Even though I'm still in my early stages of this project, I wanted to figure out how I will bind my book because I have a feeling that assembling the project would take a bit longer than actually designing it. This is because I would have to purchase materials that I don't have, especially if I'm binding it with thread, so I want to make sure I've got everything in time.
I headed to YouTube and Vimeo to have a look at tutorials as I find it much easier to learn through watching people than flicking through photos.
Sea Lemon on YouTube was actually really useful so I had a look at her other tutorials that linked into book binding. These tutorials involved how to actually put together the materials used for it.
Art, Books and Creativity - http://artbookscreativity.org/
Video tutorials aside, I also found a nifty little website that displayed picture tutorials on the different types of assembling the books. They have included books such as an "accordion" book - which is what I've been kind of tempted to do as I will only have around 4 pages - as well as using an elastic band to bind.
Images from: http://artbookscreativity.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Book-Instructions-ALL.pdf
Conclusion:
Watching/reading these was really useful because now I know how to bind books! All I need to do now is try it out for myself. I'm glad that there are substitutes to some of the materials Sea Lemon uses - like the book press - otherwise I would've had to buy lots of materials for something I'll probably only make a few times.
When it does come to experimenting with these different types of bookbinding I think I'll place the tutorial at the top with my experimentation beneath, just to show which ones I've tried out.
When it does come to experimenting with these different types of bookbinding I think I'll place the tutorial at the top with my experimentation beneath, just to show which ones I've tried out.
Learning Outcomes:
[4] Developed research skills in the area of contemporary practice
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