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Required Reading…

Issue Five

For more information on zines, the following books are highly recommended. Beware of overzinestimulation!

Start your own zine :everything you need to know to put it into print!, by Veronika Kalmar.

Zines Volume I, by V Vale. Zines Volume II, by V Vale.

The World of Zines, by Mike Gunderloy.

E-zines, by Martha Gill.

The Factsheet Five Zine Reader: The Best Writing from the Underground World of Zines by R. Seth Friedman.

The book of zines :readings from the fringe by Chip Ed Rowe

Issue Nine

Issue Ten

Soul Cards

Reading List

Make Art and Mean It by Kerrie Carbary

Printmaking with Gelatin by Claudine Hellmuth

Living in the Question: The Art of Julie Caffey

Additional Reading List and Essential Books about Collage

Issue Eleven

Suggested Reading from Kerrie

Books about Book Arts

Handmade Books and Albums by Marie Ryst

Making books and journals by Constance Richards

The Handmade Book by Angela James

The Essential Guide to Making Handmade Books by Gabrielle Fox

Handmade Books: A Step-By-Step Guide to Crafting Your Own Books by Kathy Blake

Bookbinding for Book Artists by Keith Smith

Books, Boxes, and Portfolios: Binding, Construction, and Design Step-By-Step by Franz Zeier

Pages: Innovative Bookmaking Techniques by Linda F. Kenzle

Bookworks: Books, Memory and Photo Albums, Journals, and Diaries Made by Hand by Sue Doggett

Cover to Cover, by Shareen LaPlantz. This book is considered THE book on making books by many, and we highly recommend it to the beginning book artist. Full of color photos, drawings, and examples, it’s the first slick bookbinding instruction book to be widely available. As far as I can tell, the newer books on bookbinding don’t include anything not covered in Cover to Cover. (Excuse the pun!) If you like color photos and diagrams, this is the bookbinding text for you. Shereen has a new book out, too- The Art and Craft of Handmade Books. This second book is a lovely sequel, and is highly recommended.

Artist/Author, Contemporary Artist’s Books.

Making Journals by Hand by Jason Thompson. There really ARE people out there like us! This book gives me goosebumps. Filled with journal art by very inspirational and creative artists, this book is highly recommended by turtles. The author is a a very talented guy, too.

Making Memory Books by Hand :22 Projects to Make, Keep, and Share by Kristina Feliciano. This isn’t a book about “memory books” either, but is more about creating artist’s books that are inspired by memories or events. I’m shy, or I’d tell you that a couple of my artist’s books are shown in this book. While this one is not really a book on journaling, it shows great examples of how life events can inspire our artworks.

Books on Journaling

Making Journals by Hand by Jason Thompson. There really ARE people out there like us! This book gives me goosebumps. Filled with journal art by very inspirational and creative artists, this book is highly recommended by turtles. The author is a a very talented guy, too.

Art of the Scrapbook: A Guide to Handbinding and Decorating Memory Books, Albums, and Art Journals by Diane V. Maurer-Mathison. Don’t let the title fool you. This is NOT a book about Scrapbooking (with a capital S.) It’s a book about making books- something that we’ll never have too many of, right?

Making Memory Books by Hand :22 Projects to Make, Keep, and Share by Kristina Feliciano. This isn’t a book about “memory books” either, but is more about creating artist’s books that are inspired by memories or events. I’m shy, or I’d tell you that a couple of my artist’s books are shown in this book. While this one is not really a book on journaling, it shows great examples of how life events can inspire our artworks.

Books for Artistic Inspiration

Joseph Cornell/Marcel Duchamp, in Resonance.This is most certainly a droolworthy book. Featuring two of my favorite artists in one big book, this text shows items packratted by the artists, as well as finished works. Not an inexpensive book, but well worth every penny. And, amazon.com does have a hefty discount on the price.

Anatomy of a Doll, by Susanna Oroyan. This book has been SO inspiring to me in my own person work. Not a dollmaking pattern book, but more of an inspirational book of tips and structures, with lots of sample photos. I haven’t found many books on art dolls that really hit me as worth owning, but this is certainly one for the bookshelf of anyone who has any interest in making art dolls. Susanna Oroyan has a brand new book, too, that I think may be even better than Anatomy of a Doll. Designing the Doll, from Concept to Construction is highly recommended by turtles!

Complex Cloth, by Jane Dunnewold. A friend told me, “You have GOT to get this book.” She was right, this book is beautiful. Not only does it cover a lot of information on fabric decoration, painting, stamping, and manipulating, but it has given me more ideas to decorate paper than I know what to do with. I’ve been painting fabric like a maniac, I’ve been so inspired by this book.

Books about Art Stamping

Rubber Soul, by Sandra Mizumoto Posey and Sue Nan Douglas. Rubber Soul is a gallery in a book, showcasing the art work of many mail artists. There are lots of color photos, and much of the work shown includes carved stamps.

The Great Rubber Stamp Book: Designing, Making, Using by Dee Gruenig. Dee is a great and enthusiastic teacher, and her love of the stamping arts really comes out in this book.

Books about Collage

The Crafter’s Complete Guide to Collage by Amanda Pearce, etc. This is really a wonderful book on collage. I’ve probably checked out our library’s copy a million times, and was always looking for this book in bookstores so I could add it to MY library. I never was able to find it, until I thought to look on Amazon.com. It contains lots of very lovely photographs, collage ideas, and some projects.

Collage Art : The Step-By-Step Guide and Showcase by Jennifer L Atkinson. Another absolutely delightful book. This one reminds me that every material can find it’s way into collage with great results.

Collage Techniques : A Guide for Artists and Illustrators by Gerald F. Brommer. I bought this book for myself when it first was published, and it’s still my favorite. It presents a survey of collage, with many examples, rather than specific projects. Highly recommended. Gerald Brommer also wrote Watercolor & Collage Workshop, a book that I really long for. (Hint, hint!) Hey, if you treat yourself, let me know, and maybe it’ll encourage me to finally treat MYSELF to this wonderful book!

The Art and Craft of Collage by Simon Larbalestier. If you only treat yourself to one of these books, make it this one. Er, wait, make it one of the Gerald Brommer books. OH… how can you choose just one of these collage books? The Art and Craft of Collage is a wonderful choice, so if you do add this one to your collection, I doubt you’ll have any regrets (except that you don’t have enough time in your day to work on all the ideas this book puts in your mind!).

Good Reads

Poemcrazy : Freeing Your Life With Words by Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge. I’ve owned this one for a while now, and keep picking it up for inspiration again and again. I was recently reminded of how good it is, when a friend recommended it to me! So, now I’m reading it yet AGAIN. A great book to help you get ideas for what to put INSIDE of your art books.

While we’re thinking about poems, I’d be a horrible person if I didn’t recommend John Fox’s books. Finding What You Didn’t Lose is excellent, but Poetic Medicine is even better, I think. If these books don’t get you writing, well, you probably need to treat yourself to something a little more drastic, like a retreat or a trip to Paris!

And, if you have time management issues like I do, let me tell you about the book that has helped me out quite a bit, Time Management for the Creative Person by Lee T. Silber. I do have some issues with managing my time, and have been looking for a system to help me out for quite some time. Most of them seem to require being a list making perfectionist. Sure, I can keep a calendar, but once you tell me to us some kind of geometric equation to rank my tasks in order of importance, my brain turns off and I end up even more disorganized than before. Ug. And, what does all this have to do with making more time to make art, anyway? This book, however, is just what I need. I was hooked on the dedication page, which reads, “To all those creative people who have been ridiculed, reprimanded, and rejected because of their slightly unorthodox right-brain way of doing things. It’s payback time.” Very very recommended reading.

Someplace to be Flying, by Charles de Lint has nothing to do with paper crafts. It does have urban fantasy, crow girls, Raven, myths, all mixed up with music and magic- what more could you ask for? I love this book.

I’m currently working through The Vein of Gold : A Journey to Your Creative Heart by Julia Cameron. If you are not familiar with Julia Cameron, make yourself familiar with her! She also wrote The Artist’s Way, which I admit took me two years to work through rather than her suggested 12 weeks, but it was well worth the extended journey for me.

Packaging Prototypes is a recent discovery of mine. This book contains tons of patterns for boxes and containers- something I love to explore and create! Plus, it comes with a CD-ROM, to make creating your own boxes easy.

The Associated Press Stylebook isn’t exactly summer reading, but I think everyone should have a copy, especially if, hint hint, you’re planning on writing for dog eared magazine.

If you don’t see what you’re looking for here, ask at your own local book store or check out Powell’s. They have almost every book I’ve ever been looking for, and are an extremely fun and easy company to order from!

The following contributors have web sites:

Jody Alexander

Arion Press

Sarah Brooks, Brooks Books

Kerrie Carbary

Sue Clancy

Michelle Cohen

Beátrice Coron

Beth Cote

Dayle Doroshow

Terry Getz

Patricia Grass

Susan Gaylord

Jill Haddaway

Claudine Hellmuth

Susan Hensel

Judith Hoffman

Shireen Holman

Iron Bear Press

Michael Jacobs

Missy Kulik

Roberta Lavadour

Shereen LaPlantz

Melissa McCobb Hubbell

Karen Michel

Richard Minsky

Maria Pisano

Susan Rotolo

Belinda Schneider

Kristi Schueler

Megan Noel Smith

Jessica Spring and Springtide Press

Helga Strauss

Jill Timm

Diana Trout

Lidia Varesco

Lunaea Weatherstone

Meredith Winer

KarenAnn Young

Additions to the magazine

Pat Baldwin’s web page was mentioned in Shereen LaPlantz’ article in Issue Two, but we failed to specify a URL to see Pat’s stuff. Follow this link instead!

Issue Three

Altered Books Email Discussion List, at Yahoogroups.

The Toad Head Project.

Copyright Resources

Book Arts Societies and Guilds can be found at The Book Arts Web list of links.

The Creative Zone is another source for book arts related classes.

Elmer’s Glue has excellent information at their web page.

Additional Resources to Compliment Issue Four

Safety Pin information

Pearl, mail order source for Maid O’Metal sheet metal.

Harbor Freight, mail order source for metal stamps.

Ma Vinci’s Reliquary has wonderful metal tags.

Metalliferous sells interesting supplies and sheet metal.

Reactive Metals Studio is another good source for metal.

Rio Grande is a great source for jewelry and metal related supplies, as well as beads and findings.

I have a soft spot for TSI, because they’re located in Seattle. They do mail order, too. A great source for all sorts of metal and related supplies.

Art and Soul Studio and Green Heron Book Arts both produce some great bookmaking kits, as reviewed in Issue Four.

ALUMAjet™ is available from Horizon’s Imaging Systems Group.

• FactSheet5
• news:alt.zines
• Artiology 2002
• Center for Book Arts, NYC
• The IPRC
• blogs
• Larkfarm Blog
• Fanzines

Issue Six: Miniature Books

Wearable Books:

• Polymer Clay Central

Altered Books:

• Art*o*Mat project
• Altered Books Email Discussion List, at Yahoogroups.
• The Toad Head Project. (an altered book)
• Elizabeth Badurina’s self published booklet, How to Alter a Book, is available from her web site.

Other Cool Stuff:

• Artiology
• New York Center for Book Arts
• Old Ways of Bookmaking
• Third National Book and Paper Arts Biennial Exhibition
• Minnesota Center for the Book Arts
• ARTwerx

Issue Seven Resources

• The Pop-up World of Ann Montanaro
• The Moveable Book Society
• Joan Irvine
• The Rare Books and Texana Collections Exhibits
• The University of Virginia’s Pop Goes the Page

• Material Safety Data Sheets

Other Cool Stuff:

• Perfect Pop-up Greeting Cards the Easy Way
• Volcano Book Arts
• Northwest Bookfest
• Hollander’s

• Color Wheel Creations
• The Healing Tarot
• Transformation Tarot
• A Hugobian Emporiam
• Turtle Moon Studios (look at the Kitchen Tarot!)
• A Multicultural Calendar Artifact
• NoMonet Full Court Press

• The International Tarot Society
• Learning the Tarot
• Tarot Spreads
• The Tarot Garden

• The Turtle Press Online Store
• Golden Artist Colors
• Liquitex

• Found Elements
• Collage Joy
• SkyBluePink

• Karen Michel
• Collage Art
• Sabrina Ward Harrison

• Arion Press
• The Presido in San Francisco