How To Do Book Folding Art

For your book you need to set up a folding starting point on both the top and bottom.

How to do book folding art. Turn your ruler 90 degrees and line it up with the first pencil mark. This will allow you ample folding room. Draw a line across all the pages of your book about 1 inch away from the spine.

Choose what you d like to create with book folding print out the font photo on an 8 x 11 size sheet of paper. Flip over and do the same thing to the bottom of the book as well. Place the template in the book behind the first page that you want to fold.

The majority of cut fold patterns will give the total pages needed so you just require a book that size. Make sure the bottom of the sheet of paper is in line with the bottom of the book the word should be in the centre of the book if it isn t then trim the bottom of the paper until it is and remember to trim the other pieces of paper the same. You are going to measure two fold points from the top corner as per your pattern.

Collecting the materials needed. We need a ruler in centimeters as these patterns are displayed in centimeters. The size of book number of pages needed will be determined from the pattern.

We need a book. Taking hold of the top left corner gently pull down until it lines up with your first mark and crease it to a tight fold with your bone folder. It s best to use a hardcovered book as these books will give the best results when displaying them.

You ll want it to match the size of the book and make sure that you ve got margins of about an inch inch and a half from the bottom and top of your book. Holding the book closed looking down at the top of your book.