making a book

Hand making a Book

Once working out how I was going to present and print my images I had to work out how I would bind my pages and the book together. I chose to print on and fold about 4 pages at a time, as from looking at other books this seemed similar to them. I figured when folding a lot of pages in half the centre pages would hang out of the book or folded collection of paper and this is something I did not want. With my maximum of 4 pages folded at a time, I then research common ways of binding books, especially small paper books such as my own. 

I watched a tutorial on how to stitch pages together, I think used this simple method to stitch my pages together. 

I chose to use red card as the cover for my machete, as in terms of thinking of the actual outcome of my final printed book, I felt a red cover would suit the theme of the book, as the main colour throughout my images seemed to be red. 

 To bind the book fully, I have bought some binding fabric from hobby craft. I have chosen a black spine for the book and black writing for the text on the front of the book, as I wanted to keep the presentation fairly simple.