Malaysian 🇲🇾 Paper Engineer
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mattmadestudios.bsky.social
Malaysian 🇲🇾 Paper Engineer
@mattmadestudios.bsky.social
Made in Malaysia
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(KT0568303-D)
📧 mattmadestudios@gmail.com
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November 8, 2025 at 8:55 AM
And that's how a popup book is assembled. I'll repeat these steps until my batches are done. Thank you for reading.
November 8, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Then I'll grab a plastic cover and slide the product in it for protect. And now it's ready to be ship or sold at an art market!
November 8, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Now, onto the cover glue. I'd like to prefold the cover before glue. I'll use 3 binder clips to help me navigate it. Most of the time I got it right, other times I had to accept the defeat and the book may be slightly defected. (I kinda rushed for this video)
November 8, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Next, I'll glue the other part of the pages. This will make an accordion binding. Slice out the excess pages (knife must be sharp!), one-by-one, and then glue to the cover. I don't slice the entire page together due to past experiences that the edge wouldn't look clean.
November 8, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Once I had done enough, I'll take Page 1 & 2, arrange them, making sure it's aligned, with binder clip, and glue them [CRUCIAL STEP]. I'll use a large and heavy surface area book to seal the glue. Repeat this process until 10 pages are glued.
November 8, 2025 at 8:55 AM
I start with the inside pages. I'll take 100 pages (10 pages per book), pre-fold, and then arrange the pages. Then, I start folding the pieces based on it's pages, and glue them on the page. I work my way until I reached the last page, and repeat the steps.
November 8, 2025 at 8:55 AM
My book has 10 pages, 21 individual pieces, and 1 hardcover. This time the printer is nice to separate the pieces in single plastic bags, which surprised me.
November 8, 2025 at 8:55 AM
After prototyping and printing methods are discussed and approved, get your printing materials through delivery or self pick-up. Why is this important? Because this is the time that was uncounted and unseen for during this process.
November 8, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Every failure has a deeper context. Like, I turned down the brick and mortar concept even though I was the one who wanted it first. But cons weigh more than pros. And I've been seeing more success stories on my fyp that I'm starting to get jealous and comparing. So, I turn to wit.
September 5, 2025 at 3:42 AM