Make a storage box from a book!
Channel: Spines And Splines
Date: 2017-10-24

Transform an old hardcover book into a box with a few simple materials and tools. This type of box is known as a clamshell box, an oyster box and a solander box.

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Materials list:
Old hardcover book
Ph neutral PVA glue
Strawboard (a dense cardboard several mm thick)
Tarlatan (also known as scrim — stiff, open-weave muslin)
Decorative paper or book cloth (also known as buckram or chelsea cloth)
Bone folder
Utility knife
Waxed paper
Weights

All the supplies I used were purchased from Neil Wallace Printmaking Supplies in Australia: https://www.e-artstore.net/category/60-bookbinding