Playing with Books
The Art of Upcycling, Deconstructing, and Reimagining the Book
Published on 27. July 2022
288 pages
978-1-61673-858-7 (ISBN)
Description
A guide to repurposing used books and pages into unique, accessible art projects-the perfect gift for artists, crafters and book lovers.
In these pages, Jason Thompson has curated an extensive and artistic range of both achievable upcycled crafts made from books and book pages and an amazing gallery that contains thought-provoking and beautiful works that transform books into art.
The content encompasses a wide range of techniques and step-by-step projects that deconstruct and rebuild books and their parts into unique, recycled objects. The book combines in equal measure bookbinding, woodworking, paper crafting, origami, and textile and decorative arts techniques, along with a healthy dose of experimentation and fun. The beautiful high-end presentation and stunning photography make this book a delightful, must-have volume for any book-loving artist or art-loving book collector.
In these pages, Jason Thompson has curated an extensive and artistic range of both achievable upcycled crafts made from books and book pages and an amazing gallery that contains thought-provoking and beautiful works that transform books into art.
The content encompasses a wide range of techniques and step-by-step projects that deconstruct and rebuild books and their parts into unique, recycled objects. The book combines in equal measure bookbinding, woodworking, paper crafting, origami, and textile and decorative arts techniques, along with a healthy dose of experimentation and fun. The beautiful high-end presentation and stunning photography make this book a delightful, must-have volume for any book-loving artist or art-loving book collector.
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04/2010
Quarry Books
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Person
Jason Thompson is the founder and president of Rag & Bone Bindery, and author of Making Journals By Hand (Rockport Publishing 2001) and Playing with Books (Quarry 2009). He is highly regarded as a book designer with integrity who creates unique handbound books and other fine bindings, as well as a popular blogger who writes about bookbinding, book arts, artist books, and paper craft.
Content
- Intro
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Getting Started: Fold, Mutilate, Staple & Spindle
- 2 Projects to Play with: Novel Ideas for Artists & Bibliophiles
- 3 Gallery: Reimaging the Book
- Artist Directory
- About the Author
- Acknowledgments
- Copyright
