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Bookmaking Books
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Making Handmade Books: 100+ Bindings, Structures & Forms (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as bookmaking)
avg rating 4.26 — 884 ratings — published 2011
The Penland Book of Handmade Books: Master Classes in Bookmaking Techniques (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as bookmaking)
avg rating 4.41 — 217 ratings — published 2004
Cover to Cover: Creative Techniques for Making Beautiful Books, Journals & Albums (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as bookmaking)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,326 ratings — published 1995
Creating Handmade Books (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as bookmaking)
avg rating 3.88 — 102 ratings — published 1998
How to Make Books: Fold, Cut & Stitch Your Way to a One-of-a-Kind Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as bookmaking)
avg rating 4.14 — 4,244 ratings — published 2007
The Weekend Crafter: Making Books And Journals: 20 Great Weekend Projects (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as bookmaking)
avg rating 3.44 — 32 ratings — published 1999
Altered Books, Collaborative Journals, and Other Adventures in Bookmaking (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as bookmaking)
avg rating 3.92 — 422 ratings — published 2003
At Home with Handmade Books: 28 Extraordinary Bookbinding Projects Made from Ordinary and Repurposed Materials (Make Good: Crafts + Life)
by (shelved 4 times as bookmaking)
avg rating 3.80 — 65 ratings — published 2011
The Art & Craft of Handmade Books (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as bookmaking)
avg rating 3.82 — 93 ratings — published 2001
More Making Books By Hand: Exploring Miniature Books, Alternative Structures, and Found Objects (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as bookmaking)
avg rating 3.92 — 76 ratings — published 2004
American Dictionary of Printing and Bookmaking: Containing a History of These Arts in Europe and America ... (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as bookmaking)
avg rating 5.00 — 2 ratings — published 2015
Somerset Studio (07/05)
by (shelved 3 times as bookmaking)
avg rating 4.33 — 9 ratings — published 2003
The Book-Makers: A History of the Book in Eighteen Lives (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as bookmaking)
avg rating 3.77 — 491 ratings — published 2024
The Art of the Fold: How to Make Innovative Books and Paper Structures (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as bookmaking)
avg rating 4.56 — 116 ratings — published
Playing with Books: The Art of Upcycling, Deconstructing, and Reimagining the Book (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as bookmaking)
avg rating 3.99 — 676 ratings — published 2010
The Book as Art: Artists' Books from the National Museum of Women in the Arts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as bookmaking)
avg rating 4.46 — 156 ratings — published 2006
Books, Boxes & Portfolios: Binding, Construct and Design, Step-By-Step (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as bookmaking)
avg rating 4.40 — 68 ratings — published 1983
Art of the Scrapbook: A Guide to Handbinding and Decorating Memory Books, Albums, and Art Journals (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as bookmaking)
avg rating 2.71 — 14 ratings — published 2000
Unique Handmade Books (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as bookmaking)
avg rating 4.00 — 38 ratings — published 2003
Making Books by Hand: A Step-By-Step Guide (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as bookmaking)
avg rating 3.48 — 44 ratings — published 1997
El infinito en un junco: La invención de los libros en el mundo antiguo (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as bookmaking)
avg rating 4.24 — 26,388 ratings — published 2019
Make Your Own Ideabook with Arne & Carlos: Create Handmade Art Journals and Bound Keepsakes to Store Inspiration and Memories (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as bookmaking)
avg rating 4.11 — 149 ratings — published 2015
Making Books (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as bookmaking)
avg rating 4.28 — 110 ratings — published 2017
Bound: 15 beautiful bookbinding projects (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as bookmaking)
avg rating 4.20 — 149 ratings — published
Bookmaking: Editing, Design, Production (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as bookmaking)
avg rating 3.66 — 96 ratings — published 2004
Making Mini Books: Big Ideas for 30+ Little Projects (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as bookmaking)
avg rating 4.15 — 88 ratings — published 2012
Hand Bookbinding: A Manual of Instruction (Dover Crafts: Book Binding & Printing)
by (shelved 2 times as bookmaking)
avg rating 4.08 — 297 ratings — published 1962
The Decorated Page: Journals, Scrapbooks & Albums Made Simply Beautiful (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as bookmaking)
avg rating 4.12 — 4,962 ratings — published 2002
Book + Art: Handcrafting Artists' Books (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as bookmaking)
avg rating 4.12 — 89 ratings — published 2009
Re-Bound: Creating Handmade Books from Recycled and Repurposed Materials (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as bookmaking)
avg rating 4.01 — 929 ratings — published 2009
500 Handmade Books: Inspiring Interpretations of a Timeless Form (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as bookmaking)
avg rating 4.17 — 591 ratings — published 2007
Bookbinding for Book Artists (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as bookmaking)
avg rating 4.26 — 91 ratings — published 1998
The Elements of Pop-Up (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as bookmaking)
avg rating 4.51 — 189 ratings — published 1999
Structure of the Visual Book (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as bookmaking)
avg rating 3.99 — 91 ratings — published 1984
Making and Keeping Creative Journals (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as bookmaking)
avg rating 3.59 — 59 ratings — published 2001
People of the Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as bookmaking)
avg rating 4.04 — 157,811 ratings — published 2008
Hand-Made Books: An Introduction to Bookbinding (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as bookmaking)
avg rating 3.67 — 30 ratings — published 1995
The Book Book: A Journey into Bookmaking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as bookmaking)
avg rating 4.13 — 45 ratings — published 2007
Fabric Art Journals: Making, Sewing, And Embellishing Journals From Cloth And Fibers (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as bookmaking)
avg rating 3.85 — 75 ratings — published 2005
The History of Making Books: From Clay Tablets, Papyrus Rolls, and Illuminated Manuscripts to the Printing Press (Scholastic Voyages of Discovery. Visual Arts, 18)
by (shelved 2 times as bookmaking)
avg rating 3.86 — 21 ratings — published 1996
Art of Fabric Books (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as bookmaking)
avg rating 3.75 — 36 ratings — published 2005
The Making and Meaning of a Medieval Manuscript: Interpreting MS Bodley 851 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as bookmaking)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
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[Exhibition Catalog] Guild of Book Workers: Marking Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as bookmaking)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
Book Basics and Beyond (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as bookmaking)
avg rating 4.20 — 5 ratings — published 2005
Creative Correspondence (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as bookmaking)
avg rating 3.73 — 64 ratings — published 2003
1,000 Artists' Books: Exploring the Book as Art (1000 Series)
by (shelved 1 time as bookmaking)
avg rating 4.29 — 76 ratings — published 2012
Creating Artists Books (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as bookmaking)
avg rating 4.09 — 34 ratings — published 2005
The Handmade Book (Handmade Series)
by (shelved 1 time as bookmaking)
avg rating 3.95 — 22 ratings — published 2000
“A book's a strange thing. It's ideas, feelings. It's fragile and complicated. You can't make them like refrigerators or cars.”
― Les Ignorants : Récit d'une initiation croisée
― Les Ignorants : Récit d'une initiation croisée
“The Allatians believe that they have a writing system superior to all others. Unlike books written in alphabets, syllabaries, or logograms, an Allatian book captures not only words, but also the writer’s tone, voice, inflection, emphasis, intonation, rhythm. It is simultaneously a score and a recording. A speech sounds like a speech, a lament a lament, and a story re-creates perfectly the teller’s breathless excitement. For the Allatians, reading is literally hearing the voice of the past.
But there is a cost to the beauty of the Allatian book. Because the act of reading requires physical contact with the soft, malleable surface, each time a text is read, it is also damaged and some aspects of the original irretrievably lost. Copies made of more durable materials inevitably fail to capture all the subtleties of the writer’s voice, and are thus shunned.
In order to preserve their literary heritage, the Allatians have to lock away their most precious manuscripts in forbidding libraries where few are granted access. Ironically, the most important and beautiful works of Allatian writers are rarely read, but are known only through interpretations made by scribes who attempt to reconstruct the original in new books after hearing the source read at special ceremonies.”
― The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
But there is a cost to the beauty of the Allatian book. Because the act of reading requires physical contact with the soft, malleable surface, each time a text is read, it is also damaged and some aspects of the original irretrievably lost. Copies made of more durable materials inevitably fail to capture all the subtleties of the writer’s voice, and are thus shunned.
In order to preserve their literary heritage, the Allatians have to lock away their most precious manuscripts in forbidding libraries where few are granted access. Ironically, the most important and beautiful works of Allatian writers are rarely read, but are known only through interpretations made by scribes who attempt to reconstruct the original in new books after hearing the source read at special ceremonies.”
― The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
