The front cover, printed and bound
Last weekend I did a short course in making a screenprinted book and part of the process was the covers. I did the designs with black acrylic paint brushed onto acetate and then scratched into the surface with a nail when it was dry. The hand lettering was done with a Faber Castell Pitt drawing pen.
The book front cover design in negative
The design on the acetate was transferred to a photo-sensitive silkscreen and printed in white onto a dark cloth. Then the cloth was cut to size and glued to pre-cut boards before being glued onto the concertina screenprint to form the book.
Gluing the covers
The back cover
The gluing process on the left and the finished back cover on the right.
It looks wonderful Rosie.
Thank you Anna 😊
Great result – I love the cover design!
Thank you 😀
Really interesting to see what goes into something which is so important. It sounds as if you really enjoyed doing it! Brilliant cover – I would be drawn to a book looking like that!
Thanks Lois. We might be getting one or two books from this work …..
Looks great Rosie. All that effort wad worth it!
In the end, yes, Leonie