Playing with Books

The Art of Upcycling, Deconstructing, and Reimagining the Book

Jason Thompson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

152 Seiten

2010
Quarry Books (Verlag)
978-1-59253-600-9 (ISBN)

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This book encompasses a wide range of techniques and step-by-step projects that deconstruct and rebuild books and their parts into unique, upcycled objects.

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, upcycled 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.

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.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.4.2010
Reihe/Serie	Playing
Zusatzinfo	200
Sprache	englisch
Maße	219 x 260 mm
Gewicht	603 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Kreatives Gestalten
ISBN-10	1-59253-600-X / 159253600X
ISBN-13	978-1-59253-600-9 / 9781592536009
Zustand	Neuware