JAPANESE STITCH.

FOR THIS WORK SHOP WE EXPLORED THE DIFFERENT WAYS YOU CAN BIND A ZINE TOGETHER. WE WERE ASKED TO BRING NUMEROUS FORMS OF UTENRSILES AND TOOLS TO THIS WORKSHOP TO AID WITH THE BINDING OF THE PAGES THIS INCLUDED; A BEVEL, BONE FOLDER TOOL, BOOK BINDING NEEDLES, THREAD, A RULER, AND A CUTTING BOARD. PERSONALY THE ONE TOOL THAT I FOUND MOST USEFUL WHEN PARTICIPATING IN THIS WORLKSHOP WAS THE BEVEL. I NOTED THIS AS WITHOUT THIS IT PROVED INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO PUNCH THROUGH THE SEVERAL LAYERS OF PAPER WITH ONLY A NEEDLE. I WASNT PARTICULARLY SUCCESSFUL AT THIS WORKSHOP AT THE START. HOWEVER, I WENT AWAY AND PREFORMED THE STITCH A COUPLE MORE TIMES AND WAS ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY BIND A PRACTICE ZINE. I WOULD LIKE TO USE THE JAPANESE STITCH WHEN CREATING, MY FINAL ZINE AS NOT ONLY DOES IT HAVE CULTURE CONNECTION BUT I ALSO BELEIVE IT CAN BE WELL PRESENTED IN THIS FORMAT.