What goes into making a triple multi-slipcase? Follow the images below and we'll show you.
A behind the scenes look at how we made this triple slipcase which was part of a set of 3 bespoke ring binders for a very valuable and rare Ferrari 280 GTO. The binders were commissioned to hold and display the service, history and restoration paper work of this special Concourse car.
The project was actually one part of an order that encompassed making something for ten cars, all of them collector models and all Concourse winners. Each like this had their own distinct design and look which was based around the colour and style of the car, some were ring binders and others were clamshell box files.
This article focus's on one part of this order, the making of the multi slipcase for the ring binder set.
Step 1. From a large piece of book board, Jackie cuts the components to size.
In a triple slipcase this will consist of twenty four boards, but a quarter of which are different sizes because we use step joints to make our boxes see this blog for more info. The size of the slipcase is, as always based around it's contents. In this instance it's 3 ring binders, which are in turn are sized around their contents - which happens to be A4 and 8.5 x 11 paper (a European car imported to America has paper in both US and International sizes) to fit plastic page protectors and dividers. These will sit perfectly within the inner covers of the binders, nothing will be 'poking out'.
Step 2. The components are all laminated and then facing boards are all lined in their respective book cloths
Before assembly the 2mm boards are laminated together. The outer board is 4mm bigger than the inner, so that there is a 2mm 'step' between the inner and outer. When put together these steps lock together.
Step 3. Assembly begins!
The inner edges are all carefully glued, with special care and attention given to NOT getting glue on the inner book cloth.
Each component and side is carefully pressed together. Just like assembling a wall each one fits into the other .
Once the three sides of the slipcase are in place, the top section is then glued ready to have the top slotted in.
The top (or middle) section of the slipcase is then carefully put into place.
Step 5. The top section of the slipcase is carefully slipped in and then weighted
This is of course isn't the top section but actually one of the middle sections which has been covered all over with book cloth with 'tails' which are eventually glued and then wrapped around the boards.
Step 6. Jackie starts assembling and glueing the second section of the slipcase
Just like the first section of the slipcase, all the components of the second and third consist of two pieces of 2mm grey board laminated together. The inner shorter sections are lined and covered in book cloth.
Look closely. Two pieces of 2mm board laminated together to create a 4mm board, but the outer board has a 2mm longer edge so that a joining section has somewhere to sit.
Finally you have 3 slipcases, but there is still more to do.
Step 7. More outer board.
This structure of three slipcases then have an additional covering of 1.5mm board on the top back and bottom. The printed (red) buckram has already been glued to 1.5mm board before being digitally colour printed with the cars design. These are then glued to the sides (below).
Finally the finished article!
The finished article of a triple slipcase with 3 ring binders. This was a very bespoke piece of stationery with a custom design and full colour printing. More examples can be found on our gallery page here (including this one).
