A small book with big animals -- making an accordion fold collage book

handmade folded collaged book about animalsLately I've been on a book binge. Using a couple of fabulous how-to books, I've been learning how to construct all kinds of folded, sewn, and traditionally bound handmade books.

For this simple folded T-cut fold book, I first painted an 11" x 14" sheet of Bristol paper. I spread orange, red, yellow and brick-red acrylic paint using an old credit card. I liked the prehistoric look of the unblended colors.Then I used a stencil to make white blobs. I didn't like those so well. 

I folded the paper into rectangular pages measuring 3" x 4 1/2" and decorated each page/spread individually. On some pages, I added strips of security envelopes that I'd previously painted using spray acrylics. They looked like pointy stalagmites. The book really came together when I found an old elementary textbook about animals. All the illustrations and text come from there.

I call the little book Animals Are Everywhere. Here's how the pages unfold in order.
handmade folded collaged book about animals

handmade folded collaged book about animals

handmade folded collaged book about animals

handmade folded collaged book about animals

handmade folded collaged book about animals

handmade folded collaged book about animals

handmade folded collaged book about animals

Here's how the book unfolds.
handmade folded collaged book about animals
I like this one so much, I think I'll make a few more! (This one comes from my very favorite book-making guide, Alisa Golden's Making Handmade Books.)

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