Crafted Book Vase

A new tutorial out on making Folded Book Vases.  The folded pages create lovely gaps for placing dried or artificial flowers.  Purely waterless vase!


Bibliogami from Freshly Found. 

Book Folding Lessons and Video Tips

Follow Gitte Lacarriere for news on upcoming creative workshops.  If you are not able to head to Denmark for the book folding lessons, watch her video tips

Beautiful Book Gift Bags

Instructions to make these stylish gift wrappers by Helena Schaeder Söderberg on her beautiful Craft and Creativity Blog

Bling Book Butterfly

 Interior Revolution have a portfolio full of altered books.  

This Bejewelled butterfly is part of a delightful selection.

Honeycomb Book

Simple honeycomb Cutout Pattern by Debbie West.  

 A differnet spin on Honeycomb Paper ornaments. 

Brian Dettmer - Book Sculptor

 

Incredibly intricate work of Brian Dettmer.  

Besides the fact that his work is such a high standard, I love that he presents the book open and sometimes swept around the spine.

Book Bird

A touch of book paper in this design by Doublenaut

 

A proposed book cover.

Tutorial - How to Turn and Old Book into a New Journal

New year - New  Journal?  

How to give an old book a new life as your personal journal.  Its Alisa  has visual instructions for you to follow.

Christmas Star Tutorial

 

An in depth tutorial on how to make this textured 3D star from book paper by House Revivals.  

They focus on creative ideas on a low budget, and this one from a few years back, is no exception.

Colourful Book Collection

This delightful set of vintage books is 'Art' just as it is.  No altering needed.  The coloured top edges and multicoloured spines are a delight!

 Read a bit more about them and coloured page edges on the Freshly Found Blog

Book Paper Print

Print-it-yourself typographical poster.  Created from a variety of vintage book papers.  The gentle shades from off-white through to dark cream show the different aged papers.
Avaialble as a PDF to print yourself from the Freshly Found Online Store.

Beautiful Book Lamps by Bomdesign

Designed and handmade by Dutch designers Michael Bom and Antoinet Deurloo of Bomdesign!

 

Rare Notions - Paper Jewelry

Precise and gentle - Book paper jewelry. 

Some more beautiful work from Phiona Richards

Paper Netting by Ivano Vitali

 Some of the work by Italian artist and performer - Ivano Vitali

Rare Notions - Book Sculpture

Tenderly beautiful book sculptures by Phiona Richards

 

Circular Pieces - Jonathan Whitfill

More work by Jonathan Whitfill.  I love the fact that these works are not obviously created from books.  It takes a few seconds before you notice that they are entirely created from this medium.

 

 

Rainbow Book Creator - Jonathan Whitfill

Jonathan Whitfill - creator of clever circular and other book installations. 
 

 

Nicholas Jones - Book Sculptor

 Beautiful Book Sculpture by Nicholas Jones

 Visit his website - with the apt address of www.bibliopath.org!

 

... as much about process as it is about the form -

"these books were conceived, born, loved, stored, discarded, found anew, studied, cut, folded and reborn."

The Fine Art of Cracking Spines

A great article from a few years ago - on book artists and crafters by Ray Edgar:

Artists on the lookout for new materials are prepared to judge a book by its cover, writes Ray Edgar.
FOR anyone who has flinched at a dog-eared page, winced at the crack of a book's spine, or despaired at its ''defacement'' with marginalia and signatures, the thought of applying a scalpel to a book is probably abhorrent.
But in the digital age, as artists and designers question the role of this traditional form, the once-venerated book is simply another material to create with. Artists including American Brian Dettmer and Australian Nicholas Jones dissect books to reveal new meaning in the content... read the rest here

Jennifer Collier

 Beautiful, diverse and inspiring paper work by Jennifer Collier 

 

"My practice focuses on creating work from paper; by bonding, waxing, trapping and stitching I produce unusual paper ‘fabrics’, which are used to explore the ‘remaking’ of household objects. The papers are treated as if cloth, with the main technique employed being stitch; a contemporary twist on traditional textiles. The papers themselves serve as both the inspiration and the media for my work, with the narrative of the books and papers suggesting the forms. I tend to find items then investigate a way in which they can be reused and transformed; giving new life to things that would otherwise go unloved or be thrown away."