BOOKS AS AN ART

BOOKS AS AN ART: a gallery

[booksasanart]

books; book art; book plates; book illustration; books

other blogs and resources below the cut

DMs open! Contact me if you're a book artist or know another good blog/resource to add to the list.

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similar blogs::

@/thebeautifulbook (has a list of other related blogs pinned)

book artists on tumblr::

@/canon-in-too-deep (typesetter, makes tons of free non-commercial typesets)

@/finalfrontierpublishing (bookbinder)

@/mythrilthread (bookbinder)

@/zhalfirin (bookbinder)

institutions, societies, and other organisations::

@/renegadeguild (online/global not-for-profit fanbinding guild)

Designer Bookbinders (UK-based bookbinders' society)

Guild of Book Workers (USA-based bookbinders' society)

Society of Bookbinders (UK-based bookbinders' society)

other resources::

DAS Bookbinding (Youtube link, also has a free patreon tier; teaches bookbinding)

other resource lists::

List of Book Art Organisations (via Guild of Book Workers)

[katieaki]

what if Pony Express was a Little Golden Book? instagram | bluesky | patreon

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[lilli-sturmreiter]

[2mo3cm-man]

[fluentisonus]

do you ever remember the note the scribe left at the end of catullus manuscript G and want to burst into tears

[fluentisonus]

colophon from manuscript G (36 recto), trans. oakley

[there-must-be-a-lock]

@moonshinebindery aka @mightymightygnomepriest bound A Muscle the Size of Your Fist, and I can’t stop staring at it.

It’s been on my dining table since it arrived Monday and every time I see it I smile. It’s so perfect.

The endpapers even look like layers of old concert flyers??

She included my “mix tapes” for each chapter…

I used my real name on the cover (and took out the spicy bits) in case I ever want to share it with real-life friends, hence the censoring 😂

I am IN LOVE with the art and the font.

It GLOWS IN THE DARK!!!

I put so much love and effort into this fic, I’m still so proud of it, and there’s something about seeing it bound, seeing the actual thickness of it and the number of pages, that is so rewarding and satisfying — I keep getting choked up holding it.

Just. Yeah. Gonna treasure this.

[aster-tech]

a book i made for a class of the counting crows poem - each page has a unique piece of art printed on it along with a line from the poem. it has a mix of screenprinting, linocut, and solvent transfer of digital designs, charcoal, ink, paint, and papercut pieces, and is made of 100% recycled materials including hand-made recycled paper.

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[the-golden-afternoon]

THE NURSERY RHYME BOOK (London/New York/Paris: Raphael Tuck, c.1890) Illustrations by Jennie Harbour. Father Tuck’s Golden Gift Series.

[thebeautifulbook]

HORAE SUCCESSIVAE by Henshaw (1632)

Beautiful book cover of white satin with a floral design edged in gold cord, featured in Cyril Davenport’s English Embroidered Book-bindings (1899).