Since I made hard covered journal style books in a book making workshop  just over a month ago, I have been wanting to make more of...

Here are several of my latest favorite bookmaking projects! I was at my local library and found these amazing science books on the fre...

I started experimenting with handmade and altered books a few years ago. With my first effort, I layered an emulsion transfer of trees over the pages of an old artist's manual. On the facing page I created a small diorama by cutting a hole in the center of the book.  My bookmaking venture

Oh dear, I'm not awfully good at blogging. My main problem has been having to prioritise and the time I would have taken to write a post has been used for printing or urgent admin. It has been a really, really busy summer and I've been working pretty much every day and night apart from…

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DIY Bookbinding/Bookmaking: How to bind/make your own book, journal, etc. from scratch.

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 […]

Your typical book uses a codex-style binding—and we'll explore to make them in this bookmaking tutorial.

Emily Martin’s A Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet

libro-1991-collage di stoffe e filoBook. Fabric and Thread Collage, 1991

“Bottled Up Emotions” by Leslie Pearson

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It's funny, lately I have actually been doing a fair amount of crafting, but have been almost wholly remiss in actually posting about said crafting here. On my craft blog. Right. I think that at this point we can all...

If you want to make high quality hand crafted books, then this is the DVD for you. By the time you are done watching this instructional video, you will

For the last couple of years, the school where I was teaching had an arts integration focus where we looking at creative ways to integrate art and writing for children. One thing that we did was a lot of bookmaking...

Oliver Jeffers describes himself as “a maker of art,” but he’s really much more than this. He’s an extraordinary painter, designer, and author of many award-winning picture books. His latest picture book "This Moose Belongs to Me" concerns the trials and tribulations with ownership, antlers, and the rules of being a good pet. We’re honored to feature his thoughts on writing, illustrating, and bookmaking.

I have seen this book structure called a squash book or explosion book. It looks simple but packs a punch when you open it! I love th...