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Bookbinding/Artists' Books
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B3392. Masters: Book Arts / Wallace
Masters: Book Arts: Major Works by Leading Artists curated by Eileen Wallace. 2011. 330pp. 9 x8 . Paper. List $24.95
Presents the work of two of my favorites, Claire Van Vliet and Hedi Kyle, as well as Timothy Ely, Sarah Bodman, Karen Hanmer, Keith Smith, Barbara Mauriello and 33 more makers of books. Some of these kinds of volumes just show one piece of a book artist, leaving you wanting to see more. That is not the case here. For each artist, there is a very brief bio and 12 to 18 color photos of their works. For many of the pieces, there are two or more photos, so you also get a better feel for the books. I like books and don't appreciate a work as much where I have to struggle to see the "book." That is not a problem with almost all the pieces in this wide-ranging, visual feast of books. The captions include title, date, dimensions, materials, binding and if appropriate, the printing process.
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B2663. Woven & Interlocking Book Structures
Woven & Interlocking Book Structures
By Claire Van Vliet and Elizabeth Steiner. 2002. 142pp. 7.5"x10". Paper
Instead of using sewing or glue, these book structures use woven and interlocking paper to bind the pages together. There are detailed, step-by-step diagrams and instructions for the dozen books with several variations. Examples of finished books are shown for each structure. This hard to find title is almost out-of-print.
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B3444. Handmade Photo Albums / Porath
Handmade Photo Albums: Complete Instructions for Making 18 Fun and Creative Designs by Tami Porath. 2007. 110pp. 8x10.5. Paper $19.95. SALE
Use these albums for photos or adapt Tami's techniques and ideas for journals and other binding projects. Step-by-step photos accompany the detailed instruction.
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B3343. Real Life Journals / Diehn
Real Life Journals: Designing & Using Handmade Books by Gwen Diehn. 2010. 180pp. 9"x9". Hardcover
List Price: $24.95
This celebration of making and keeping journals will help you design a journal that enhances the experiences you are chronicling. A little book that comes within the main book helps you choose a bookbinding structure that fits your purpose - for example, a travel journal that is portable and has both lined pages and blank ones to paint on. The booklet directs you to the instructions in the main book that explain how to make that specific design. There are instructions and beautiful illustrations for 16 kinds of books and 10 cover styles. A removable foldout found on the inside back cover explains essential bookmaking basics. A variety of people share their processes and their pages. The journals and the profiles of the journal keepers will inspire you to start writing and drawing.
Gwen Diehn, the author of The Decorated Journal and The Decorated Page, showed me her BRAND NEW BOOK, Real Life Journals. It's a marvelous book, full of journal pages, including some of mine. It has great instruction, as well as a huge gallery, and is very accessible to all kinds of people. Perhaps because it was co-sponsored by AARP, the author and publisher were able to produce a really GOOD book. - Annie Cicale
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B3339. Making Handmade Books / Golden
Making Handmade Books: 100+ Bindings, Structures & Forms by Alisa Golden. 2011. 256pp. 8.5"x11". Paper
Folded, glued or sewn handmade books in a variety of shapes and styles, from rolled scrolls to Jacob's ladders, from folded flexagons to case bindings. Includes an inspiring gallery of Golden's books and contributions by more than 40 established book artists.
Golden is the author of Expressive Hand Made Books (B2967) and Painted Papers (B3166).
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B2967. Expressive Handmade Books (Paperback)
Expressive Handmade Books (Paperback)
By Alisa Golden. 2007. 144pp. 8.5"x 11". Paper $14.95.
In her third book on binding, Golden presents instruction on structure, design and content. Projects include accordion and fold books including miniatures, side binding with cross-stitching or laced edges, sewn signatures, portfolios, pop-ups. Full-color throughout.
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B3166. Painted Paper (Paperback) / Golden
Painted Paper: Techniques & Projects for Handmade Books & Cards by Alisa Golden. 2008. 176pp. 8.5" x 10". Paper $17.95.
Alisa Golden shows how to paint paper using water-based media--primarily acrylic inks, gesso and paste. She first provides advice on paper/ink/paint choices, and introduces the tools needed to complete the projects. Every following chapter showcases multiple methods of painting techniques: washes, stencils, masking, gesso resist, paste papers (an entire chapter!), layered inks, and more. After working your way through the techniques presented, you will have a wealth of beautiful papers -- and in the final chapter, Alisa shows exactly how to use these great papers. Color photos and diagrams illustrate book/paper projects designed specifically to transform your newly painted papers into: an origami envelope, an accordion-folded album, and a decorative box, and much more! Packed with painting techniques and book projects, this title will keep your creative fires ablaze.
Chapters: Papers, Colors, and Tools; Acrylic Inks; Gesso & Stencils; Masking; Paints & Paste; Books and Projects.
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B3346. Marking Time: Guild of Bookworkers Exhibit Cat
Marking Time: Guild of Bookworkers Exhibit Catalog (2009-2010). 64pp. 8.5"x11". Paper. LIST $35.00
Wonderfully presents the 50 books and 50 binders of this traveling exhibition. The entries include artists’ books, fine printing and designer bindings. Each entry has a large photo and a smaller detail, plus a discussion of the work by the binder and a brief bio.
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B3229. Bookbinding & Conservation HC / Don Etherington.
Bookbinding & Conservation: A Sixty-Year Odyssey of Art and Craft by Don Etherington. 2010. 180pp. 8.5"x11". Hardcover
List Price: $49.95.
Don Etherington began bookbinding at the age of thirteen and went on to study bookbinding and design at the London School of Printing. This autobiography takes you through his lifelong journey of bookbinding and conservation, including his teaching and his journey from Europe to the US, where he became Training Officer and Assistant Restoration Officer at the Library of Congress in 1970. This account of his personal and professional life includes his generous contribution to the conservation effort in Florence, Italy, following the great flood that caused incredible damage to thousands of books. Etherington's work can be found in collections worldwide. Numerous personal photographs and a gallery of Etherington's fine bindings.
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B2795. Recollections: A Life in Bookbinding / Middleton
Recollections: A Life in Bookbinding by Bernard C. Middleton. 2000. 126pp. 7.25x10.25. $39.95. SALE
Middleton's story begins at trade school, than as an indentured apprentice, and then his first job (at the British Library). As a young man, he becomes manager at the famed Zaehnsdorf's and then, on his own, becomes one of the world's foremost book restorers. This warm, personal story is well-illustrated, including many examples of his inspired bindings. (80 are shown, with 46 in color)
Middleton's extesive library of books on bookbinding is now at the Cary Library at Rochester Institute of Technology.
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