Bookmaking Workshop

[Paula Byrne]

I attended an excellent bookmaking workshop at North Andover High School, MA recently. I got so much out of it that I am sharing it with others.

Bookmaking Workshop

A hands-on bookmaking session with ideas and using bookmaking with classroom activities.Very fun and very useful. Everyone went home with their bookmaking examples.

Presenter: Carole Kelly, Salem State University, MA

These are the books that we made and discussed:

HIDDEN MESSAGES: From Cherryl Moote's Sleight of Binding. Her books contain many clever paper manipulations as well as really excellent instructions on various book forms. In her books, the math connections are clearer than in some other works.

Hidden Messages.pdf

ENVELOPE BOOK: Here is this simple form and a small reminder that what kind of message or pages can be added is almost unlimited. A packet of papers with the back page glued on, an accordion book with the last segment glued in or simply an inserted paper -- like a letter -- are all easy additions.

Bookmaking Cheat SheetsEnvelope book.doc

POP-UP ROOMS: From Susan Gaylord's Super Pop-Ups for American History, this simple room can be made in many sizes and used in many different ways. Susan's book contains an astounding bunch of ideas and excellent instructions for how to make them.

Pop-Up Rooms.pdf

HANGING ACCORDION BOOK: This one's so easy, I haven't even bothered to draw out the instructions. Make an accordion and glue the head to the tail. Double enough strands of yarn so you can feed one piece through each valley fold. Tie a knot in the middle of the yarn, thread the strands and tie beneath the accordion! See http://www.booklyn.org/education/isaccordion.pdf for basic accordion instructions.

TURKISH MAP FOLD or EXPLODING FOLD: This one is tricky when you try to fold it the first time. So I'm including a video as well as a set of drawings. http://www.greenchairpress.com/blog/?page_id=1944 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoR5Xa5zPp4