Fuck Yeah, Book Arts!
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A blog for creative types interested in the Unconventional world of Book Arts! Posts here will feature artist’s books, illustration, book binding, typography, sketch-booking, scrap-booking, print-making, paper making, altered books, how to guides, zines, paper engineering and more!
Fuck Yeah, Book Arts!
5y ago
Buy a cat, stay up late, don't drink: top 10 writers’ tips on writing: “If you want to concentrate deeply on some problem, and especially on some piece of writing or paper-work, you should acquire a cat. Alone with the cat in the room where you work … the cat will invariably get up on your desk and settle under the desk lamp. The light from a lamp … gives the cat great satisfaction. The cat will settle down and be serene, with a serenity that passes all understanding. And the tranquillity of the cat will gradually come to affect you, sitting there at your desk, so that all the excitable qualit ..read more
Fuck Yeah, Book Arts!
5y ago
Game of Thrones Pop-Up Book by paper engineer and pop-up book creator Matthew Reinhart ..read more
Fuck Yeah, Book Arts!
5y ago
Hello hive mind - I’m currently writing my MA thesis on the gig economy and polymathic freelancers in the creative industries. Basically, I’m looking to interview freelancers (ideally London/UK-based) who are multi-talented, and work in a diverse set of creative disciplines… such as a writer/illustrator/animator etc. Perhaps you have had an interesting portfolio career, or you’ve created a unique job role/business that combines all your skill-set and interests.If this sounds like you or someone you may know, I’d LOVE a brief chat about your experiences over email/phone/Skype/person, whichever ..read more
Fuck Yeah, Book Arts!
5y ago
explore-blog:Emily Dickinson’s herbarium – a forgotten treasure at the intersection of science and poetry ..read more
Fuck Yeah, Book Arts!
5y ago
katsaw:
The Belly of the Beast. 2017
The whole book work is coloured black entirely by hand, save for a single drawing. Inspired by Perrault’s version of “Little Red Riding-Hood,” in which the young heroine is not saved by the woodcutter and instead dies inside the wolf. The cut-outs mimic a ‘stomach’ in which the figure will lie when the book is closed, trapped in darkness ..read more
Fuck Yeah, Book Arts!
5y ago
deckerlibrary:
We are always thrilled when new students discover our Special Collections!
Pictured above, MICA freshman Wyatt Mitchell set up our tables so he could view some of our Japanese Scrolls from our Special Collections.
The scrolls are:
Scroll of Heiji Monogatari Emaki (ND1043.4.S27 Cage).
Scroll of Shigisan Engi (ND1043.4.S27 Cage).
Scroll of the Frolic King Animals: Choju Giga (ND1043.4.S27 Cage).
Want to see something from our special collections? Ask a librarian to grab it for you ..read more
Fuck Yeah, Book Arts!
5y ago
sosuperawesome:
Book sculpture by bookBW on Etsy
• So Super Awesome is also on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest ..read more