Fuck Yeah, Book Arts!

Thinking Buried by Gina’s Eye (fynearts)

“It’s a continuing fascination … after a year of laying out handmade papers in the weather, collecting and cleaning them, I am now considering their use in various pieces…”

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Music by ~kinga76

Block Book by littlepaperbird

DIY Instagram Mini Album (by studiocalico)

Dry Bark Book by Stephanie Frederick

Botanica by Natalie Stopka

This artist book holds a collection of 12 eco prints, made on one late summer day in the Catskill Mountains. Each image is made only from the dye inherent to the plant. Gathered from the garden and foraged from the fields, these plant prints are the portrait of a place and time. Because some of the colorants in each image are not lightfast, they will gradually fade over time, leaving only the permanent dyes. The artist book is bound in naturally dyed and printed silk joined with a herringbone stitch.

Handmade Little Books (Collection of Four) by Natalie Stopka

Each of these four blank books is hand bound with a linen cover and hand stitched silk headbands. Protectively case bound with a rounded spine, they are the perfect size to carry on your travels in a pocket or purse as a journal or sketchbook.

Each part of these books has been naturally dyed with responsibly sourced or foraged plant materials. The pages are made from whole sheets with no paper waste and show the color variation that occurs naturally in the dye bath. This makes a beautiful surface for writing or drawing into.

DIY Postcard/Memento Booklet: Using Cross Flexagon Technique (by makinghandmadebooks)

Maybe you went on vacation and brought back picture postcards. Maybe you stayed home and a few people sent you picture postcards. Or maybe you just have a collection of them, like I do, that are overflowing their boxes. If you don’t mind trimming and creasing them a bit, four of them can be used to make a cross flexagon.

You can always add to the narrative and write your own notes, poetry, or prose on the backs or alter the fronts with gesso or collaged imagery.

DIY Cloth Book Binding (by makinghandmadebooks)

A useful guide for anyone wanting to learn how to make textile or mixed media books using basic slot & tab binding.

fromwithinabook:

From Within a Book…
Ship book sculpture using a book called ‘Ships & Sailing: Tales of the Sea’

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