Fuck Yeah, Book Arts!

basil—hallward:

A Rainbow of Penguins (x)

(Source: jammavoy)

containercorps:

Recordings is a series of books that are the result of a physical interaction between the printer and the offset press. Colors are added to the press during printing following a predetermined “score.” The act of printing becomes an act of performance, and the book is the evidence of its occurrence. Recordings conflate books and sculpture. They use the machinery of mechanical reproduction to create visual records of specific, unrepeatable conditions of color and change.

DIY Mini Milk Cap Accordion Books (by Monica Holtslaw)

Milk caps are like a perfect little slice of vintage pie. Each one reminds me of an intricate poster and what better to do than find two that match and sandwich a special note in between! I’ve started turning my growing collection of vintage milk caps into a delightfully functional series called Milk Mail. Once you have your note written just put it in it’s milk mailer and send it on its way!

twiggsbindery:

Handmade books from Twigg’s Bindery

prettybooks:

Penguin English Library.

poodles-and-doodles:

Timeline (A Light History of the Earth) by Katie Holten at Storm King

This piece is a color wheel book shelf featuring a bunch of books about color/light organized into a color wheel.

DIY Paint Chip Matchbooks (by ssbuffat)

DIY Colorful Bookcovers (Using Iris Folding Technique)

This tutorial promotes using Astrobrites paper specifically, but I can’t see any reason why you can’t just use any old scraps of plain or patterned paper leftover from previous projects!

Zync Journal. Beautiful white foil stamping and colour spine.

(Source: underconsideration.com)

(Source: namasteh, via u-aint-never-been-blue)