Now that we have finished the production of Microtext 3, we have begun to create Twisted.
We have printed copies of the book that are to be sewn.
In preparation for sewing, each page is folded into a folio using a bone folder.
The folios are then organized into signatures.
The endsheets below have red hinges that will secure the bookblock to its case:
The hinges are glued onto the edge of two pages that are sewn at the beginning and end of the bookblock.
The completed signatures and endsheets are later sewn together with tapes as seen here:
The spine is then glued and secured with muslin. The next step for these pasted books is to be hung.
Once the case is attached, the finished book will look like this: