1. Fold Book open

This was my first artist book. This technique as well as book form is called a fold. It can be a triangle or a squire type fold. I made the triangle because the shape fascinated me. My book topic if you have not guessed was stamps because I am a stamp collector. Each page has its own topic which I chose myself. Here are the topics in page order 1. Artists (Mary Cassatt & Tiffany lamps), 2. Landscapes, 3. Foreign, 4, Sports, 5. Holiday (Christmas), 6. Vehicles (Cars, Trains, etc), 7. Love/Flowers/nature, 8. patriotic (USA), 9. Animals, 10. Causes, 11. Historical People, 12. Religious.

I plan to make another one of these when I have some free time.

Materials Used:

7" long x 5" x 5" triangle book
black oak tag paper
printing paper
Ruler & straight edges
bone folder
scissors
cutting mat
exacto knife
#2 pencil
eraser
blue jell pen
glue stick
awl
collected stamps
Microsoft Word
DeskJet 842C printer
camera used SONY Zeiss Cyber-shot 7.2 mega pixels


The book has become an expressive artistic medium. This is true whether the book combines images with text, or consists solely of images, or contains text only. There are a variety of binding techniques, which can be explored and integrated with appropriate soft and hard cover book structures. The term book arts refers to all types of handcrafted books, including blank books, rebinds, albums,
journals, and artists books. Artists books are those that combine the method used for binding, shape and style of the book, visual images, and the look of the finished piece.

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