Paper for Bookbinding
Marbled papers have been used in bookbinding for hundreds of years. They are used both as endpapers and as covers.
I have found that A2 is the most convenient paper size; it provides enough material to cover an A4-sized book and is easy to store.
My local printer offers both matte and semi-glossy finishes; I find that traditional patterns usually look better with matte, while modern designs work better with semi-glossy.
This design is composed of vortices over a chevron overlaid with a fine comb. I used it to cover an A5 notebook inspired by a stab bound notebook by Caroline Aldersey of stabboundbooks.co.uk. (A friend had purchased one for me as a gift.) The paper is by Cockerell Marbled Papers.
The Cockerell paper on Caroline Aldersey’s stab bound notebook.
The digitally marbled paper on a notebook of my own
This is an A5 notebook I bound in black imitation leather. The end paper is my first ever attempt (if you look closely, you can see that the gluing is a little uneven). The marbling pattern is a design of my own that I call Fleur de Lis.
