Interactive Pop-up Books: Create a Paper World

Overview

“In this lesson, we are going to bind our herbarium with a hardcover Dutch. I'll also show you how to create a flange to fill the gap between the spine and the front cut of the book.”

In this video lesson Silvia Hijano Coullaut (Libracos) addresses the topic: Binding 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Interactive Pop-up Books: Create a Paper World. Bring to life an editorial project that immerses young readers by learning to create a botanical world that goes beyond paper.

Partial transcription of the video

“Bookbinding We'll do the most important process, the binding. I will do a Dutch binding, with cloth on the spine and covered in paper to add a personal touch, to make it look like a journal or a field notebook. We need laminated binding cardboard, I usually use 2.5 or 2. The specifications of what you need are in the tools section in the materials. You have what each one is called, what to look for, and stores. We also have a binding paper and you can use whichever you want for the cover. Binding paper is better because we’ll add glue, if not it will wrinkle a lot, and binding cloth. Verify...”

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Course summary for: Interactive Pop-up Books: Create a Paper World

• Level: Beginner
• 97% positive reviews (336)
• 17315 students
• 4 units
• 21 lessons (4h 36m)
• 16 downloads

• Category

  Craft

• Areas

  Arts & Crafts, Bookbinding, Creating with Kids, Editorial Design, Paper Craft