Little Book of Book Making by Charlotte Rivers

Amazon Book Description

Publication Date: August 12, 2014

Making books by hand has never been cooler, with this inspiring guide to 30 top bookmakers working today, plus 21 tutorials for essential techniques to make your own books.

Crafters, artists, writers, and book lovers can't resist a beautifully handbound book. Packed with wonderfully eclectic examples, this book explores the intriguing creative possibilities of bookmaking as a modern art form, including a wide range of bindings, materials, and embellishments. Featured techniques include everything from Coptic to concertina binding, as well as experimental page treatments such as sumi-e ink marbling and wheat paste. In addition to page after page of inspiration from leading contemporary binderies, Little Book of Bookmaking includes a practical section of 21 easy-to-follow illustrated tutorials.

My Review:

A book of inspiration for all those with creative minds. This book shows that there is more to a book than a normal layout. The author spends 107 or more pages showing different folding of the signature papers making these books more works of art as well as functional books. There is information for MANY different book designers all over the world giving the reader many forms of inspiration.

This book isn't just about the history or how creative one can be with book making but the author also gives the reader vocabulary and how to's. Making this a "DYI on how to make your own books". There is also a section of resources on where to find the materials you need. 

I give this book a solid 5 stars, for the interesting information and how to's in one little book. I have been trying to find the inspiration to repair some old books that need new spins or covers and I found it in this book. 

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