First try at Japanese bookbinding

For one of my current projects I am creating a photo book for a documentary Photography student(s) and one of the books I will be binding using the japanese style of 'stab' binding.

so today I thought I would have a go at trying out the technique :)

First I cut my paper down to size and marked out where the holes will be

Then using an awl I pierced all the holes

I started to stitch all the pages together

The finished book :)