Book By Its Cover » Re-bound

3.19.10

Jeannine Stein

This book is all about creating handmade books from recycled and repurposed materials. From potato chip bags to bath mats to hot water bags, this book shares a variety of techniques for making books from stuff you’d never could have imagined. There’s step by step, easy to follow, instructions with lots of diagram illustrations. In the back there’s a gallery of interesting books made by artists like Elaine Nishizu, who made a series of tiny books from Cracker Jack’s boxes and prizes. I also love Judi Delgado’s beautiful long accordion book made from Monopoly cards and money. Such creative uses for old stuff. Get inspired and pick up a copy here

7 Comments

03/19/10 3:12pm

rachel wrote

Very cool. Looks like there’s an error with the link, though?

03/20/10 8:57am

allie wrote

what a great book – thanks!

03/21/10 12:57am

rose wrote

ooh, i love making books but somehow they just end up sitting on a shelf unused. making them from something recycled which already has a story sounds like a great idea!

03/25/10 8:22pm

Alison wrote

this looks like a perfect excuse to use all the things in my “dirty-old-paper-goods” box.

04/1/10 5:38pm

lynda Howells wrote

l love making little books that go inside bigger things. Link doesn’t work though.xlynda

04/3/10 1:11pm

Kay wrote

This looks absolutely wonderful! Not to mention the lovely artwork… ?

05/20/10 10:35pm

Kathryn Davenel wrote

I absolutely love the detailing put into this book! As a graphic designer, this is a great resource. Love the design as well! Keep up the ammaazing work! Love to hear about more of your books.

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