Zine folding techniques

What??? Tutorials! Tutorials are everywhere! Artists in Blogland has a monthly "Techniques on Tuesday" tutorial going on. The challenge over at Inspiration Avenue this week is to share a tutorial. Every Tuesday, Kristin Dudish has been doing a tutorial try-out and inviting others to try it too and link up. Carolyn Dube's Gelli Plate class is up and running with lots of great tutorials. So, I decided to do one as well. I love books! As you know, lately I've been loving altering old books…

For a while now, I’ve been wanting try making my own accordion fold watercolor sketchbooks. We are doing the last minute planning before our Portugal workshop – so this seemed like the …

I taught this simple class on how to make a zine at 'Wellington Handmade' back in June (along with a few other tips and tricks). Once you get your head around pagination it's all really simple and a lot of fun. Of course you can use this technique for making more than just zines! It's idea for making little info booklets particularly if you're on a budget. It's also a great way to put together family or holiday snapshots to send to loved ones or strangers if you like; who am I to judge…

Another look at the Colossive Cartographies, a collection of zines from Colossive Press that use the Turkish Map Fold.

This tutorial shows you how to make a micro-mini zine, which is a 16-page mini-booklet made out of 1 sheet of 8.5x11 paper.You can find the zine layout here:...

Book folds

T-Cut Origami Booklet, Paula Krieg This folded booklet, which is a variation of the 8 page origami pamphlet, has characteristics that I’ve been appreciating lately. What I’m liking abou…

Tum Wuthipol Uj. (ตั้ม) on Instagram: "Here’s a bit of ASMR of me folding the G-format zine, Made Obscure Vol. 3. This is the stage after trimming. I just wanted to show you how the zine is folded altogether. Enjoy me folding it to a tee. Edition 2 of this zine is now available for pre-order on my website. #aperturebroughtmehere #photozines #photobooks #handmadebook #artbooks #zinesters #printmaking #zines #zinemaking #zinedesign #diyzine #diyzines #photographyzine #smallpublishing…

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