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Bookmaking |
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April 14, 2002. I have been getting into the idea of handmade books for a while, especially after this great book art exhibit at the Portland Museum of Art. I got a few books about bookmaking, and was about ready to get started, when I saw that there was a Basic Book Arts class being offered at the Maine College of Art, so I just signed up for that. I just took it this weekend, and it was so great, and exactly what I needed. We made a bunch of sample books that represented many different binding techniques. I'm ready now to start making some of my own books! So excited. I'll update this page as I start making more books. |
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The first book we made was a single signature, or pamphlet, book. I scanned in my book, but it just looked like a giant rectangle, which isn't especially exciting, so I drew a bird's-eye view of what this book looks like. Although this is a very basic book style, it looks pretty neat with its nifty stitched spine. |
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The next book we did was a double signature book with a cover that wrapped around. Here's my bird's-eye view drawing of it. (By the way, "signature" refers to a group of pages, usually paper folded in half and grouped together. The single signature book only has one group of pages like this, and the double signature has two.) |
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This is my double signature book, with the cover tucked in like an envelope. I like this one, with its wraparound cover, because it makes a neat little packet. |
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The next book we did was an accordian book, which is called that because the inside pages are folded like an accordian. This book is nice because it can tell a long story, and it's also good for cutting things out to make pop-up shapes. |
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This is my accordian book. Not very exciting as a scanned in image, I know, but you can see the nice paper I got to use on the cover. |
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We also did an Asian-style binding, which I really loved. I think the string binding looks very cool, and very pretty. |
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This is my little sample card of other possible stitches for the Asian-bound book. |
Craft
Projects
birthday
card
book for Mom
book
making class
glass
magnets
knitting journal
linoleum
block cards
star
journal
square journal
Valentine
wedding
guest book
