Creative Bookbinding Class

Week 2 and we made lots of little books created from a complete piece of paper upon which a grid has been formed along which you cut a path.

When you fold up the pages it then makes a type of concertina book.  Accurate folding (which is not my forte) is essential if you want a neat outcome when you have completed the folding.

I made two end covers out of some grey board and painted them.  A piece of machine made cord left over from something else was inserted into the front cover so that it can be tied around twice to create a nice effect.

The book on the left below was a more complicated folded book which we added some pages too in between some of the folds.

This is just a little concertina book I made at home from some scraps of cartridge paper and wrapping paper. Wax crayons were used to create a resist pattern on the inside which was then given a wash of Koh-i-noor dyes. Also a bit of sponged colour was added to one side.  A few words taken from something I had seen in a newspaper article about the life of Lucienne Freud were added to the centre.  Discovered that another name for concertina books is 'Leporellos'.