Production for On Being a California Poet -- Part 4
The next few steps involve gluing off and lining the back or spine of the textblock. First the sewn textblock is knocked up flat to the back and square to the head and clamped securely, spine up, into a finishing press.
Here Craig is gluing off the spine with PVA using a foam roller.
Next a strip of thin kozo fiber paper is positioned onto the glued spine.
The dry kozo paper is stippled onto the spine using a stiff bristle brush.
Here is a detail of the glued and lined spine.
For a detailed description of the type of binding used for On Being a California Poet, go to the BookLab BookNote, Three Bookbindings, Part 4, Sewn Boards Binding and scroll down to the heading Limited Edition Binding.
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