The Art and Craft of Handmade Books (Dover Craft Books)

Author: LaPlantz, ShereenBrand: Dover PublicationsEdition: First Edition, FirstFeatures: Dover PublicationsBinding: PaperbackNumber Of Pages: 128Release Date: 20-07-2016Part Number: IllustratedDetails: Product Description "A beautiful and worthwhile book." — Next Book Please This innovative approach to bookbinding demonstrates an array of creative techniques that elevate handmade books into extraordinary works of art. Easy-to-follow, well-illustrated directions for more than 25 patterns explain how to make seven different kinds of books with pop-up panels and pages that "explode" from the spine as well as slipcases, tassels, and other distinctive features. The guide begins with instructions for a simple accordion-fold book. Successive projects build on methods readers have already mastered and introduce new skills, including the pamphlet stitch, ideal for photo albums and scrapbooks; tacket binding, the versatile stitch of medieval Europe; and the Coptic stitch, employed by Christ