{"id":12234,"date":"2020-06-08T12:42:12","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T16:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/?p=12234"},"modified":"2025-09-15T15:37:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T19:37:05","slug":"tutorial-turkish-map-fold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/08\/tutorial-turkish-map-fold\/","title":{"rendered":"Tutorial \/\/ Turkish Map Fold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"670\" height=\"377\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UUvukzFi_xQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In this video for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbss.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">North Bennet Street School<\/a>, I show my co-host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowmountainbindery.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Colin Urbina<\/a> how to fold a square sheet of paper using the Turkish Map Fold technique. Even though this video is geared towards kids, this technique is great for any age group. You can find more online content created for NBSS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbss.edu\/continuing-education\/kids-activities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you are looking for even more instructional content, I have a growing list of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/tutorials\/\">tutorials<\/a> and I also teach live workshops in-person and online. Check out my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/workshops\/workshops.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">list of Upcoming Workshops<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/USA-Map-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12297\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/08\/tutorial-turkish-map-fold\/usa-map\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/USA-Map-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 7&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1588522392&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.99&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0083333333333333&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"USA-Map\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/USA-Map-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12297\" src=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/USA-Map-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/USA-Map-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/USA-Map-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/USA-Map-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/USA-Map-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/USA-Map-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/USA-Map-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>SUPPLIES:<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; 1 square piece of paper (any size)<br \/>\n\u2013 Coloring and decorating supplies (markers, colored pencils, or crayons)<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, I don&#8217;t know the origins of this folding technique. But you can find examples of this fold being used in booklets with maps and many artists use this technique in their artist books. See examples below:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12235\" style=\"width: 661px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Cartography-LouisaBoyd.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12235\" data-attachment-id=\"12235\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/08\/tutorial-turkish-map-fold\/cartography-louisaboyd\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Cartography-LouisaBoyd.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"600,368\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Cartography-LouisaBoyd\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Cartography-LouisaBoyd.jpeg\" class=\"wp-image-12235\" src=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Cartography-LouisaBoyd.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"651\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Cartography-LouisaBoyd.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Cartography-LouisaBoyd-300x184.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12235\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Cartography I<\/em> <strong>|<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/louisaboyd.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Louisa Boyd<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6095\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/americanbreedingstandards-ellenknudson.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6095\" data-attachment-id=\"6095\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/02\/july-book-artist-of-the-month-ellen-knudson\/americanbreedingstandards-ellenknudson\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/americanbreedingstandards-ellenknudson.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"750,563\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"americanbreedingstandards-ellenknudson\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/americanbreedingstandards-ellenknudson.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-6095\" src=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/americanbreedingstandards-ellenknudson.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/americanbreedingstandards-ellenknudson.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/americanbreedingstandards-ellenknudson-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6095\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>American Breeding Standards<\/em> <strong>|<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/crookedletterpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ellen Knudson<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_12236\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Summer-SusanAngebranndt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12236\" data-attachment-id=\"12236\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/08\/tutorial-turkish-map-fold\/summer-susanangebranndt\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Summer-SusanAngebranndt.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,582\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot G3&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1161477571&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;28.8125&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Summer-SusanAngebranndt\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Summer-SusanAngebranndt.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-12236\" src=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Summer-SusanAngebranndt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Summer-SusanAngebranndt.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Summer-SusanAngebranndt-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Summer-SusanAngebranndt-768x559.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12236\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Summer<\/em> <strong>|<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenchairpress.com\/index.cgi?page=portfolio&amp;id=0025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Susan Angebranndt<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this video for North Bennet Street School, I show my co-host Colin Urbina how to fold a square sheet of paper using the Turkish Map Fold technique. Even though this video is geared towards kids, this technique is great for any age group. You can find more online content created for NBSS here. If [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1276],"tags":[2379,1038,1101,2383,949,2384,2382],"class_list":["post-12234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tutorials","tag-bookbinding-tutorial","tag-colin-urbina","tag-ellen-knudson","tag-louisa-boyd","tag-north-bennet-street-school","tag-susan-angebranndt","tag-turkish-map-fold"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Btis-3bk","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12265,"url":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/12\/tutorial-petal-fold-book\/","url_meta":{"origin":12234,"position":0},"title":"Tutorial \/\/ Petal Fold Book","author":"Erin Fletcher","date":"July 12, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/y6IWrxj5k0A In this video for North Bennet Street School, my co-host Colin Urbina shows me how to make a Petal Fold Book using simple folding techniques similar to the Turkish Map Fold. 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