Pages: Innovative Bookmaking Techniques

This is one of the books recommended by a teacher of bookarts. I was so entralled with the small works of art that we started in the class that I can't seem to stop creating books. I love this book. It picks up where the teacher left off. The author gives many intriguing examples for both conceptual books (artbooks) and regular books (journals, diaries, etc.) She gives a lot of info on paper, binding techniques, and surface decoration. I've used one of the the templates for a birder's journal to make a present for my avian-crazy aunt, and even created birthday party invitations using an idea presented here. Worth your money. Worth your time. Check it out! See what you think.

This book is a jolt of inspiration! If you think books are just pages of text held between two covers, guess again. After presenting the how-tos for regular books like folded books, turtle wraps, flutter books, scrolls, and bound books, the author shows you how to make them into pieces of art. Some of the examples are purely sculptural! The authors books and those of many other artists are very inspirational. A real kick in the head!I was so excited by this book I made two books and used the scroll form to make party invitations! Instructions were clear and easy to follow. The map scroll would be perfect for my husband the globe collector.This is a reference book I will refer to often. Besides the instructional section there is an illuminating section on the history of bookmaking and a good explanation of materials.I can't find anything here to quibble about, except perhaps it could have been even longer. Feasting my eyes on the pictures has become a pasttime.For me, this is the best book I have found on making handmade books. I have two other titles, but they don't extend my imagination the way this book does.As the author Linda Fry Kenzle says in the Introduction, "Books are powerful." Indeed.

I've been looking for a book with different binding techniques - Pages was perfect! Instructions were easy to understand and illustrations were wonderful. I have found this book most helpful.

Very Inspiring! I've been making handmade books for five years and I found some clever ideas in this book. Neat bindings configurations. And she offers a vast number of surface decoration techniques (ones I haven't seen elsewhere) so I can express many different art ideas. Beautiful photography enhances this art book. I also like the gallery of other book artist's work. That too makes me want to start creating right now! Add this book to your library, you'll refer to it often.

This book is written in a style that informs but explains. She does not assume that you already know everything about the topic. She does take you through elementary steps of learning about paper and construction techniques that enable you to have basic knowledge that will carry you through in more technical books. The instructions are uncomplicated, there are lots of colored picture examples and there are step by step instructional pictures as well. I really liked this book and felt that I had certainly gotten my money's worth from just one reading. I know that I will refer back to it for help many times.