Merging sheets of paper.. ON THE EDGE!

[redheadorigami]

Yo.
Do you guys know how to merge 4 or more sheets of paper at their edges?
(with out tape, as it leaves the unruly line through the centre.)

[Sroge4]

Black magic. Or if you were super careful with the MC, it might get close.

[redheadorigami]

thanks!

[gachepapier]

Depending on the paper, but for lokta or elephant hide (or anything sufficiently thick) I prefer to use book binder's glue, it contains much less water and wil not only dry faster but also make fewer bulges along the junction. I place the sheets I want to join with some overlap and put a couple of weights on them, so that the sheets can't move relative to one another. Then I lift an edge, apply glue on a few inches and press immediately, bit by bit, like closing a zipper .

[redheadorigami]

Thanks Gache!

[Jonnycakes]

If you want to get super-fancy, you could tear the edges being bound, then glue them together. The loose fibers of a torn edge are much less noticeable than a hard, cut edge.

[redheadorigami]

Thankyou!

[gachepapier]

If you want to get super-fancy, you could tear the edges being bound, then glue them together. The loose fibers of a torn edge are much less noticeable than a hard, cut edge.

And here I thought I was the only one crazy enough to be doing this

[redheadorigami]

Thanks again, guys, I tried taping at first, ended up screwing up 3 pieces of paper, so instead of a square, I had to settle for a 2 by 1 rectangle, folding a Paul Jackson Abstract thing.