Bookbinding of Your Artwork without Folds
Basic union of two elements: bifolios 2
A course by user718805 surname718805 , National Artistic Bookbinding Award (Spain, 2017)
Joined April 2018
Learn how to present your work artisanally to open at 180º without losing any visual information
Joined April 2018
About the video: Basic union of two elements: bifolios 2
Overview
“We continue learning how to carry out the union of two cardboard elements.”
In this video lesson user718805 surname718805 addresses the topic: Basic union of two elements: bifolios 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Bookbinding of Your Artwork without Folds. Learn how to present your work artisanally to open at 180º without losing any visual information.
Partial transcription of the video
“Basic union of two elements. Lining papers Using my micrometer, I measure and know that the cardboard is 1.4 millimeters thick. 1.4 plus 1.4, I already need 2.8 millimeters, which, rounded up, is 3 millimeters. I couldn't cut 2.8 millimeters, one millimeter, divide it in eight parts and get to 8. I couldn't do it. Not with my glasses. I have this on one side, but paper on the other. I could previously take the paper and measure it. This paper is 0.4, as I have two bits of paper, it's 0.8. 0.8 of a millimeter is another millimeter, so before I rounded up to three, and with one I round it up ...”
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Course summary for: Bookbinding of Your Artwork without Folds
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Category
Craft -
Areas
Arts & Crafts, Bookbinding, DIY, Fine Arts
A course by user718805 surname718805
Trained in the classic techniques of binding, her commitment has always been to make this art affordable, by researching less expensive techniques, both in time and materials, that help to provide a contemporary image to the artist's book, beyond what is provided by classic binding. Susana Dominguez's personal style is characterized by the constant research on new materials and techniques, working together with artists and techniques from other disciplines, but always looking for a personal touch with solutions that fit the needs of today's bookbinding.
Susana has been awarded in Spain and other European countries for her work in the bookbinding world and since 2006, she has been teaching at Códex studio, together with Guadalupe Roldán. Códex, the studio of which she is the founder, has become an international reference in artistic bookbinding, and a space for the exchange of ideas and knowledge in which a large number of bookbinders and artists of different nationalities have received their education.
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