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In bookbinding, you find yourself cutting lots of things – paper, board, cloth, leather – and it helps to be able to cut straight and square. If you ask a dozen bookbinders how they do it, you will probably get a dozen different answers. DAS Bookbinding has a method I like, using a bench hook that has a straightedge against which perpendicular cuts can be made.

I want to use this method for my planned bookbinding classes, so I made some. They’re easy to make!

The parts needed:
1/4″…

In July, I attended a bookbinding workshop at Nova Community Arts. It was a two-part class, during which each student created their own hardcover book.

Nova Community Arts is a community studio in Atwater Village. They have classes and workshops on the Risograph, screen printing, an bookbinding. Once you have taken a class (like on the Riso or screen printing), you can rent studio time to use the tools you’ve learned to use.

When I saw the bookbinding workshop on their calendar, I had the…