More Making Books By Hand: Exploring Miniature Books, Alternative Structures, and Found Objects

by Peter Thomas, Donna Thomas

Overview

This must-have book for newcomers to the popular art of bookmaking teaches all the basics and features easy and interesting projects that allow self-expression and experimentation. More experienced bookmakers and paper enthusiasts will also note that it offers a wealth of practical tips and techniques in one handy resource.

All the basic bookmaking techniques include lots of specialized tips. Simple book structures, miniature books, and a wide variety of projects that highlight themes such as travel, music, even wearable books -- a book necklace and earrings -- provide creative variations on traditional ideas.

The authors share innovative, unique, and previously unpublished binding structures that incorporate scrolls, flaps, folders, and more. In addition, some book projects are made from unusual materials or found objects, such as a book out of a ukulele, a real accordion book, a book diorama in a cigar box, and other experimental creations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781616739232
Publisher:	Quarry Books
Publication date:	02/09/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	144
File size:	17 MB
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About the Author

Peter and Donna Thomas, as stylistic innovators of the field, have won several awards for their one-of-kind books. Under the previous imprint of The Good Book Press, and the current imprint, Peter and Donna Thomas: Santa Cruz, their books have been shown in individual and group exhibitions in the United States and abroad. They live in Santa Cruz, California.

Peter and Donna Thomas, as stylistic innovators of the field, have won several awards for their one-of-kind books. Under the previous imprint of The Good Book Press, and the current imprint, Peter and Donna Thomas: Santa Cruz, their books have been shown in individual and group exhibitions in the United States and abroad. They live in Santa Cruz, California.

Peter and Donna Thomas, as stylistic innovators of the field, have won several awards for their one-of-kind books. Under the previous imprint of The Good Book Press, and the current imprint, Peter and Donna Thomas: Santa Cruz, their books have been shown in individual and group exhibitions in the United States and abroad. They live in Santa Cruz, California.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	8
Section I	Basic Bookmaking Techniques	10
	Bookbinding Terminology	10
	Tools	11
	Materials	14
	Basic Skills	16
	How to Determine Grain Direction	16
	How to Square Material Before Measuring	17
	How to Mark Accurate Measurements	17
	How to Make a Scored Line to Fold Paper	18
	How to Cut Paper and Cardboard	18
	How to Obtain a Feathered Edge	19
	How to Choose and Modify Adhesives	20
	How to Apply Glue	21
	How to Press and Rub with Waxed Paper	23
	How to Work with Cloth	23
	How to Make the Bookblock	24
	How to Make a Textblock with Accordion Folds	24
	How to Fold an Accordion	24
	How to Make Accordions from Single Sheets, Folios, and Other Accordions	26
	How to Make a Textblock with Sewn Pages	27
	Tips for Sewing	27
	How to Tie a Weaver's Knot	28
	How to Make a Four-Hole Stab-Sewn Textblock	29
	How to Sew a Single-Section Textblock	32
	How to Sew Multiple Sections for a Miniature Textblock	34
	How to Sew Multiple Sections for a Large Textblock	36
	How to Prepare the Textblock for Binding	39
	How to Cover the Bookblock	42
	How to Make a Corner	42
	How to Make a Library Corner	42
	How to Make a Mitered Corner	43
	How to Make Panel Covers and Attach an Accordion	45
	How to Make a Case and Case-in a Bookblock	48
Section II	The Projects	54
Project 1	The Miniature Case-Bound Book	56
Project 2	The Accordion Book with Pockets	62
Project 3	The Case-Bound Fold-Out Accordion Book	68
Project 4	The Nested Accordion Pop-Up-Fold Book	74
Project 5	The Accordion Pleat Spine Stab-Sewn Book	82
Project 6	The Case-Bound Pocket Portfolio	90
Project 7	The Dowel Spine Portfolio	96
Project 8	The Scrolling Book	104
Project 9	The Flap Book	112
Project 10	The Dowel Hinge Spine Accordion Book	120
Project 11	Found Object Books	128
Project 12	The Hollow Book	134
	Glossary	140
	Resources	142
	About the Authors	143
	Acknowledgments	143