…compilation of tutorials
A dear friend creates most beautiful books, mostly tour books where she sketches and makes collages concerning the journey.
Possibly she’d find it nice to make an Herbarium once!?
Enjoy :)
Links:
Herbarium (Niemand braucht mehr ein Herbarium.) (German)
Here at unikatissima:
Entries with the tag ‘books’
I presented a book apple before, but while we’re at the subject of pumpkins (no, really? ;-))): you can also make a book pumpkin instead of an apple ;-)
Links:
Book Pumpkin (Book Page Pumpkin Tutorial)
Here at unikatissima:
Shape Book
Entries containing the word ‘pumpkin’
I’m glad to have found a wonderful tutorial for making book art as on the picture :)
It’s similar to the Shape Book.
Links:
Book Art Tutorial
Here at unikatissima:
Shape Book
Also a wonderful idea: to get these wonderful pictures simply print on book pages!
Links:
Book and Silhouette Art (Book Art)
via: feed old book pages through a printer to make unique silhouette art
I find this paper cut book absolutely amazing! :)
Well, perhaps some day…
;-)
Links:
Paper Cut Book (First coptic bound book! Cut out layer fun! [pic heavy] *Now w/Updated Pics*)
I love books that don’t look like books ;-)
And this shell book would be great to document holidays at the sea, wouldn’t it?
Links:
Shell Scrapbook :)
One method to simplify the work on an altered book is to use children’s cardboard books as base. They often have the advantage, too, to have interesting shapes.
Once I began such a book (on the picture you see the original book).
These are the first two pages. I used amongst others (just as for the artist book) self-dyed paper, packing tape transfers, embroidery on paper and dried flowers and leaves.
Because of the embroidery I don’t immediately glue the papers in but I finish the pages first.
The following pages aren’t finished yet – just another UFO (unfinished object) ;-)
Links:
Altered Books Simplified
Here at unikatissima:
Artist-Book
Packing Tape Transfers
Entries with the tags ‘paper’ and ’embroidery’
How to Press Flowers, Leaves and Herbs
Packing tape transfers are wonderful ;-)
You can see how it looks e.g. at the flexagons or at my artist book.
In the instruction they are using laser prints that they sell but I’ve made already all sorts of papers (more or less) ‘transparent’: articles from Arabic and Chinese newspapers, pictures from old comic books, patterns from some ads or my beloved travel brochure, pages from old music books or old books written in Fraktur.
Self-printed pictures (I have an inkjet) didn’t work and the quality of my packing tape transfers was differing strongly.
Therefore it’s true again: The proof of the pudding is in the eating ;-))
Links:
Transfers With Packing Tape
Wikipedia entry for ‘Fraktur’ (English)
Wikipedia entry for ‘Fraktur’ (German)
Here at unikatissima:
Flexagons
Artist-Book
Paper Shopping Bag
When I traveled I mostly wrote a kind of diary and afterwards I often made a photo album. I’ve never had the idea of creating a real travel journal.
Next time I really want to give it a try – in the same way that is shown here.
And if it won’t happen for any reason: you can certainly create a travel journal of a fictitious travel, too (best wishes to all those who think that I’m talking about them ;-))).
Links:
Ideas for Creating a Travel Journal
via: CHALLENGE 53 ENTRIES
Isn’t this a nice book?
And it doesn’t seem to be very hard to make the chopstick binding ;-)
Links:
Bookbinding 101 – Chopstick Notebook