If you ever wondered what goes into making Dapper Notes, I filmed and edited a look into the full step-by-step process, from fabric roll to packaged notebook.
Every edition is made a little differently, and I normally do some parts in bulk (like gluing the covers), but this behind-the-scenes should give you a good idea of the details that are considered for each and every Dapper Notes I make.
Edition shown: Summer of Sketching 2018, a collaboration with Eric Friedensohn (@efdot)
Materials used:
- Cork cloth
- Black book cloth
- Archival glue
- Yellow chiffon (handmade) paper
- 70lb smooth white paper with 8%K graph
- Black waxed thread
- White pigment ink
- Embossing Powder
Tools used:
- Homemade cutting table
- Fiskars rotary cutter
- Sable brush
- Bone folder
- Curved needle
- Awl
- Custom sewing station template
- Mini spring clamps
- Homemade sewing cradle
- Excel knife
- Homemade book press
- 17" paper shear
- Akiles corner rounder
- Rubber stamp
- Heat gun
- Canon inkjet printer
- Carl rotary trimmer
- Hand embosser
- Double-sided scotch tape
