Lots of boards, heavy (awesome) books, and extremely heavy steel weights do the job of a book press.

C-clamps and plywood become magical book presses.

The sewing of text blocks begins.

Overthink, underthink...

Typefaces: Musette Script, Champion

Merchandise available: www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/138765973

Detail of spine showing the look of sewing onto tapes.

Thread stitching detail

Getting everything lined up to be pressed.

Boards cut and ready to be wrapped with the printed covers.

Overthink, underthink...

Typefaces: Musette Script, Champion

Merchandise available: www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/138767226

C-clamps and plywood become magical book presses.

Overthink, underthink...

Typefaces: Musette Script, Champion

Merchandise available: www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/138767423

Boards cut and ready to be wrapped with the printed covers.

Five straight days of casing in 10 books a day to press overnight, and the books are complete!

Satisfyingly clean edges.

My largest edition of books so far (12 was my largest before), so I decided to sign and number them for fun.

Lots of wax paper to keep everything clean.