From heirloom memories to unique journals, albums, and altered books or simple tag books for your kids Bookcraft contains all the skills you will ever need. Books are a central part of life, and have been with us for around 2,000 years. Although most books we use are produced commercially, many of us are drawn to the book form in its various guises, and are interested in exploring how to make books of our own, whether as a vehicle for telling stories, as scrapbooks, or as notebooks and journals. This guide provides the essential ingredients for designing and making your own books, from simple binding and finishing techniques to complex complete products. Projects are designed to suit a variety of skill levels from beginner to advanced, and use a step-by-step approach to Learning the necessary skills. Each project begins with basic techniques and progresses through to thought-provoking applications of those techniques. Each technique includes an example of a finished book that fully and beautifully utilizes the methods described by the techniques. This book explores more experimental binding and page treatment techniques, and has a comprehensive gallery of ideas outlining the skills and materials needed to apply techniques Often reserved for professionals.
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Heather Weston has an MA in Book Arts from Camberwell College of Arts, one of London s leading art colleges. Her design business, Bookery, focuses soley on the book form, encompassing everything from stationery and corporate gifts to conceptual book art. Her work is sold internationally and her book art is held in private and publish collections as far afield as Japan, Germany, the US and the UK. She currently teaches Book Art at Camberwell College of Arts and is based in London.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
By F. Battiato
Format:Paperback
Almost anything a beginner could need to know about (hand)bookbinding can be found in this book. Description of a starting kit, basic pamphlet-stitch and dos-à-dos, single and multi-section case-binding, glued spine binding, posts, japanese stab binding, surface sculpting, etc. Very clear step-by-step pictures. Only a pair of niggles in my opinion: coptic binding is not included, and the cover is subject to 'ears'.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By RedButton240
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I think this book has just the right mix of projects, technical knowledge and a gallery of things to aspire towards. The author uses photos to illustrate techniques used, lots of helpful hints and tips and each project comes with some variations that can be tried if you are feeling adventurous.
My only complaint, as mentioned by another reviewer is that there is nothing on coptic stitching and the cover is indeed subject to the corners turning inward or `earring'
I think that this book is great for the beginner bookmaker but this, partnered with How to Make Books by Ester Smith, makes a really good start for both beginners and those with a little more experience looking to expand their ideas.
My only complaint, as mentioned by another reviewer is that there is nothing on coptic stitching and the cover is indeed subject to the corners turning inward or `earring'
I think that this book is great for the beginner bookmaker but this, partnered with How to Make Books by Ester Smith, makes a really good start for both beginners and those with a little more experience looking to expand their ideas.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By margo
Format:Paperback
brilliant did not realise there was so many ways to bookbind detaled well have looked elswere but this was the better book easy to understand and enjoyable projects to do.
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Bookcraft
This book is helpful if you already have some knowledge of book binding. The illustrations are clear and there are
ome interesting ideas to try.
ome interesting ideas to try.
Published 2 months ago by Beryl
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Bookcraft Techniques.
This was an ideal book for my purpose giving precise and comprehensive information and instructions on many bookbinding techniques. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Elrond
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Same book under a different name
You may find it helpful to know that this is the same book as Heather Weston's other book "Handmade Books: Binding, Folding and Decorating" - just with a different title.
Published 12 months ago by scgc
5.0 out of 5 stars
clear instructions, great images
Great book for the price, clear instructions, nice picture instructions, not just drawings of how to make a book like many other books on the same topic.
Published 13 months ago by lauruk
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inspirational
This was a gift for my sister who was starting a project at college on bookbinding, she found it really useful for ideas and references, very thorough and just generally loved it.
Published on 13 Jan 2010 by C. Holmes
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