Bookmaking

Nov 2, 2019- If you’re on this board you love books. You love reading. You love literature. Mountains of paperbacks litter your bookcases; a reminder of your eternal and ever expanding to-read list. Here you will find relatable quotes, humourous images that highlight the silly bits of being a bibliophile and fantasy illustrations that embody the feelings of journey and safety reading novels grants us, the joy of reading itself, as well as the intimacy with characters that we each know well…

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Handmade artist books: a cross between a functional object and handmade art piece. Here are 12 examples of beautiful artist's books.

Do you have a problem? A problem with having too much patterned paper? I know, it isn’t much of a ‘problem’ is it? I mean let’s face it, if you are a papercrafter it kind of goes with the territory, having lots of lovely patterned paper hanging about! But still it is better to use […]

Over the years and through my travels in different parts of the world, I've taken photos of windows. I've been collecting photos and thinking of what I would do with the images or how I would present them in a piece of art. Earlier this year I took a book making class and decided to make my own book and incorporate some of my window drawings. I selected 14 images and drew them out in colored pencil, some with the image transfer technique first. I've been intrigued with the accordion style of…

I’ve had a lot of interest in my bookmaking hobby so I figured I’d share an easy guide on how to get started! Like most hobbies there’s a small upfront investment to gather all of your supplies and materials. Fortunately, bookmaking is a relatively affordable hobby so there’s not too much that you have to […]

Historical Book Sewing Sampler — Anne Covell | Book & Paper Arts

Look what I made from scratch: a book! Last summer I took a course in bookmaking with Chicago’s Spudnik Press and I’m using the cold and quiet months of winter to re-indulge in this craft during my free time. For Christmas my sister bought me a bookmaking kit from Hollander’s, which is a famous company […]