Saturday, December 4, 2010

Japanese Bookbinding as a Christmas Gift Idea

Scratch Booklet

With a little innovation and some persistence, I put together a scratch booklet using cardboard from a box, a couple of paper bags with Christmas print on them, and some computer paper that was printed on one side but not the other. It is my of eliminating used paper without being wasteful. This idea came from making an old fashioned photo album that uses sticky triangle corners to hold photos, for a needy family after I did a photo shoot for them. The above is a prototype and I didn't take the time to measure the holes in the spine so the string is a bit crooked. This is a fun project and great conversation piece to pass out for Christmas or for no reason at all.

The spine of the booklet

 Inside

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