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| More Making Books by Hand: Exploring Miniature Books, Alternative Structures, and Found Objects | | Author: | Peter Thomas, Donna Thomas | ISBN: | 1592530745 | Format: | Handover | Publish Date: | June, 2005 | | | | | | | | | Book Review | | |
Book Description This must-have book for newcomers to the popular art of bookmaking teaches all the basics and features easy and interesting projects that allow self-expression and experimentation. More experienced bookmakers and paper enthusiasts will also note that it offers a wealth of practical tips and techniques in one handy resource. All the basic bookmaking techniques include lots of specialized tips. Simple book structures, miniature books, and a wide variety of projects that highlight themes such as travel, music, even wearable books?a book necklace and earrings?provide creative variations on traditional ideas. The authors share innovative, unique, and previously unpublished binding structures that incorporate scrolls, flaps, folders, and more. In addition, some book projects are made from unusual materials or found objects, such as a book out of a ukulele, a real accordion book, a book diorama in a cigar box, and other experimental creations.
About the Author Peter and Donna Thomas, as stylistic innovators of the field, have won several awards for their one-of-kind books. Under the previous imprint of The Good Book Press, and the current imprint, Peter and Donna Thomas: Santa Cruz, their books have been shown in individual and group exhibitions in the United States and abroad. They live in Santa Cruz, California.
More Making Books by Hand: Exploring Miniature Books, Alternative Structures, and Found Objects FROM THE PUBLISHER More Making Books by Hand is the perfect companion for anyone who loves books and wants to make them. This fully illustrated, step-by-step guide is great for beginning bookmakers because it thoroughly explains all the basic information with easy to understand diagrams and offers interesting projects that invite self-expression and experimentation. Experienced book artists will love this book because it's filled with a host of expert tips and techniques, as well as 12 unique book projects invented by the authors and not found in any other book on bookbinding or the book arts. These include clever variations on traditional accordion and piano hinge bindings, scrolling and doweled flap bindings developed by the authors, and projects that use found objects to create both the binding and the text of a book.
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