This week's book is a companion book to last week's featured book--or so I thought when I bought it online. The title, More Making Books by Hand: Exploring Miniature Books, Alternative Structures, and Found Objects by Peter and Donna Thomas, naturally lead me to believe that it was a continuation in the series. If I had been observant, I would have realized that it was done by different authors and by a different publishing company.
The book is divided into two sections: Basic Skills and Projects. There are twelve projects shared in this book and most of them delve into the classification of artist's books. While they are made from common and standard structures, the authors clearly use examples from established book and print artists. The main structures include: miniature cased in books, accordion style books, dowel spine books, Flap/Flag books, and found object books. The one saving grace for this book was the fact that each structure also provides suggestions and examples of variations. What I found annoying was that the instructions/directions were illustrated rather than photographed.
This is a nice book to have for inspiration but not a necessary book to add to your personal collection unless you are seriously delving into bookbinding and/or book arts.
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| Modified Accordion Book w/dowel hinges |
Full Disclosure: Neither Amazon.com nor the authors have provided any compensation for this review. This book was purchased online without a personal perusal before purchase.
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