Tutorial libretto a stella: questo è il tutorial di base per realizzare con o per i bambini un libretto a stella. A partire da questa semplice base potrete realizzare bellissimi libretti utilizzando carta o cartoncini più pregiati, magari fatti a mano da voi stessi, aggiungere disegni o fotografie, praticare fori e finestrelle, aggiungere nastrini e decorazioni varie, ecc…

Materiale occorrente:
– 9 fogli A4, tre per ogni colore a scelta
– nastro biadesivo, ed eventualmente colla per carta.

Come si fa:
per prima cosa piegate ogni foglio lungo la metà verticale

e tagliate, ottenendo così sei strisce di carta per colore: io ho 6 strisce rosse, sei gialle e sei verdi.

accorciate i gruppi di strisce in modo tale da ottenere 3 diverse lunghezze. Io ho seguito queste misure:
– verde: 20 cm
– giallo: 18 cm
– rosso: 16 cm.
Facendo varie esperienze si impara a variare queste misure, ottenendo effetti diversi… il principio resta quello di avere tre misure decrescenti.


Una volta accorciate, piegate le strisce una ad una lungo la metà, come mostrato nelle immagini:

Prendete una delle strisce più lunghe (per me le verdi), apritela e fissate ai due lati il nastro biadesivo:

fissate al nastro una striscia della misura media (per me la gialla):


fissate il nastro biadesivo anche alla striscia media:

e fissate una delle strisce più corte (per me le rosse):

Ripetete con ogni foglietto, fino ad ottenere 6 elementi identici:


poi piegateli:

Con la colla o se preferite con altro nastro biadesivo fissate gli elementi tra loro, uno sull’altro, come mostrato qui:

e il vostro libretto a stella è pronto:











Qui alcuni esempi di libri d’artista realizzati con questa tecnica:

http://papierenavonturen.blogspot.nl/2009/12/this-was-plan-dit-was-plan.html

http://carolyntrantparvenu.blogspot.it/2009/09/labf-whitechapel-gallery-book-fair.html

http://eastgippslandartgallery.org.au/exhibitions/recent

http://www.mddesignworks.com/html/starbook.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/drawinglines/2385027199/

il mio libro a stella preistorico:
Questo articolo fa parte dell’Album di Vita pratica:
Star book tutorial. This is the basic tutorial to make with the kids or for a Star book. From this simple basis, you can create beautiful books using paper or card stock more valuable, perhaps handmade by yourself, add drawings or photographs, holes and windows, add ribbons and various decorations.

Star book tutorial
What do you need?
– 9 A4 sheets, three for each color of your choice
– Double-sided tape,
– Possibly glue for paper.

Star book tutorial
What to do?
First fold each sheet along the middle vertical:

and cut, thus obtaining six strips of paper to color: I have 6 red stripes, six yellow and six green.

shortened the groups of strips in such a way as to obtain 3 different lengths. I followed these measures:
– Green: 20 cm
– Yellow: 18 cm
– Red: 16 cm.
Doing various experiences you learn to vary these measures, achieving different effects … the principle remains that of having three measures diminishing.


Once shortened, folded strips one by one along the middle, as shown in the images:

Take one of the longer strips (for me the green), open and fixed at both ends of it the double-sided tape:

fixed to the tape a strip of mid-size (for me the yellow):


fix double-sided tape also to the strip medium:

and attached one of the strips shorter (for me the red):

Repeat with each sheet, until to get 6 identical elements:


then fold them:
With glue or if you prefer with another double-sided tape, attach the elements together, on each other, as shown here:

and yours star book is ready:











Star tutorial book
Here are some examples of artists’ books created with this technique

http://papierenavonturen.blogspot.nl/2009/12/this-was-plan-dit-was-plan.html

http://carolyntrantparvenu.blogspot.it/2009/09/labf-whitechapel-gallery-book-fair.html

http://eastgippslandartgallery.org.au/exhibitions/recent

http://www.mddesignworks.com/html/starbook.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/drawinglines/2385027199/

here my prehistor star book: