Handmade Books Research

"Posted" 2009. Like memory ‘Post’ jumps back and forth and is neither a chronological report on the family nor on the decade. The artist’s jottings are preparatory notes to go with the page image. The postage stamps are indicative of the ‘through-the-post’ project and sometimes point to the specific ‘postcard’.

 

chinese star handmade book by rackycoo. beautiful use of materials and colours. each wall has a pocket with a photo.

http://www.michaelgibbs.com/books/occam/index.html a fanatastic handmade book with wonderful composition.

 

 

book made from materials we don't usually associate with reading, but they still tell a story. This book is made from shards of glass found in an ancient, seemingly bottomless trash pile next to our orchard. The glass and tin found here dates back to the 1930s. Tomson Williams has drawn branches on the glass in ink, and bound the book with clear duct tape. It measures about 4" at the widest part.

http://twokitties.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/09/debra-tomson-williams-handmade-books-from-unusual-materials.html

 

It is a handmade book made from handmade paper by Chicago artist Melissa Craig. This website (left) has fantatic handmade books aswel as the full exhibition of the mushroom books.

http://smallstudio.typepad.com/ginnycartersmallenburg/collecting/

 

Looks like a book, reminded me of the image above.

The spine is beautifully made. looks so delicate. the link has other beautiful hand made books.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/marciaz/galleries/72157623239109654

40 poems by barbara brown. an exhibition of handmade book "beyond words"

http://www.wsg-art.com/frames/frames_Apr06.html

This tiny book made by Jenny features a metal cover that has been etched, using a rubber stamp design. The amount of detail that can be seen is incredible. The pencil shown beside the book indicates how small it is.

http://www.mixedmediaart.net/mixed-media-artists/mixed-media-artist-jenny-crossley 

Interesting Stitching for the spine. shows how diverse one can be when designing the spine.

I love the look of this book. the type is carefree as well as neat on the right. the paper looks elegant and textural. overall its aestheticaly pleasing to my taste.

quirky little book with a variety of beautiful materials from lace to buttons to pins. makes me think of a tailors occupation. The website has loads of little fabric hand made books.

http://alteredbits.wordpress.com/category/handmade-booksjournals/