. Thanks for watching.

[@gaziakkus]

@@Ceropegia thanks for your answer

[@jdmccorful]

Wow, talk about relaxing. Really enjoyed watching and learning about your Trade. Thanks!