Books, Boxes & Wraps: Binding and Building Step-by-Step

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Second Edition For crafters and calligraphers, bookbinders and writers, artists and art teachers with classes from kindergarten through college—this is the guidebook for you! It’s a concise yet comprehensive workbook on creating all different kinds of books and boxes—from traditional to contemporary, from rustic to elegant, from large to small. The clear, step-by-step instructions and graphic (yet beautiful!) line drawings offer easy-to-follow guidance for both the novice and the seasoned artist. All projects can be made with the simple tools listed in the first chapter—which also describes how to use these tools, where to find them, and, in some cases, how to make them. Information on choosing papers, inks, adhesives, cloth, ribbons, and threads is given in the final chapter, and an up-to-date list of resources is one of the appendixes. Books, Boxes & Wraps is a treasure, but you should be forewarned—opening this book can easily lead you to create many, many more! This second edition is an expansion and a refinement of the first—more projects, more information, more instruction. Described as “a workshop in a book,” Books, Boxes & Wraps is an invaluable aid to teachers. It’s been assigned as a college textbook and is often employed as a creative resource for classroom projects. The book is laid out like a workbook and is studded with helpful working tips—a clear materials list for each project; instructions on the most useful knots and closures; an extensive chart on papers; a glossary of bookbinding terms; a bibliography of other helpful books, articles, and catalogues; and suggestions for working with paper, measuring, cutting, pasting, sewing, mitering corners, making holes, labeling covers, finding the grain… and so much more. Each chapter begins with snippets of historical information—did you know that the earliest surviving inscriptions were on tortoise shells and animal bones?—and goes on to give the general instructions necessary to make the projects that follow. The chapters are arranged in the order the various book forms came into being, beginning with “Palm Leaves & Scrolls” and going all the way through “Multiple Signature Bindings.” “Folders & Soft Wraps” and “Boxes & Cases” end the project section of the book. In between are such gems as flutter books, to-and-fro books, flip books, triangle books… and all of them so much fun to make!