I spent some time yesterday in my studio working on a book -- finally!. The result was a small mock-up ( 3 " x 6") of a circle accordion in one of Alisa Golden's books. It's a simple structure : an accordion attached to covers. The covers are attached in such a way that when the book is fully open it forms a modified circle. My variation includes 2 sections with pockets, alternating with two sections without.I used Canson cover-weight for the cover and some left-over decorative papers for the pages. My only revision to Golden's instructions -- besides the size -- was to use paper strips rather than linen tapes to attach the sections to each other and to the cover.
I enjoyed this so much that I may start working my way through the book, making a collection of mock-ups, then choosing the structures I like best for the next step.
7 comments:
Congrats BG! You're livin' the dream! ;-)
Thanks, RL. Don't I know it.
Clara
Thank you for the lovely comments you left on my blog.
I enjoy your blog very much - i will be back to visit.
Love your stuff
Kind regards
Karen
I once planned to do all the models in the book of non-adhesive bindings by Keith Smith, and actually made some progress. But eventually I gave it up as an overly gigantic project. But the Alisa Golden book seems doable. Got a timetable? I may try to match you.
Ooooh, Beth, a challenge! I hadn't thought of attaching a deadline to this; I wonder what would make sense?
I have a friend who tackled one of the Keith Smith books as well and got a goodly number of prototypes done before she, like you, put it aside. Just taking it on is impressive!
And Karen, thanks for visiting.
Clara
Hi BookGirl. Thanks for visiting my blog and leaving a comment. I am so glad to discover your blog.
Thanks for dropping by my blog, Clara
The circle accordion is looking good! I need to branch out a little and try some new stuff...hmmm, just doing everything in the Keith Smith book sounds like fun! let me know when we start :)
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