Unfortunately, my very cheap glue made the collages too fragile, so I ended up scanning them into a computer and printing them off. While this stopped them from falling apart it did mean that I lost the varied textures of the original pages. I printed relevant sections of a London street map on to the backs of the pages.
I bound the pages using an excellent bookbinding tutorial from Toby Craig as a rough guide. I started off trying to bind them with cotton thread, but this proved too prone to getting tangled and I ended up using dental floss, giving the book's spine a lovely, minty-fresh smell. The cover was made with some heavy card I had lying around. While I left the front blank except for the title, I drew an abstract design based on a London street map page on the back.
So, am I happy with it? No. I'm pleased that I finished it in time and that I put lots of thought into it, but if I could start it again I'd do it all differently. It was fun though, and it was definitely a useful experience. If nothing else I'll definitely have another go at hand-binding a book in the not-too-distant future.
