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Bookbinding Instructional
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B3356. Bookbinding / Abbott
Bookbinding: A Step-by-Step Guide by Kathy Abbott. 2010. 160pp. 10.2"x8.5". Paper
A practical book full of step-by-step instructions and photographs. Topics include: single-section bindings (paperback and hardback); multi-section bindings (full cloth case, photograph album, quarter leather binding with paper or cloth-covered sides, and wrap-around structure); containers (phase box, slipcase and portfolio case).
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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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B3161. Eco Books / Taylor
Eco Books: Inventive Projects from the Recycling Bin by Terry Taylor. 2009. 144pp. 9"x9". Paper $22.95. JNB Price $19.99
Forty beautiful and innovative bookmaking projects using recycled and green materials! They are clever, witty, fun, and constructed with established binding techniques. Egg cartons, beer cans, and cassette tapes morph into covers, while brown bags, coffee filters, and newspapers are transformed into pages. Projects include cereal box books, an exposed stitch book that incorporates cloth remnants, and a faux leather journal that re-uses your teabags. Includes how-to drawings, close-up detail photographs, simple stitch diagrams, and a gallery to inspire you.
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B2429. Simply Bound/Moote
Simply Bound: Beginnings in Bookbinding
By Cherryl Moote. 2001.80pp. 8.5" x 11". Spiral Paper.
For papercrafters & others wanting to start making books, this manual gives clear,precise instructions with step-by-step illustrations for 16 projects including meander books, lotus books, tea bag books, flutter books, & single signature. Bestseller.
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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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B3133. Re-Bound/Stein
Re-Bound: Creating Handmade Books from Recycled and Repurposed Materials by Jeannine Stein. 2009. 144pp. 8.5"x9". Paperback. List price $24.99
Re-Bound shows readers how to take every day materials
from around the house, flea markets & thrift stores, and
hardware & office supply stores, and turn them into
fabulous books. Instead of saying, "What can I make a book out of," readers will be thinking, "What can't I make a book out of?" In Re-Bound, a vintage souvenir wallet becomes a photo album. Last year's trendy sweater becomes a take along journal. Even potato chip bags get a second life as a handy pocket notebook. A variety of attractive, uncomplicated bindings, how-to instructions, and step-outs bring each project to life.
Click here to see a sample spread from the book.
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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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B3232. Leather Books / Karli Frigge
Leather Books: An Illustrated Handbook by Karli Frigge. 1997. 90pp. 5.5x9.75. Edition of 415, with 370 in this binding. Paper. Offered elsewhere for $58.00. SPECIAL PRICE
This manual presents step-by-step instruction and drawings for two methods of binding. In each, the signatures are sewn over leather strips. In the first, the leather strips are pulled through a stiff leather cover which wraps around the book. In the second, the leather strips are pulled through boards. Part of the leather thongs are visible with each binding. The bindings use traditional binding techniques such as rounding and backing a spine and making a hollow. Includes 75 delightful instructional drawings. Karli Frigg is a binder in The Netherlands.
These bindings will not require a great deal of time to execute, and the final product is not only extraordinarily strong, it is quite lovely and rhythmical as well. - Karli Frigge, in the introduction.
A great bargain, not only for people who collect fine press books, but for anyone interested in the techniques of binding. - Sidney E. Berger
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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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