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Ethiopian bound books are best suited to journals. Although they have a simple look about them,
this style is straightforward and also lends itself to a surprise detail on the inside cover.
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| 4x5" flowered journal |  |
•blue petal semi hardback covers •brown leather spine •140 80-lb. text weight, periwinkle colored pages |
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| 4x6" marbled journal |   |
•blue/green marbled semi hardback covers •navy leather spine •112 text weight, ivory colored pages |
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Like a Belgian bound book, this journal also has a compact binding and is the only book I sew where adhesive is an integral part
of the binding. However, this particular use of glue doesn't degrade the durability of the binding. On the contrary,
Ethiopian bound books are very durable because the pages and covers are first sewn together as one unit before the adhesive is applied
to attach the leather spine. This technique allows a cut-out detail on the inside covers as seen in the 4x6" marbled journal above.
Additional features include pages that lie flat for ease in writing and a binding technique that is efficient making Ethiopian bound books
an excellent choice for edition binding (binding more than one copy of the same book).
I learned this binding technique from Eric Alstrom at Hollander's in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In the 1990s, Cecelia Frost developed this binding
as a deviation of Gary Frost's sewnboards binding. This binding technique is similar to European bindings from the middle ages; however,
the cover attachment more closely resemble the Ethiopian Coptic style. Ethiopian bindings are some of the oldest techniques still in use today and have been found intact 2,000 years later. For more information, visit Future of the Book.
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