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Folding using coordinates |
| This technique makes it possible to reproduce pre-drawn patterns. It is based on a statement of coordinates of points on the pattern, which will be reported on the pages. To implement this technique, download the « Relevé de coordonnées pour plier un livre » document. The folding of a book then takes place in three stages: * First time: coordinate survey - prepare a table (for example Excel) with three columns: page number, high point, low point. There will be as many lines as pages to fold. - choose the pattern to reproduce. - write it in a rectangle of the size of the pages of the book to be folded, - draw equidistant verticals. Each vertical will correspond to a page to fold. - With a double-decimeter, measure the high point (entry point in the pattern) and the low point (exit point of the pattern) of each vertical. Report the measurements in the table. * Second time: marking pages Once the table is finished, always using a double-decimeter, we report the measurements made by marking each page at the high and low points corresponding to it. * Third time: folding pages. Just fold from the top and bottom of the page to the marked points. Co-ordinate tables for folding books are readily available on the internet. A complete document can be downloaded here . It is written by Magistro and describes in detail how to fold a heart in a book using this technique. You can download the Excel file « Tableau de coordonnées pour un cœur » copied on this site. Even more complete, but still in English, a video How to Make Folded Books by Heather Eddy. But it is not mandatory to go through these two documents to begin to bend and have fun! |
2 document(s) to download
| mlcoeurcoord.xlsx | Tableau de coordonnées pour un cœur, Magistro, 1 page |
| mlpaplietab.pdf | Relevé de coordonnées pour plier un livre, 1 page |
2 photo(s)
Statement of coordinates | 
Extract of the array of coordinates for folding a Heart, Magistro |