BOOKS: Art, Craft & Community (London Centre for Book Arts)

London Centre for Book Arts

Hardcover | 22.5 x 2.82 x 27.31 cm | 224 pp

Ludion | 2021 | 9789493039520

Books are a meeting place. A sum of their many parts and artistic approaches. Form, concept, material and craft are bound together to create something rooted in its functionality, a process that often crosses over into the messier realm of art.

Books. Art, Craft & Community presents a thriving ecosystem of papermakers, printers, bookbinders, artists, designers and publishers from round the world. They draw on traditional skills, art and experimentation to make books that matter today.

In twenty-six profiles – spanning traditional craftspeople to modern makers reimagining the book for new audiences – and contributions from experts, we are given an insight into the history and contemporary context of the processes behind the books. Selected by Ira Yonemura and Simon Goode of the London Centre for Book Arts, these artists and makers share a spirit of curiosity and resilience. They not only adapt to new ways in which readers engage with books, but are forging new possibilities for their craft along the way.

Contents
Artists’ Books as Community – Megan N. Liberty
An Introduction to Printing – Brooke Palmieri
An Introduction to Bookbinding – Kathy Abbott
An Introduction to Papermaking – Tom Frith-Powell

Art
Laurel Parker Book
Outer Space Press 
The Brother in Elysium
Three Star Books 
Éditions du Livre 
Candor Arts 
Book Works 
Sheryl Oppenheimn 
Inka Bell 

Craft
Kathy Abbott 
Kate Brett 
Kamisoe 
Esme Winter  
Émilie Fayet
El Lanham
Morina Mongin 
Awagami Factory 
Tracey Rowledge 
James Cropper Mill & The Paper Foundation 

Community
Rabbits Road Press
Tenderbooks
Utrecht 
Granby Press 
Colorama 
Asami Murakami 
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