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After Origami base I: flapping Crane

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The first Origami I did was a crane. I choose it simply because it’s the most popular and probably easier one.

Origami-crane

You start with  Preliminary fold  base and fold it into  Bird base, both of which you can find  in  post here: https://doitysftutorials.wordpress.com/2014/01/21/folding-origami-base/ The best movie tutorial with the instructions how to fold the base here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpwnHpXUuow I’m not really into YouTube tutorials because I prefer music while I’m working and I don’t know why it’s just easier for me to come back where I got lost when I do it with pictures:) If you got the same, here is the best tutorial picture I found for the crane. (Sorry for the language but the notes aren’t really needed if you look at the picture)

FOR FULL INSTRUCTION CLICK THE PICTURE BELOW

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Everything you need to know before you start making hand-made notebooks.

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I managed to find quick movie that will show shortly all the process of making of the notebook. It’s a short film not a tutorial but sth that can help you realize that sometimes it takes a lot of effort to make a notebook and you shouldn’t give up just because it takes time. It should give you general image of what will you be doing.
+ you can basically watch it with your music on 🙂

Tools needed:

  • A bookbinders needle. You can use any large needle really. But you’ll want it larger than a sewing needle.
  • Beeswax. While not absolutely necessary it does help with the threading of the signatures.
  • A bookbinders awl. Some alternatives: a large needle inserted into a clutch pencil, an old drafting compass needle, an ice pick. Whatever you use you don’t want the holes to be too large because it makes for slop in the pages.
  • Traditional bookbinder glue, cooked flour paste, wallpaper paste, white elmers glue, PVA, Aleene’s Tacky Glue etc.
  • Xacto knife (and a good surface to cut your paper, i.e. self healing mat, Borco, cardboard, etc.)
  • Ruler
  • T-square and triangle or some other way to square your cuts
  • Heavy books. If you’re really into making your notebooks you could invest in a book press or make your own. (more about that later)
  • Pencil
  • Bone folder or some really strong fingernails
  • Binder clips

About sewing:

I was looking for the best written instructions of sewing step by step and I that one is the best:

http://michaelshannon.us/makeabook/index2.html

And if you prefer watching, the movie tutorial:

Those are instructions for particular notebooks but as you will see some tutorials later it defers in some cases. What I give you is the base.

Gluing:

That also various and some notebooks will be just glued (without sewing the pages) but in most tutorials you put about 2-3 layers of glue to stick the pages.

You shall need sth to weight the glued pages and for those more interested in notebook craft a tutorial about how no make your own book press. Good tutorial about how to make one here:

Covering: Hard covers, paper covers, leathers- about all that later in the posts about particular types of notebooks 🙂

Hope that the post didn’t put you off making DIY notebook and we’ll see each other very soon:)