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Saturday, August 7, 2010
SHOW & TELL : PSEUDO-ADVENTURES IN BOOKBINDING!
hello, kids! wanna see some stuff i made one time??
YES, GOOD!! LET'S SNEAKY-PEEK!
For some reason I have a much much much easier time working hard on a project as long as the end result is intended as a gift for a person I like lots. It sort of gives me an excuse to make.
Soooo, with this in mind, I recently decided to make a gifty little set of blank book-babies for my singularly all-star champ of an older sister..
I printed all the patterened papers myself, using kits from A Print A Day's digital shop Parasol Co. as well as designs from Reprodepot Pattern Book : Folk (which, btdubs, is a *sick* resource.. it's endlessly useful and inspirational)
YES, GOOD!! LET'S SNEAKY-PEEK!
LITTLE-KNOWN BUT COMPLETE &TOTAL FACT :
- BOOKBINDING is officially my newest &totes most favorite pastime in all of the land!!
#1 hobby-style supreme!!
..I haven't even been doing it a year, so obviously I still have a ton more to learn before I can be crowned King of all the Books and open my own technicolored bookbinding dojo.. or whatever..
..but even as a beginner I'm completely infatuated with the whole process.. it can take a long time but it is just so satisfying when it's finished.
..but even as a beginner I'm completely infatuated with the whole process.. it can take a long time but it is just so satisfying when it's finished.
check it :
Soooo, with this in mind, I recently decided to make a gifty little set of blank book-babies for my singularly all-star champ of an older sister..
The books are small, a little less than 4 inches square, so I made a slipcase-style home for the little guys (now they'll never get lost!). The slipcase was also a chance (read : excuse) for me to flex my box-making skills(nerd nerd nerd)
The inside pages of each book were made with a lightweight paper that coordinated with the cover pattern. The paper was cut into strips and accordion folded before being glued into the covers, which were made beforehand. Making the covers first gives the glue time to dry while you bind the bookblock. yay!
(sidenote : making accordion fold books is so so fast and so so easy, which leaves you more time to do things like.. say, build a slipcase. I always feel like I'm cheating a bit when I make this type of book because of how quick it is, but that's insane.)
I'm pretty pleased with how they turned out. They're pretty adorable and the size is just right : Small enough to bring along in your bag, big enough to actually be able to write/draw/glue things into.
I can't wait to see what my sister fills them with! I have a plan to make a whole bunch of these and document a month in each one.
best sib-sis I ever had!
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4 comments:
oh that looks so fun =]
those are awesome! & amazing you printed out the paper, it looks really nice :)
yeah, i've gotten really into printing patterns out myself..
(a.k.a. i've gotten really into hording printable patterns)
p.s. thanks! i've been shy to show my books but i'm going to start doing it more<3
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