Making books : a guide to creating handcrafted books

Making books A guide to creating handcrafted books

Book - 2018

"From the London Centre for Books Arts, the internationally recognized, artist-run, open-access studio at the forefront of the book craft community, comes this definitive manual for creating hand-bound books. Making Books: A Guide to Creating Handcrafted Books offers beginners and advanced artists alike a comprehensive overview of the tools, principles, and techniques used in hand bookbinding. Through hundreds of vibrant photographs and clear illustrations showing step-by-step instructions, Making Books leads readers through six bookbinding projects, from pamphlets and concertinas, to multi-section case bindings, for aspiring binders to learn and master"--

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Subjects
Bookbinding > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Book design > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Handbooks and manuals.
Genres
Handbooks and manuals
Published
New York, New York : Princeton Architectural Press 2018.
Language
English
Item Description
First published in the United Kingdom in 2017 by Pavilion, London.
Physical Description
192 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
ISBN
9781616896317
Contents unavailable.
Review by Library Journal Review

Readers learn the basics of bookmaking with this manual by the London Centre for Book Arts, a London-based studio that teaches the craft of bookbinding. Included are 13 binding projects progressing from simple pamphlets to sophisticated case bindings, each utilizing different binding techniques. An introduction to equipment and tools is somewhat awkwardly arranged and not all tools listed are illustrated. Foundation skills are not repeated in subsequent projects. While the projects are cleanly illustrated, the general appearance is bland. VERDICT This instructional book is rather academic in tone and illustration, not particularly beginner friendly. For more artistically appealing bookmaking, see Erica Ekrem's Bound. © Copyright 2018. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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