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Bookbinding/Artists' Books
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B3395. Books and Journals (Weekend Crafter) / Richards
Books and Journals, 20 Great Weekend Projects by Constance E. Richards. 2000, 2011. 80pp. 8.5x11. Paper
This inexpensive book has step-by-step instructions and how-to photographs for simple but not simplistic projects. Full color throughout. Good for a budding bookbinder. This is a reprint of Making Books and Journals: 20 Great Weekend Projects.
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B3363. Speaking of Book Art / Courtenay
Speaking of Book Art: Interviews with British and American Book Artists by Cathy Courtenay. 1999. 264pp. 7"x10". Paper $24.95 SALE
A collection of interviews with American and British book artists, including American book artists Julie Chen, Sas Colby, Betsy Davids, Johanna Drucker, Susan E. King, and British book artists Helen Douglas, Ronald King, Telfer Stokes, and Ian Tyson. 15 color, 101 b&w illustrations.
"...sheds new light on some of the most adventurous book artists working today. A well-edited blend of personal history and analysis of the field" - May Castleberry, editor of Contemporary Editions, Museum of Modern Art, New York.
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B2765. Books With Girth/Moote, Cherryl
Books With Girth
By Cherryl Moote. 2005. 220pp. 8-1/2" x 11". Paper.
This instruction manual covers books that have thick spines. Included are sewn books like Coptic, longstitch and Secret Belgian Binding and many unsewn books like piano hinge, interlocking signatures, and the Spectabular book. The instructions are detailed and accompanied by clear diagrams, suggestions for variations and photos of the projects. The fifth in her bestselling series of instructional
manuals.
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B3085. Bookbinding Handbook / Sue Doggett
The Bookbinding Handbook: Simple Techniques and Step-by-Step Projects by Sue Doggett. 2008. 192pp. 6.5"x8". Hardcover, concealed spiral.
An inexpensive, but good first book. Contains clear step-by-step instructions for making a variety of books, pamphlets, albums, journals, and diaries. This is basically a reprint of Doggett's Bookworks (1998, out-of-print), but in a different format. Though the book is considerably smaller, the how-to illustrations are only slightly smaller.
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B3017. Bookbinding Techniques and Projects
Bookbinding Techniques and Projects
By Joseph Cambras. 2008. 144pp. 8-3/8”x11-1/8. Paper
Presents history, tools & materials, techniques sewing & gluing, paper cutting & folding along with decorating and coloring techniques for the traditional craft of bookbinding. Specific instruction for 17 profusely illustrated, step-by-step bookbinding projects including standard cloth and leather covers, photo album, document case, stationery box and slipcase. Cambras is Professor of Bookbinding at the Escuela d’Arte I Oficis, Barcelona, Spain.
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B3069. Magic Books & Paper Toys / Smith
Magic Books & Paper Toys: Flip Books, E-Z Pop-Ups & Other Paper Playthings to Amaze & Delight by Ester K. Smith. 2008. 7.5x7.5. Paper
Step-by-step instructions for more than two dozen clever projects, including a classic crisscross magic wallet, woven heart baskets, pop-up maps, pocket movies, flip books, spinners, and cootie catchers. The finished examples show you that even these playthings for kids can become sophisticated in execution, as well as just things of fun.
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DVD26. Simply Bound DVD/Moote
Simply Bound DVD
By Cherryl Moote. 2003. 60 minutes.
Made to accompany Cherryl's book Simply Bound, a JNB Bestseller. Provides an introduction to basic bookbinding skills. Begins with an overview of basic tools and materials. Fully demonstrates single signature, accordion, tea bag, and lotus books. Good resource for beginners, with clear instruction on the fundamentals.
All our DVD’s are made to run on USA and Canada machines. If you live outside North America, you should check with the manual for your machine to see if it can play NTSC format DVD’s. If your DVD player can’t play our DVD’s, your computer may be able to.
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B090. Japanese Bookbinding/Ikegami
Japanese Bookbinding: Instructions from A Master Craftsman by Kojiro Ikegami. 1986. 148pp. 7.75" x 10.5". Hardcover $34.95.
Presents easy-to-follow instructions for the major Japanese styles of binding and folding boxes. Includes side-stitched, accordion fold, scrolls and flutter books. The most thorough book on the subject; a popular text for the last 20 years.
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CD20. The Spirit Book
Susan’s Spirit Books are a series of 50 artist books of handmade papers nested in natural materials – such as twigs, driftwood, or a branch. They connect Susan’s experience of the inherent spirituality and mystery of
nature with the longstanding tradition of books as
testaments of faith and belief.“Reading” the books
is meant to be a contemplative experience that takes
the reader out of the everyday world and into a state
of gratitude and reverence. The CD-ROM contains a
slide show of 35 of the Spirit Books, powerpoint
presentations on the development of the series and
Susan’s earlier work,writings about the Spirit
Books, resources, and a Book of the Spirit workshop
– for creating your own spirit books.
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B2033. Cover to Cover/LaPlantz
Cover to Cover: Creative Techniques for Making Beautiful Books, Journals & Albums
By Shereen LaPlantz. 1995. 144pp. 8.75" x 10.25". Paper.
A how-to book combined with a gallery of work. It has step-by-step instructions & illustrations, and they are accompanied by more than 170 photos of examples of finished books by a variety of book artists. Includes simple pamphlets, traditional codices, complex fold books, and many others. A bestseller. Full of non-traditional bindings.
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