Faej Sewn Bound Book

I wanted to continue working on my novel despite spending a semester mostly off the grid at a monastery in India. So I decided to create a small book of all of my worldbuilding to date which I could consult with for seamless ideation. 

First I formatted my master document into 8 pages on every 8.5 by 11 page of paper; this way I could cut them into two sided folds. 

With some help from my family I got all of the cutting done and lined up the little pages. 

Together the book was too thick for sewing machine so I sewed sections together, then made a few stitches through the whole book by hand.

The sections were lined up and glued at the spine with bandage tape. I had seen a similar method with my favorite sketchbooks (Midori Paper) and wanted to emulate this process. 

For the cover I used cardstock and a jacket of handmade Nepali Lokta paper I had been saving for 10? years. This was fitting as, little did I know, my journey would take me and my book to the Himalayan foothills where I met a man harvesting Lokta bushes for paper.

All said and glued, my book was complete, with a little bonus pocket behind the back cover. I could now continue writing my lore without Google docs until my return to the states. 

I enjoyed the doubled pages as they remained more durable through my trek. If I were to make another lore book for a friend I would add a directory and number the pages.