Today, Pat showed us how to bind our two publications together, that we have been working on for the past 2 weeks; the Colour Theory publication and the Grid System publication. We learnt to bind our publications together in a cost effective way so that in the future we can do it easily and at home if we wanted to. The materials that we needed were PVA glue, a paintbrush, bulldog clips and heavy books in order to keep the publication still when glueing.
Firstly you need to line up all the pages; pinch the corners and aline the pages carefully, then lay it down slightly hanging off the edge of the table so it is easier to apply the glue.
You then need to put something heavy on top of the publication to prevent the pages from moving; any slight movement of the pages can ruin the outcome. I used heavy books. I then also used bulldog clips to clip the publication together to make it extra secure when glueing.
When the publication is secure, you can start to apply the glue using a thin paintbrush so it is all even and neat. Repeat this process 3-4 times once each layer of glue is dry.
This is what my two publications look like finished, however I still need to slightly trim the edges down to make them a tiny bit neater. I have now added the spines to the publications, for the Grid System publication, I chose a blue colour for the spine as it matched the collage on the first page well; which consists of shades of purple, pink and blue. For the Colour Theory publication I used the colour orange for the spine; this is because orange is the contrasting colour/vibrating boundary for Turquoise. I am happy with how they have turned out.
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