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Book Arts Web
Reference site for all the book arts with tutorials, links, publications, galleries. Home page of the Book_Arts-L listserv. http://www.philobiblon.com/
Web Sites Book Arts:
» About Bookbinding
Contains the entire contents of The Art of Bookbinding, published in London in 1897 and The Care of Books published in 1902.
» Accent on Images
Online exhibition showcasing illustrated books in modern foreign languages from the fifteenth through the twentieth centuries selected from the collections of the Libraries of The Claremont Colleges.
» Acme Bookbinding
Family owned full service bindery business based in Charlestown, Massachusetts. Sells bindery, digital, and custom bindery services.
» Artists Books
Background material to the development of book printing, type and the printing press. There are sections on both the fine printing of the private press movement and experimentation of book art.
» Bay Area Book Arts
Provides resources for San Francisco area book artists, including a calendar, list of organizations, and directory of local stores and classes.
» Book Art Museum
Publisher of rare and artistic books, collection of old printing machines and equipment, paper mill, typefoundery, exhibitions, educational programs. In English and Polish.
» Book Arts Jam
The yearly Book Arts Jam features the work of more than 50 book artists, zine publishers, letterpress printers, fine binders and printmakers. The Jam takes place every fall on the campus of Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, CA.
» Bookbinding and Royal Bindings
Paul Tronson, A master bookbinder, restores antiquarian books, bibles and objects to period using original tools and techniques.
» Boxcar Press
Boxcar Press publishes letterpress printed books and broadsides. Offers printing and photopolymer services to meet the needs of artists, designers, and others who love fine printing.
» Conservation OnLine
Conservation OnLine (CoOL), a project of the Preservation Department of Stanford University Libraries, cover a wide spectrum of topics of interest to professionals involved with the conservation of library, archives and museum materials.
» Dreaming Mind Handmade Books
Don Drake of Dreaming Mind creates unique handmade journals, albums, guest books, and appointment books. Creator of the True Step binding system.
» Ellen and Reed's Handcrafted Books
Handcrafted notebooks, journals, and photographs. Hardcover books plus books with leather and wooden covers. Located in Bellingham, Washington.
» Foolscap Press - Bindery and Publishers
Foolscap Press is a small letterpress printing, hand binding and publishing company. We publish limited edition hand made books and do custom printing, binding and portfolio case construction.
» Gracie Sparkles Books
A gallery and shop featuring hand-bound books and other items created by gracie sparkles, a journalism student, bookbinder and printmaker from Ohio.
» Havilah Press
Site highlighting the work, activities, and projects of a private press in the San Francisco Bay Area which focuses on letterpress printing with handpresses, unique editions, and hand bookbinding.
» Incline Press
A small, private press that prints limited-edition books by letterpress using a platen press and binds them by hand. Their books are usually illustrated, either with wood engravings or cuts, linocuts or line blocks, and are often hand-coloured with stenc
» Mark Hiner's Pop-Up Books
Paper engineer, Mark Hiner, shows examples of his pop-ups and interactive books. Includes a short history of pop-ups and how to make pop-up books.
» Meadow Press
Limited edition printed letterpress from metal types on mouldmade and handmade papers with emphasis on hand techniques, high standards in craft, and harmony of design and text.
» Mission Creek Press
Artist's books and custom commercial work created by Roberta Lavadour under the Mission Creek Press imprint. Located in the Blue Mountains of Eastern Oregon.
» Mosher Press
Website devoted to the history of what is described as "the first significant private press in America." Includes a biography of its founder, information on notable exhibitions and collections of Mosher Press editions, and other information valu
» Page Two, Inc
Resources and inspiration for artists and other specialists working in the fields of papermaking, printmaking, book design, letterpress, traditional/contemporary bookbinding, artists' books, and related endeavors.
» Peng Peng Wang's Art Conservation/Art Gallery
Art Conservation/Restoration for paintings, paper, books, and photographs in San Francisco Bay area. Artist's books and fabric art created by Peng Peng Wang.
» Personal Visions: Artists' Books at the Millennium: An Exhibitiion
An exhibition of artists' books from the collection of the University of Delaware's Special Collections Department. The web exhibit mirrors an actual exhibition on view from January 15 until June 9, 2002.
» Priscilla Foster Handmade Books
Priscilla Foster handmade books handcrafts fine custom scrapbooks, photo albums, wedding albums, baby books, writing journals and other custom albums.
» The Little Farm Press
Miniature books, travel books, etchings, botanical books, illustrated books, copper plate printing, gocco, linocut, watercolors, art. Also has a selection of book arts links.
» The St. John's Bible
Being created by scribes in a scriptorium in Wales, the St. John's Bible will be the first handwritten, illuminated Bible in the modern era.
