presentation portfolio

[montanadreams]

I'm looking for suggestions on making a presentation portfolio that holds 9 X 12 " photos of my work. This is larger than a standard 3 ring binder. I would prefer a slim style of portfolio. Any ideas?

[Hilly]

I'm looking for suggestions on making a presentation portfolio that holds 9 X 12 " photos of my work. This is larger than a standard 3 ring binder. I would prefer a slim style of portfolio. Any ideas?

I made a photo album (not so much different than a portfolio) by binding my own acid free pages (purchased from http://www.dickblick.com/) into a leather cover, and using acid free adhesive corners to mount photos. A gel pen worked great for captions (or in your case, descriptions). The only part I needed help with was getting the edges of the pages in the signatures even. I took my signatures to a local publishing company, and had them trim my pages for a small fee. The rest was relatively easy.

The front cover was carved in the Sheridan style, and the back cover carved in the "Bob Park" finger cut style , and had a stiffener inside the covers. It was lined with suede, and double loop laced all around. I added a fancy sterling silver slotted concha, held on by a chrome tanned leather "string" on the back. I absolutely hated to give it away! It turned out so well that I intend on making another for myself.

You could make something like this as large or as thick as you need to, which could also show the quality of your work in person.

Hope this helped you get some ideas. Have a great day.

[Jazznow]

You could try to make an leather cover, which holds plastic pocket (or sheet protector or clear plastic folder or punched pocket; don't know the right word for Klarsichthülle in german ). They can be hold by 4 binder screws (hope this is the right word). 

I Always imagined to make something like this for me, but never realized that idea. 

Hope this helps you,

Jazznow 

[montanadreams]

Thank you for the ideas. That is what I had in mind too Hilly, just haven't attempted it before. thank you Jazz too.

[TomSwede]

If I knew I was just gunna make a one off special I would go out and buy something allready made that I like and just switch the cover for my own in leather. (prolly cheap, lol)

Tom