#book binding

✨Adventures in Gauffering✨

As requested (albeit several months late) I have finally put together a video on my gauffering process!

Today's the last day of April, and to belatedly celebrate my birthday I'd like to share a comic with you: it's about getting revenge against the people who wronged you, and it's called Werewolf's Lament.

Werewolf's Lament is printed with florescent orange and mint risograph inks on light brown paper; cut and folded in the shape of a wolf. Physical copies are for sale in my online shop.

Doing a little something something , n wanted show you all how to make a 16 page zine (as feel theyre rlly uncommon and underrated)

imo its extremely easy and more interesting engage with as can open them in multiple ways !

All you need is just a piece of paper and scissors (you also dont need scissors if youre confident in doing clean tears) , however you may want glue and some cardstock / cardboard for covers

example of one we made while back , you can open them as book , as 4 spread , or fully unfurl all of it and show all pages at once ! (keep in mind this can only work as single sided , other side doesnt work)

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Tip here is to fold middle folds first , then fold rest them to line it up with middle line . you dont need measure or ruler at all for this project

for crisp folds we use bone folder , but you can use things like a card (you can of course use your nails but we personally find it uncomfortable)

Easy way remember folding steps is "middle vertical line always goes upwards , and all hinge / horizontal folds go down"

And youre done with all the cutting and creasing steps ! Easy way remember how cut is that the pages basically makes a snake shape

!! if your zine reads right to left , make the cuts instead go "right - left - right" instead of "left - right - left" . think of it as "you want to start and end with it in your reading order"

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Also , pay attention to the page numbers and where hinge is , theres two options (1st page either being top left or bottom left) you can do and it Does Not change how the zine is cut and folded , just where you personally want the art and order to be

We personally recommend test both number variations to see which one like better as both open and feel different

if yours open right to left instead , the number order is reversed but still works same way

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If idea of numbering is too complicated , you can instead either number the first or last row "1 2 3 4" , then fold up whole thing into book form , and number it as you flip through it !

its lot faster and easier do if don't want think about technical aspect

Biggest con is that this zine format tend naturally want to puff out or open , so we recommend gluing cardboard or heavy cardstock as covers

We also recommend leaving the zine under some weights (something like under heavy books or other heavy thing) to flatten it

and thats it ! its really that simple :]

My rebind of Any Way The Wind Blows by Rainbow Rowell