Blogs

A listing of selected blogs in the book arts.

• ABC Artists' Books Cooperative
• About the Binding: Jana Pullman's blog about her bookbinding and conservation work.
• The Art of American Book Covers: Richard Minsky's blog about twentieth century book design, that at the turn of the 20th century was more than a craft. It was a labor of love at the forefront of art. Readers accustomed to today's more utilitarian book covers will find breathtaking images here—gold leaf patterns intricate enough to replicate the shimmer of feathers, forests rendered in rich color and silver, and elegant allusions to Asian art. The diversity and ingenuity of these books will capture the imagination of book lovers and collectors—and anyone who enjoys engaging design.
• The Art of the Book: Anything and everything related to the book, including, but not limited to, online book exhibits, journals, tutorials, materials and tool resources, paper arts, typography, art that fits in books, announcements of competitions, blog.
• Artists' Books: Anna Mavromatis blog on all things related to paper and paper art
• Beth Heller Conservation: Book and paper conservator in Golden, Colorado. I fix works of art on paper, archival documents, and books in my private practice studio.
• The Binder's Ticket: Vernon Wiering's bindery miscellany. A binder’s ticket is a little slip of paper, printed with the binder’s information. Pretty straightforward. But it is more than that. This small slip of paper has been a great venue for design over the centuries; it is also a window into the binder’s world and the context in which he worked; and it is a tool for unveiling the often cryptic history of bookbinding.
• Booked-out: Making limited edition miniature books, which are published under the De Walden Press imprint.
• BookGirl: Random musings on her bookish (and occasionally other) passions.
• Bookworks in Progress: Toon Van Camp's binding project blog.
• Cailun: Dennis Yuen's blog about the physicality of books (thus paper) and the art of the physical medium of books themselves.
• Melissa Jay Craig’s BLAHG: Adventures in papermaking and the book arts.
• Cuneiform Press: Kyle Schlesinger, proprietor of Cuneiform Press, publishes and lectures on topics related to poetics, visual communication, and artists' books.
• Erinzam: Representing the work of Erin Zamrzla, designer, bookbinder and artist, this blog is an attempt to document some of her favorite projects, materials and inspirations.
• Fly Fishing in Syracuse: Sarah Averill's (and friend's) exploration in the arts including altered books, fiber, and paper arts.
• Future of the Book: Gary Frost's blog in which he visualizes the future of the codex book. He consider hybrid topics between reading behaviors, traditional book use in the context of digital delivery systems, library preservation and book art.
• Green Chair Press: About the the studio and interests of Susan Angebranndt.
• Hands On Bookbinding: Priscilla Spitler is a fine and edition binder in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico.
• History of Books & Material Texts: an interdisciplinary research focus group.
• Letterpressbkart: This blog by Betty Bright supplements her research underway since October 2008, which considers the growing interest in letterpress printing, not just within the book art world, but also as it participates in the larger contexts of art and literature, politics and publishing, and other influences that affect how artists make art.
• Lili's Bookbinding Blog: Lili Hall's thoughts on bookbinding and allied arts...
• Livres d'Artiste et Reliures: Andrée-Anne Dupuis-Bourret's French-language blog about book arts. Has a French-Canadienne focus. See also her other blog, Le territoire des Sens.
• Making Books Blog: Susan Kapuscinski Gaylord's posts on the book arts, especially as taught to children.
• Moon Bindery: Nicely done blog about making journals using limp leather structures and more.
• My Handbound Books: I'm a bookbinder and book artist and my blog is about my bookbinding projects and ambitions. Lately, I have been focusing on historic book structures from the Medieval and Renaissance eras.
• My Time Out of the World: artist's books incorporating collage, found objects and other mixed media.
• Paper Apprentice: Jess Jones is artist-in-residence at the Appalachian Center for Craft in Tennessee.
• Paper Chipmunk: She was a fine art collagist in her previous life. Now she mostly chews on books, or rather, make artist's books and objects.
• Paper Dragon Books: Practices the art of fine and design bookbinding, and is located in New York City.
• Jeff Peachey: Thoughts about conservation, tools, binding, the state of the profession, and more to make us all think about the fields we live and work in.
• Solmentes & Solmentes Press: Imprints of David Esslemont, a British artist, designer, printer, bookbinder, and publisher living in America.
• Studio 5 Book Arts: Mark Cockram is acontemporary bookbinder, book artist and box maker based in London ( U K ).
• Tulibri - handgemachte Bücher und mehr: German-language blog about the book and paper arts.
• Verzwirnt und Zugeleimt: Hilke Kurzke's blog in which she describe's her book arts projects. She is also the author of Six Ways to Make Coptic Headbands, a nicely done tutorial.
• Vuscor: Peter Zillig's German-language blog. Peter is a largely self-taught binder in Cologne who is working to build greater exchange of ideas among amateur and professional binders in Germany.
• Wake Robin: Velma Bolyard's northern New York paper and bookmaking blog.
• Philip Zimmermann + Spaceheater Editions: Photographic books.