INSTRUCTIONS BOOKLET
STRUCTURED BOOKS
Guide : Nina Sabnani IDC, IIT POWAI
STANDARD PAPER SIZES A-1 594 mm x 841 mm
A-3 297 mm x 420 mm
A-5 148 mm x 210 mm A-6 105 mm x 148 mm 2 structured books
A-4 210 mm x 297 mm
A-2 420 mm x 594 mm
B4 353 mm x 250 mm
DLX 120 mm x 235 mm
B5 250 mm x 176 mm B6 176 mm x 125 mm
DL 110 mm x 220 mm
COMMONLY USED POSTCARD SIZES
DL postcard 99 mm x 210 mm
C6
114 mm x 162 mm
C5 229 mm x 162 mm
A6 postcard 105 mm x 148 mm 100 mm x 150 mm COMMONLY USED BROCHURE SIZES
6pp DL brochure 297 mm x 210 mm
C4 324 mm x 229 mm
4pp DL Brochure 210 mm x 198 mm 2pp DL Brochure 99 mm x 210 mm (3 cut our of an A4 sheet)
C3 458 mm x 324 mm 3 structured books
TOOLS AND SUPPLIES PENCIL
PAPER
Bond/ cartridge/ coloured/ printed/ handmade/ mount board/ a-4 sized/ chart paper size
SCISSORS 4 structured books
ERASER
RULER
SHARPNER
BONEFOLDER
CUTTERS
NEEDLES
THREAD
CUTTING MAT 5 structured books
BASIC FOLDS MOUNTAIN FOLD
VALLEY FOLD
HALF FOLD
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TRI FOLD
2- FOLD
4 PANEL ACCORDION
ROLL FOLD
MAP FOLD
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3 PANEL GATE
DOUBLE GATE
DOUBLE PANEL
VERTICAL FOLD
QUARTER FOLD
FAN BOOK 1.
Cut the sheets into a desired shape, for example geometrical, abstract, organic etc.
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Fan book is a book that is held together from one pivot point so that all the pages fan out.
3.
Punch through the stack at the pivot point.
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Bind them together with a material of your choice, for example, a rivet, ribbon, string etc.
Align the sheets and identify a pivot point.
Fan out for display. 8 structured books
OX-PLOW BOOK 1.
Fold an A-4 sheet into half on the vertical axis.
2.
Open the page and turn it over. Now fold it into half on the horizontal axis.
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Keeping the page vertically in front of you, make a horizontal slit till the center of the page. (Do not cut the whole page). 9 structured books
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Made from a single- sheet of paper but cut and folded in a manner that it can be read or displayed in 2 wys (fully open or page by
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Fold from left to right, vertically.
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Fold from top to bottom, horizontally.
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Your ox-plow book is ready!
ACCORDION 1.
Place an A-4 sheet horizontally in front of you. Mark the points as shown in the figure.
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Allign the four corners using a bone folder and fold the paper into half on the horizontal axis.
3.
Open the page and mark the centre as ‘E as shown in the first step. Fold the edges A, towards the center, creating the B line crease. 10 structured books
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An accordion book is made from a single sheet of paper that is folded back and fourth on itself, without sewing or glueing.
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Now fold the edges outwards, alligning with the previous crease. Mark the new folds as D.
5.
Turn it over.
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Bring the edges towards the centre, creating new creases on both sides.
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And your accordion book is complete.
One can make many types of accordion books with endless folds and pages.
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An example of an accordion book. Made my a student of IDC Mumbai. Shot on Canon EOS 6D for Desource, IDC, IIT Powai. 11 structured books
STAR- TUNNEL 1.
Take 4 different a-2 coloured sheets. Cut each coloured sheet at 5 inches height, retaining the length.
2.
Mark and cut the width of the 4 sheets. Sheet one at 19 inches. Sheet two at 20 inches. Sheet three at 22 inches. Sheet four at 24 inches.
3.
Accordion fold all four of them, so that you have three peaks and four valleys.
4.
Stack them in such a way that the longest strip is at the back and the smallest strip is at the front. Ensure the first fold is the valley fold. 12 structured books
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Star tunnel book is a layered book that allows for visual story-telling in time and space.
Now we are ready to make patterns/shapes in each sheet. To make a tunnel book effective, the shortest trip will have the largest pattern cut.
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Cut any desired pattern shape along each of the valley folds on the shortest sheet (which is in front of you), you may chose to use the same shape/ different shapes on each fold.
6. In the next sheet, cut a pattern or a shape which is smaller than the first sheet.
7. Take the third sheet and cut a pattern
smaller than the previous one. The last sheet is the backdrop so it is left as it is.
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Now place the sheets back in the same order, with the shortest in the front and the longest at the back., as shown in the next figure. 10. Now turn the stack over so that the longest sheet is facing you.
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On all the peak folds, locate the center and then mark half a centimeter on each side of the center. Make holes at the marked points with an awl..
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Holding all the sheets together at the peak folds, stitch the sheets, bringing the needle from the back o the front, and then finish it by knotting it.
14. 15. Insert a ribbon or a thick thread between the first and the second sheets on the center of both the edges, as shown. 16. Once dry, bring the two edges together from the outside so that you can tie the book, and your star tunnel book is ready!
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Now stick all the sheets together at the edges, as show, and allow the glue to dry.
PAMPHLET BINDING 1.
Start with two or more folios gathered as a signature. Punch 3 holes along the spine of your book.
2.
Cut a piece of the string, three times the legth of your book.
3.
Open the book and take the needle with a thread through the centre hole of the book.
4.
Now take the needle to the first hole of the book.
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An accordion book is made from a single sheet of paper that is folded back and fourth on itself, without sewing or glueing.
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Now lead the thread through the bottom hole, skipping the center hole of the book.
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Pull the thread back through the center hole and tighten up the stitch.
7.
Tie the string around the part of the thread which is running along the spine. Cut off the excess thread once tied.
STAB BINDING 1.
Make points on the line about an inch from the spine. Punch to make holes.
2.
Sew the rest of the book as shown. Pull teh thread tight each time you go through a hole.
3.
Pull the thread from the back and then through the starting hole, and down the middle hole.
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Go around twice in the corner hole, first from top and then from side. 15 structured books
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An accordion book is made from a single sheet of paper that is folded back and fourth on itself, without sewing or glueing.
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Retrace downward and complete your path such that there is a even complete line on both sides of the book.
6. Go around twice in the bottom hole, first from the bottom and then from the side.
7. Go to your start point completing another line.
8.
To finish, slip the needle under two of the top threads coming out of starting hole and back through the loop to form a tight knot.
9.
Run the needle back down through the starting hole and cut the leftover thread flush with the back of the book. And this is how japanese binding is done.
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For further references One can always search the net or their local state or town library or social media websites for inspiration, ideas and learning methodologies. For a few book pdfs online, one can go to google books, or bookzz.org which enables users to browse and download book pdfs. Some are listed below. -Lucien Febvre -Henri Jean Martin The Coming of the book -Ray Hemachandra Lark Studio Series Handmade Book -Medieval Manuscripts -Eric Kenneway Complete Origami -Nick Robinson - The Encyclopedia of Origami -Paul Jackson-The Complete Origami Course -Rick Beech The Practical Illustrated Encyclopedia -Robert J.Lang,Origami] Origami Insects -Toshie Takahama The Complete Origami Collection