From the London Centre for Books Arts, the internationally recognized, artist run, open-access studio at the forefront of the book-craft community, comes this definitive manual for creating hand-bound books. Making Books: A Guide to Creating Handcrafted Books offers beginners and advanced artists alike a comprehensive overview of the tools, principles, and techniques used in hand bookbinding. Through hundreds of vibrant photographs and clear illustrations showing step-by-step instructions, Making Books leads readers through six bookbinding projects, from pamphlets and concertinas to multi-section case bindings, for aspiring binders to learn and master.
By London Centre for Book Arts
192 pages
8 x 10 inches
ISBN 9781616896317
Hardcover
Princeton Architectural Press
2017