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Accordion Books, one could argue, is the earliest form of bookbinding. In ancient Egypt, papyri were often folded in a zig-zag fashion as well as rolled– particularly in their funerary texts. (If you’re ever at the Brooklyn Museum, they have the Papyrus of Sobekmose<\/a><\/strong><\/em> on display; it’s very well intact and you can see where it had been folded!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A “panel” from the Papyrus of Ani<\/a>, a Theban Scribe. One of the best recorded of the “Book of the Dead”. British Museum \/ CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 <\/a>
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By the time of the 700s CE, what we know as “bookbinding” started to develop in monasteries in Europe with the development of illuminated texts. Meanwhile around the same time China and Japan still are using accordion binding. The Japanese call this Orihon<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Japanese Orihon book<\/a>. Codex \/ CC BY-SA<\/a>
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Accordion books are a fun\/unique way to display your work, and very simple to do. You can even do them in other mediums like linen and other fabric! Due to to the ease of production and appearance, accordion books are still a very popular means of of bookmaking, particularly among artists. Following the instructions below, you too will learn how to make one!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please note this is only one way of producing an accordion book. At the bottom of this page there are videos and links to other tutorials that show other methods of creating accordion books to use as reference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We have made a list of things that can be easily purchased physically or online, If you’re not sure where to purchase things, you can visit our Materials<\/a><\/strong> page, or contact us! Our info is in the Staff<\/a><\/strong> page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n