Solstice Accordion BookHow-To Guide

by Helen Hiebert

The summer solstice is upon us! This mini accordion book has a phase of the moon on each page and when folded up, you see the overlapping changes that the moon makes during the month.

Happy creating!

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MATERIALS

• Template (included in this PDF)

TOOLS

• Cutting mat• Cutting Knife• Bone folder (optional)• Pencil

Materials & Tools

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PAPER

Riptide: Rippling bands of silver, white, grey and black create an illusion of movement in this unique contemporary design. Screenprinted on a black base paper made from 100% recycled cotton rag, this text weight paper can be used for a multiple of art and craft uses. This paper comes in 22” x 30” sheets and is 100 g/m2.

This paper is available from GPC Papers (http://www.gpcpapers.com/locate-a-retailer/).

If you have the Custom Paper Pack, hope-fully you are down to your last sheet! If you are using your own paper, cut it to 3” x 24” with the grain running in the 3” direction.

Print out the templates included in this pdf on card stock if you have it. Cut out the seven squares and cut out the moon phases.

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Step-by-Step Instructions

Accordion fold the black and white patterned paper into 8 sections as follows:

Fold the sheet in half with the pattern side facing out.

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Fold the two single-leaf ends up to meet the center fold that you just created (fold oneside;flipthesheetover;foldtheotherside).

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Open the sheet up completely and reverse the middle fold so that you have three mountain folds.

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Step-by-Step Instructions

Take the left-most mountain fold and bring it over to the left-hand edge of your book, creasingandcreatingthefirsttwopages.Repeat with the other two mountain folds, yielding an 8-section accordion.

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Open the entire accordion (black side face up) and position template #1 on the left-hand square with the “Top Right” in the top right corner. Trace it onto the black paper with a white or silver leaded pencil. Continue page by page, tracing the shapes with templates #2-#7. Note that there is no cut-out on the last panel.

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7Cut out the shapes along the pencil lines and fold up your accordion book with the patterned side of the paper on the front. Page one is the circle cut-out and the last page is solid black. Happy Solstice!

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Top Right

Top Right

Top Right

Top Right

Summer Solstice Accordion Book Templates© Helen Hiebert Studio

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Top Right

Top Right

Top Right

Do not cut this panel.

Summer Solstice Accordion Book Templates© Helen Hiebert Studio

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HelenHiebertistheauthoroffivehow-tobooks about paper: Playing With Pop-Ups, Playing With Paper, Papermaking with Plants, The Papermaker’s Companion, and Paper Illuminated. Helen has appeared on Sesame Street, has produced oftwofilms,andwritesablogcalledTheSunday Paper. She teaches, lectures and exhibits her work internationally, often in-volving the community in her installation projects such as The Wish, a permanent in-stallation at Anythink Huron Street Library in Denver, Colorado. She creates limited edition artists’ books and holds an annual retreat in her studio near Vail, Colorado.

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