Flower project - more books

After worrying about whether the sentence-formed-from-the-third-word would remain hidden, I was pleased to see that with the new books, it seems to jump out at you -

This is because the words are printed on, not glued. The extra thickness in the folds was getting in the way. (Not something I would have realised without actually making the samples.)

The spine seemed a bit flimsy so I wanted to make more of it - perhaps a sort of honeycomb?The green papers are slit halfway up on alternate folds, but I couldn't get them to fit together into a "honeycomb" (hint: don't use a patterned paper - its busy-ness gets in the way). Trying out the structure with scraps helped. I built it roughly and marked the insides, then took it apart to see what was going on. Each side of the paper becomes an "inside" alternately as the two strips are slotted together. This opens all sorts of patterning possibilities, but that's something for another day maybe - let's stay focussed....
It looks like the only way to get a honeycomb is to glue the joined strips. But that sets off a whole new train of thought - a 3D flower structure -
... bursting into bloom ...

Little strips with slits can hold the two rows of interlocked paper together - they're tricky to fit in, though!
Here it is, done - I won't be using it for the spine of these books, but maybe another time for something else? -

One solution to having a more weighty spine is simply to use heavier paper - or even light paper folded double. I don't seem to have any green paper, but found this old poster from Jane Prophet's Conductor exhibition at the Wapping Project, cut an origami-paper sized square, folded it in half -
The cover is under development, and might simply consist of an extension of the spine.