Creative Bookbinding

Nice sixties style "crafty "book...serious bookbinding not really included, pages and pages of how to make craft paper, manila folders and other book related crafts...nice section about tools needed...all in all a waste of time if you really want to learn about serious old school book binding.

From Preface: "This book presents bookbinding as an art form to be experienced and enjoyed. Procedures have been simplified for the use and understanding of the beginner to assist him in finding a means by which he can grow expressively through art. In the combining the work of his hands with a sensitivity for art quality, he can experience the visual delight of his product and also derive much from the possession and use of a book that he himself has made." **** Contents: * Introduction * Book Design * The Parts of a Book * Materials, Tools, and Equipment * Working Procedures * Simple Constructions and Binding Procedures * Decorated Papers * Leather * Book Repair

A must-have for your collection of books about bookbinding. In these pages you will be introduced to the parts of a book, materials, tools, and working procedures. Then the meat and potatoes of a variety of book forms well illustrated with photos covering simple pamphlets and note pads to wood covers, accordians, and binding with leather. There is a wonderful chapter on designing and creating your own unique papers using a variety of printing methods, stencils, marbling, paste, painting, 3D appliques, and more. There's even a section on book restoration. One of the pleasures of this book was the discussion of the tools and how to use them, especially book presses, adhesives, sewing frames, and cradles.