Bone Folder • 2/19/08
Have you ever wondered how some crafters get those professional looking creases and folds in their paper cards or origami designs? The answer is that they use a folding tool - traditionally this is called a “Bone Folder” because that’s the material it was made out of. Nowadays, they’re almost always made out of plastic.
Several places have them - I spotted this melamine based bone folder over on Martha Stewart Crafts. The tool has pointed end on one side for scoring and a smoother and wider end for burnishing. It comes with storage pouch. Granted, you could just use a household plastic utensil instead, but the price is not too bad.
Craft Bone Folder
$5.99 on MarthaStewartCrafts.com
April 5th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
Actually there are still quite a few “bone” folders- made out of real bone- out there. Paper Source sells them and some book artists prefer them to the plastic ones.
Fun site!!