Handmade Books: A Step-by-Step Guide to Crafting Your Own Books

by Kathy Blake

From fabric-covered albums of vacation photographs to bound collections of children's drawings, handmade books are one-of-a-kind keepsakes -- and one of the fastest-growing crafts today. Now, with this comprehensive and lavishly illustrated guide, anyone can master the fine art of bookmaking. Starting with the easiest types of books to make -- scrolls and bound single sheets -- Handmade Books presents fifteen step-by-step projects, culminating with instructions for beautiful multisignature hardcovers. Here are message scrolls and diaries, albums and address books, scrapbooks and chapbooks -- a treasury of unique craft projects for anyone who loves books.

Genres: Crafts

128 pages, Hardcover

First published October 15, 1997

Reviews

[Robin Leach · Rating 5 out of 5]

Scrolls

[Inggita · Rating 3 out of 5]

i'm a certified book maker - no kidding - i graduated from a school that had us bind books. after downloading stuffs or reading off monitors, now i really love books, as a work of art not as a mere container of printed ideas. my mate Dienna can also bind books and we both take it seriously. Ironically, my copy of this book succumbed to the moldy humid climate of Jakarta and the glossy pages are stuck together :-(

[Katrina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great learning tool and step-by-step guide on how to create you own books. Learned a lot and can't wait to apply what I learned.

[Diane]

super great tips and designs. I want to try making bookcloth. p. 24.