Making My Final Book

Constantina Book

I decided to make a constantina book for my photographs to be displayed in. I like this style of book as not only can you flick through it to see the images, but you can also stand it up and open the book to display all the images at once. Seeing as my outcome's are photographs, I felt this was the best way for them to be displayed. I decided that I would insert my photographs in after my book was made as I wanted them to be printed onto glossy paper for a nice finish to them.

• Get 7 bits of paper, folding them individually in half.
• Stack them together and mark two marks on each side of the folded paper, so there's four on one piece; this helps when it comes to gluing it. 
• Stack them all together and put a clip on the side. 

 

• Lifting up each piece of paper and where I've marked the paper for the glue, add a line of glue at the bottom and press down. Do this all the way through then flip the paper over and do the same on the other side. 

• The put the paper in the press to help keep together. 

 

• After the paper had been in the press for about 15 minutes it was time to move on to making the card that goes at each end of the book. I lined the paper of the book up on the card, leaving a very small edge to it.
• I then trimmed the board down to the size I needed.
• Once I did one board I could line the sides up to get the correct measurements for the second piece.

 

• I then chose a piece of buckroom cloth material to cover the front and back of the book. 

• Place the card down on the fabric and draw around it, leaving two rulers or more of a gap between the two. 

• Then glue them down to the fabric. 

• Once glued I turned it over and ran the bone folder along the edge of the board to get a nice fine edged finish on it. I did this for both sides. 

• Then trim the material down until you get 2 individual boards covered with material. 

 

• I trimmed the corners to a 45 degree angle to fold inwards when it comes to gluing. 
• Glue the outsides one by one and fold inwards on to the board so its nice and tight to the edge. Do this all the way around and on both boards. 

 

• Then I glued each side, top and bottom of the paper and glue it top and bottom of the boards then put the paper in between the boards so they stick together and put it back in the paper press. 

• Once out of the press, the book has now been created.