Thursday, 17 October 2013

Zigzag book - book binding workshop

Another book we created was a zig zag book. 

Folded out

Unfolded

Front stuck to the bound cover

Front once closed

1. Get two rectangle bits of card
2. Fold in half
3. Then half again each side (folding in toward middle)
4. Stick the ends together to make a square ish shape in middle
5. Stick to cover 

How to cover the book;
1. Get greyboard, pva, book cloth, stanley knife and a cutting mat
2. Cur the greyboard to a size with 1mm around the edge of the paper book
3. Cut the cloth the same but with the grey board as a template.
4. Glue the greyboard
5. Stick it in the centre of the cloth
6. Fold the cloth over the edges gluing it down
7. Glue the paper
8. Stick it onto the greyboard covering he edges of the cloth

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