March 2015 Week One - The Introduction

This month's book form will be Hedi Kyle's Diagonal Pocket Fold Book.  It was a demo I had original posted on the Binders Guild blog.  I have had a few suggestions and questions on the tutorial itself, so this month I'm going to do the demo again and see if I can improve on it.

If you would like to see the first tutorial, here's the link bindersguild - hedi kyle diagonal pocket fold

Here's the original finished book:

Closed 

Opened, showing diagonal folds

Here are the materials I will be using:

For the book form:
1 - 12" x 20" text weight paper -  The weight of the paper is very important because it cannot be too thick or inflexible.

For the text block (which is optional):
6 - 5 1/2" x 8" text weight paper

It should be quite fun and interesting to re-envision this structurally complex book form.
Once again, I also plan to address not only the form but the content.  So, next week's post will be Content.

See you then!

Happy Book Binding!

Sheila