Book Arts: Beautiful Bindings for Handmade Books by Mary Kaye Seckler. Rich color, inspiring photos, clear diagrams and supply lists for twelve books including a spectacular double Chinese Star Book offering 14 pockets for tags, cards and tokens. The French Tunnel Vision Book features layers of paper in a pop up style manner that focuses attention on a final page. Concertina, piano hinge and exposed spine binding as well. 8.5" x 11", 51 pp., pb. Full color.

Altered Books, Collaborative Journals & Other Adventures in Bookmaking by Holly Harrison.  Inspiration and how to on two of the hottest new trends in bookmaking-altered books and collaborative journals. Well-illustrated ideas for

altering treasured books (or the book as canvas) with collage, paint, layering, sewing, computer manipulation, cutting windows, extensions, and inclusions. Making books with children is included as well as how a community of artists can come together to select a theme, set up a project and ultimately publish or show their collaborative work. The concluding gallery showcases a wide variety of exciting, multi-layered work. 8.5”x11”, 128 pp., 200 color images, pb.

Altered Art: Techniques for Creating Altered Books, Boxes, Cards & More by Terry Taylor. Turn the everyday into expressive art objects with paint, collage, sewing, and metallic accents with familiar tools & materials used in new ways. Infinite possibilities! Convert used books to memento treasure chests, transform a vintage board game into a nostalgic wall hanging, create whimsical art dolls from children's blocks. 144 pp., 8.5" x 10", hb.

Written and illustrated by calligrapher, teacher and paper artist Cherryl Moote is a wonderful resource for paper

By Cherryl Moote. Yum! Are you a calligrapher, stamper, binder or paper artist making small editions of books for exchanges, gifts or saleable creations? Copied, Bound and Numbered will help you efficiently create small editions of your books so you can spend less time assembling books and more time creating art. After a simple and comprehensive discussion of tools & materials and several pages on "befriending your computer", Cherrie gives clear instructions and diagrams on twelve books that lend themselves to small editions AND does the math for us! Terrific!   Glossary, tips & tricks, index. 8.5"x 11", 100 pp., spiral paperback.

SALE book. Orig. $24.95.

By Alisa Golden.  More one-of-a-kind accordion, shaped and themed, thickly sewn and decoratively woven handmade books from one of our favorite binders and author of Creating Handmade Books.  You will also find books with windows and envelopes, one dressed in “wedding netting” for a bride and ways to make collaborative books including one to create with a child.  Golden gives advice on paints, inks, stencils, and distressed covers as well. 8.5" x 10", 144pp, all color. Specify Hardback, or Paperback.

Being reprinted; available SummerFall 2007. Price to be announced. Written by Marilyn Webberley & JoAn Forsyth.  Color cover with 800+ b&w, step-by-step line drawings illustrate the 124 projects. Illustrated, easy to follow directions for making books: palm leaves & scrolls, single & multiple signatures, edge sewn & accordion bindings, plus fold­ers, wraps, boxes & cases. In addition there are working tips including knots & closures, tools & equipment, useful comments about materials with paper charts, details on ad­he­sives & supply sources. 124 projects! Packed with usable in­for­ma­tion. Highly recommended.  288 pp, pb.

Alisa Golden's books have always been my favorites; this one's about making books that tell stories. As she notes, "I have made art for pleasure; I have made art compulsively in crisis; I have made art in grief to relieve pain." This volume helps unlock our stories and reflects Alisa's teaching approach "...people have different reasons for making art and they work in different ways. It's my desire to dig more deeply and find out what moves people, what their memories tell about them and how they can accept or change theselves through their art." Along the way, Alisa eaches more than 30 wonderful book forms (circle accordions, flags, side bindings, books with multiple paths) completing the instructions with examples of her own work and from seven contributing artists including Heidi Kyle. Excellent. 8.5'x10", 144 color pp, pb.

If you have any interest in handmade books and didn’t buy this in hardcover, you owe it to yourself to get this paperback version.

Four hundred photographs illustrate the work of 10 contemporary book artists who have taught at the prestigious Penland School
of Crafts. Reflective essays by each of the artists add to the creative excitement visible on every page. 232 color pp., 8.5”x11”.