There is an increasing number of prints I want to keep, and most of them looks best when printed a bit larger than A4. One good way to store these prints is to get a box made of acid free materials, which I really don’t know where to find. The other option is to make one. Being who I am, I chose the last option. In fact, I’ve buildt a few boxes over the last year, and my skills are getting better, but it is still a challenge. I still haven’t settled on a good basic design, especially when it comes to folding the fabric I use for cover and side walls. And glue, I use non toxic, archival friendly glue which works very fine on the paper and cardboard, but I still haven’t found a good glue that won’t seep through the fabric when I glue it to the cardboard plates. For this box I used spraymount, and it worked ok except for being very hard to apply in a controlled manner.
Anyway, I got a decent box for my A3 prints which is robust enough to be used every day, and nice enough to be shown to strangers.
Maybe I’ll try to write a small tutorial on how to make such a box. It’s realy fun and rewarding, and you don’t need any expensive tools or equipment. The next step for me now is to try and bind my own book. I just ordered a book on how to bind a book from single sheet pages (most books are made from folded papers). I think it may be a nice way to make small one of a kind photo books.
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In The Pocket 