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Bookbinding

Bookbinding

Flax has all the supplies you’ll need to create your own custom books. Beyond tools for binding and hinging, our stores carry a wide selection of handmade, decorative papers to make your book one of a kind!

 

  • All-Purpose Chipboard, Cut Sizes

    All-Purpose Chipboard, Cut Sizes

    $0.99
    Chipboard is a non-archival, affordable board with many uses. Made from 100 percent recycled fibers that are bonded together, chipboard is very durable. Sturdy and rigid with an uncoated smooth finish on both sides, it is popular for many creative...
    $0.99
  • Bamboo Paper Folders Bamboo Paper Folders

    Bamboo Paper Folders

    $5.00
    Bamboo Paper Folders are the perfect tool for folding and scoring paper. Ideal for origami, book binding, card making and paper crafts, the bamboo folder helps achieve a precise line and a knife-sharp crease without leaving any scuffs on the paper...
    $5.00
  • Lineco Neutral pH PVA Adhesive

    Lineco Neutral pH PVA Adhesive

    $6.72
    Lineco Neutral pH PVA Adhesive is an acid-free adhesive used for creating collages, bookbinding and paper crafts. The white adhesive is made of polyvinyl acetate (PVA), dries clear and fast, and can be remoistened with water. Adheres to most porous...
    $6.72
  • Lineco Bookcloth, 17 x 19

    Lineco Bookcloth, 17 x 19

    $10.90
    Lineco's Bookcloth is made from fine quality rayon fabric and are backed with a pH neutral (acid-free) paper for easy application. The classic colors will give your book an archival, professional look. Bookcloth roll measures 17" x 19".
    $10.90
  • Silk Tissue Paper, 18" x 24"

    Silk Tissue Paper, 18" x 24"

    $7.50
    Although this paper is not made of silk it does have somewhat of "silky" feeling. This off white, neutral pH tissue is machine made from 100% gampi (one of the strongest plant fibers). Because of its strength and translucency it is an excellent overlay...
    $7.50
  • Book Binding Kit Book Binding Kit

    Book Binding Kit

    $15.99
    This Book Binding Kit allows you to learn the traditional style of Japanese bookbinding and make your own handmade journal. Actually, the kit provides enough materials to make three books! Includes: bone folder, awl, binder needle, two binders...
    $15.99
  • Transparent Mending Tissue Roll Transparent Mending Tissue Roll

    Transparent Mending Tissue Roll

    MSRP: $9.40
    $6.97
    Lineco's Transparent Mending Tissue is very thin, acid-free, and features a non-yellowing adhesive. With it's neutral pH, this Mending Tissue is wonderful for mending documents and torn pages in books. To use, dispense a length of tissue, place it over...
    MSRP: $9.40
    $6.97
  • Lineco Spine Repair Tapes Lineco Spine Repair Tapes

    Lineco Spine Repair Tapes

    $28.56
    Lineco Spine Repair Tape is a vinyl coated cloth tape that is water and abrasion resistant. It has a matte finish, which makes it esthetically preferable and easily conforms to the contour of book spines. The self-adhesive roll can be used to attach...
    $28.56
  • Lineco Linen Hinging Tape, Gummed Lineco Linen Hinging Tape, Gummed

    Lineco Linen Hinging Tapes

    $18.11
    Lineco’s Linen Hinging Tape is an acid-free, 65/55 thread count adhesive fabric that has been coated with a neutral pH acrylic adhesive of archival quality. This tape is compatible with paper, board and most porous surfaces. Its high thread count...
    $18.11
  • Books by Hand Ph Neutral PVA Adhesive Books by Hand Ph Neutral PVA Adhesive

    Books by Hand Ph Neutral PVA Adhesive

    $6.30
    Books by Hand Ph Neutral PVA Adhesive has excellent lay-flat properties and dries clear. It's an easy to use professional quality adhesive that spreads well, has good open time and can be thinned with water to further extend drying time if desired...
    $6.30
  • Lineco Binder's Needle Pack Lineco Binder's Needle Pack

    Lineco Binder's Needle Pack

    $7.90
    Lineco Binder's Needles are sized to accommodate sturdy bookbinding threads. They have a length that is easy to handle and a slightly blunted point to reduce paper snags. Manufactured from the finest grade steel. 5 needles per pack, each, 2.25" in...
    $7.90
  • Lineco Light Duty Awl

    Lineco Light Duty Awl

    $6.97
    Lineco's Light Duty Awl is adequate for many bookbinding projects. The long fine point makes precision holes properly sized for thread.
    $6.97
  • Lineco Document Repair Tape Lineco Document Repair Tape

    Lineco Document Repair Tape

    $13.94
    Lineco Document Repair Tape is every conservator and collector's archival repair tissue. Thin, strong, and acid-free, this tape is easy to use and is non-yellowing. Simply dispense a length of tape, place over tear, and burnish with a bone folder...
    $13.94
  • Nori Paste, 10 oz Nori Paste, 10 oz

    Nori Paste

    $3.95
    Nori Paste is a starch-based adhesive great for many art and craft projects. Ideal for paper, it also adheres to glass, metal, plastic, wood and fabric, and dries slowly for intricate readjustments. It dries clear and incredibly strong, yet it is...
    $3.95
  • Lineco Beeswax Lineco Beeswax

    Lineco Beeswax

    $8.76
    Lineco Beeswax is an un-dyed, all natural beeswax cake designed to lubricate thread and prevent tangles before sewing a book's binding. An alternative to buying pre-waxed thread, Lineco's Beeswax allows the binder more control and the option of using the...
    $8.76
  • Lineco Pure Rice Starch

    Lineco Pure Rice Starch

    $13.86
    Lineco Pure Rice Starch is a highly purified grade of starch adhesive used for traditional museum mounting or artistic creations. It's similar to wheat starch, but yields a lighter, thinner starch adhesive paste. It is a strong, versatile adhesive paste...
    $13.86
  • Lineco Gummed Paper Hinging Tape Lineco Gummed Paper Hinging Tape

    Lineco Gummed Paper Hinging Tape

    $12.50
    Lineco Gummed Paper Hinging Tape is excellent for general hinging or frame and mat sealing. This archival tape is acid-free with a calcium carbonate buffer and a pH of 8.5 for a fast setting neutral adhesive. It can hold firmly onto paper,...
    $12.50
  • Bookbinding Kit 1, Pamphlet-Switch Bookbinding Kit 1, Pamphlet-Switch

    Bookbinding Kit 1, Pamphlet-Switch

    $12.60
    Bookbinding Kit 1, shows you how to make a simple pamphlet-stitch booklet. It comes with enough paper to make two books. Materials include: chiyogami for covers, complementary paper to line covers, 16 sheets of Tomoe River writing paper for the text...
    $12.60
  • Lineco Linen Thread

    Lineco Linen Thread

    $10.20
    Unwaxed and unbleached, this 35/3 gauge Linen Thread is perfect for bookbinding professionals as well as book artists. Thread comes in a 50 yard spool.
    $10.20
  • Ribbon Threading Needles

    Ribbon Threading Needles

    $5.95
    Ribbon Threading Needles have a blunt point and large eyelet for threading ribbon through holes in ribbon bound books. These needles are also perfect for stitching books with heavy thread. By Books by Hand. 3 needle pack, each 2" long.
    $5.95