FOBA 2024 - Elsi Vassdal Ellis- Moving Steps Binding

Class Overview - All Levels

This adhesive structure introduces a simple movement to the text block that is activated when the book is opened with the pages forming stepped fore edges that can be used for indexing or to build an image. Individual folios with a center panel serving as the glue seam are attached to the inside cover. The width of this glue seam determines the width of the fore edge steps. One advantage of this structure is that there is no image or content loss on the interior two-page spreads. We will examine this structure in both soft (text and cover weight papers) and hard cover forms.

CLASS SUPPLIES

• Metal ruler (S270)
• Cutting mat (S504) 
• Snap-off blade knife/X-Acto knife (S863) 
• Scissors (S1662, S1665)
• Masking tape (S1145)
• Pencil (PL21)
• Bone/Teflon folder (S308)
• Scoring bone folder
• .5-inch double-coated tape
• PVA (S340)
• Glue brush
• triangle or small T-square (S464, S613)