Book Binding Handbook

Product Description

Book Binding Handbook This is a comprehensive introduction to the craft of bookmaking. It takes the traditional basic skills of bookbinding & combines them with contemporary techniques which will enable every reader to create beautiful works of art. There is an exciting array of innovative approaches to this time-honoured handicraft, & many of these are sampled here, showing you the exciting forms a book can take. From albums & journals to notebooks & gift pieces, the book is valued here as a medium for artistic expression as well as function. The projects will allow you to create books that are blank portfolios for inserting photographs, artworks, & specially chosen words, or books that are decorative works of art using the basic form as a foundation. The book is divided into two sections, the first of which takes you through all the necessary materials & basic techniques, with inspirational examples in full-colour to fire your imagination. The second section

Includes:: ten unique projects that use the techniques developed earlier. About the Author Sue Doggett is a teacher of bookworks as well being fully trained in fine arts. She brings her artistic skills to the ancient art of bookbinding & uses them to open up the possibilities of the craft to everyone.