Origata is the exquisite Japanese art of wrapping and gift-giving. Drawing inspiration from this aesthetic, Julie Auzillon developed a refined bookbinding technique for binding one to three layers of booklets. The ribbons or strips used serve both functional and decorative purposes. This binding method is ideal for protecting booklet fragments or creating flexible, blank books. Another book structure, where individual sheets are attached to a flexible spine using tapes, offers inspiration for creating your own glue-free book objects.
This old binding technique was previously used for register, cash and writing books. It is characterized by being able to open flat, right into the fold. The spine of the book literally jumps up at the user when the book is opened, which is where the name of the technique comes from. Digitalisation has displaced this technique in its original areas of application, but through its refined technical details and the sophisticated way in which it opens, it can still impress and be an interesting alternative to conventional guest books and diaries.
Two box forms will be made: a magic box and an Asian folder. The magic box is a multi-compartmental box with a double hinged lid which allows it to be opened in both directions. When used with a certain ‘sleight of hand’, it can seemingly cause objects inside to disappear and reappear. The Asian folder is a layered structure with interlocking flaps, which that although flexible, form a stable a near solid box form once closed and fixed together.
Three box forms will be made: a drop back box (otherwise known as solander or clam shell box) and slip cases with flat and rounded openings. Their construction is based upon a system of measuring and calculating the various parts, resulting in consistent and accurate results. They will be built using some engineering principles for structural stability and robustness, and covered in Buckram book cloth. Additional possibilities for design and decoration/titling will also be shown.
This course is the second part of the well-loved topic 'Ten clever book structures.'
Another five techniques - contemporary, simple, and original - will be studied and realized in these three days. The main focus is the technical knowledge behind the precise construction of these binding styles. We will also encourage freedom for discovery and development of our own creativity.
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With this elaborated and refined technique, the construction of the book becomes a fine work of art. Variations of endpapers, pressing on deep fold, graphite and gold edge decoration, hand stitched endbands, leather working, and leather joints are topics that will be treated in this course. Special attention will be given to the treatment of the leather.
At the end of the course you will have created a Full Leather French Binding.
This course demonstrates the rational handicraft production of creased book cassettes. The participants will make one to three samples in the format up to DIN A4+.
With the help of a formula, the decisive dimensions and blanks are calculated in a short time and cut in sequence.
The composite and creased variants of the clamshell box are demonstrated. The boxes are covered in fabric and paper. The title design is done in hot foil stamping.
Boxes - round - square - rectangular - spheric - rounded – with inner box – with internal compartments – with slip lid – with folding lid – with a collar – with paper – with woven material – with leather – in one colour - multicoloured - fitting.
For the artful storage of photos, post cards, drawing, documents, jewellery or other cherished objects.
In this course you will learn how to manufacture a beautiful purpose-built box step by step.
You will cut the individual pieces from cardboard in the desired sizes, build it together
and cover it with woven book binding material (canvas) and/or colourful hand printed papers from all over the world.
At the end of the course, you will be able to take home a unique artefact.
