This illustrated work presents bookbinding as an accessible craft that achieves striking results with the simplest materials. Chapters provide a thorough grounding in materials, tools and techniques, and explore a variety of traditional and non-traditional binding methods. Instructions are given for making simple pamphlets, traditional codices, ...
Expert, illustrated guide to creating fine books by hand. Materials and equipment, basic procedures, rebinding an old book, more, plus 8 projects: dust jacket, folio, music binding, manuscript binding, 4 others.
From pamphlets and zines you can fold in a minute to luxurious leather journals and sumptuous sketchbooks, "How to Make Books" will walk you through the easy basics of bookmaking. Whether you're a writer, a scrapbooker, a political activist or a postcard collector, let book artist Esther K. Smith be your guide as you discover your inner bookbinder ...
Profusely illustrated step-by-step guide to binding books, paperbacks, periodicals. Instructions for sewing, making endpapers, attaching headbands, adding covers, titling, much more. Updated list of suppliers. 254 illustrations.
Comprehensive, profusely illustrated guide to materials, equipment, papers, repair and preservation, many other topics. Over 600 photographs and diagrams illustrate step-by-step instructions. Introduction. Supply Sources.
An increasingly popular craft trend receives awe-inspiring treatment by a major artist. Alisa Golden has created a spectacular guide sure to enlighten both beginners and more advanced students. She provides invaluable teaching on structure - which is where newcomers will focus their energies first - as well as design and content, for those who ...
This how-to manual introduces the specific processes and techniques of bookbinding and presents 17 step-by-step projects that can turn anyone into a knowledgeable and proficient bookbinder.Barron's Educational Series Inc.
Mammoth volume by one of the world's foremost practitioners. Both historical survey emphasizing decorated bindings, and eminently practical guide to hand bookbinding. 93 plates, 242 figures.
Interest in bookbinding and the related arts has exploded in the past decade, inspiring artists to explore the unlimited possibilities of the form. This title showcases a beautiful range from the intricacies of an exotic Ethiopian binding with a show-stopping open spine to others that resemble mysterious puzzle boxes. The sublimely talented ...
The author of "The Irresistible Bead" presents a book filled with fresh ideas for creating artistic books, albums, scrolls, portfolios and more. Gorgeous full-page, color photos of all 40 projects allow readers to experience the mood and texture of each book. 160 illustrations. 65 color photos.
This book for newcomers to the popular art of bookmaking teaches all the basics and features 12 easy and interesting projects. Features step-by-step instructions, colour project photos, detailed graphics, diagrams, tips and much more.
A compendium of quotations from J.G. Ballard's fiction, plus impossible-to-find articles and interviews. This is the first time Ballard's philosophic views have been edited into one volume, grouped by topic. A companion to J.G. Ballard: Interviews, this could be the 21st-century version of the Portable Shakespeare
Crafters will love creating decorated paper, as beautiful as any found in art shops, with this stunning book. It contains a treasury of ideas that includes a selection of 9 projects. These techniques will work on any paper surface, from artist books and journals to greeting cards, collages and more. Create decorated paper as beautiful as any found ...
It's easy to learn the ancient art of marbling--floating colors on liquid, patterning them and picking up the image on paper or fabric. Lovely, fully illustrated volume demonstrates all the techniques and includes directions for creating 20 classic patterns. 61 full-color photographs; 68 full-color papers and project illustrations; 20 black-and ...
Considered by many bookbinders and librarians to be the clearest and most valuable exposition of hand bookbinding in English, this volume concisely covers virtually every aspect of the craft -- from folding and collating pages, trimming and gilding edges, to preparing covers, designing and inlaying on leather, and creating clasps and ties.
Students, teachers, fine arts professionals, crafts aficionados, art historians, restorers, and bibliophiles: the list of people who will appreciate the beauty of this extraordinary summary of bookbinding techniques is endless. Written by a professor of bookbinding at the Escola d'Arts i Oficis in Barcelona, it provides a precise, systematic, and ...
Download a PDF of page 70 which contains a correction "Decorated Book Papers," first published in 1942, remains one of the standard works on its subject. In it, Rosamond Loring, collector and maker of decorated papers, explores the history and use of decorated papers in the book arts: the early history of endpapers and marbling, marbled endpapers ...
This volume offers 20 projects in making hand-crafted books. The projects include, a wedding album, angel photograph album, roll-up travel journal, jelly bean books, heart-shaped book necklace, lotus map book, wire-bound book, Japanese-bound picture album and a hexagonal bee book and each is shown with step-by-step instructions. There is also ...
This title is aimed at the amateur with a limited budget. It explains the basic techniques of bookbinding through a series of ten projects. All can be completed at the kitchen table using equipment that can be found at home or that is inexpensive and readily available. The book starts with three simple single-section books, each bound in one of ...
LEVEL: All levels. For your class or for yourself, this new card and bookmaking title delivers inspiration from cover to cover. A complete resource, coverage begins with a concise history of books and cards. A thorough examination of the basic techniques, tools, and materials then sets the stage for creative exploration. Stunning examples from ...
Originally published in 1981, Bookbinding & Conservation by Hand is a practical manual for both experienced and beginning binders, book collectors, book dealers, and librarians.
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