Accordion books

The new challenge starts today at The Funkie Junkie Boutique Blog and Sara Emily is our hostess for this one. She is calling it Mostly Neutral and she describes it this way: For this challenge, I would like you to use mainly neutrals, but I will allow you one accent color or use of metallic accents. Let's see how you use beige, ivory, taupe, brown, black, gray or shades of white or any combination of these to make any vintage/shabby chic project you would like. I thought it might be fun to…

The accordion book originated in Asia to accommodate scrolls that had become unmanageable because of their size and length. The accordion book is composed of a continuous folded sheet of paper and is often enclosed between two covers. It can either be expanded outward or kept flat.

The [artists’ book] movement had its beginnings with a few individuals (conceptual artists Dieter Roth, Hansjörg Mayer, and Ed Ruscha immediately come to mind), but in the area of structural …

Print//Paper Sculpture//BookArt on Instagram: "Accordion books that magically float onto the wall! My art transforms from book to paper sculpture, using magnets and a grid of simple thumbtacks. Each accordion book casts a glowing pink light on wall, which is just fluorescent red paint on the back of each book. I love exploring the potential of the simple but mighty accordion book form 📘 #bookart #magicalbooks #magnets #reflectivecolor #reflectivecolor #contemporaryart #longsharpgallery…

Every time I flip through this book, I'm inspired to try all of the projects contained within. Accordion books, cake box books, coptic binding--the list goes on. The design of the actual book is pretty great: raw bookboard, the spine covered with yellow cloth tape, the title embossed to look like it was done with a letterpress. I love the letterpress design motif used throughout. Above is a section of the opening pages of the book. The projects range in complexity--and really, the individual…

In the shop right now :) Update: WOW! They sold out. Thank you so very much.

This blog has recorded my craft journey during 2013, and as this year has come to a close, and I have gained an appropriate skill level, I will be moving on to produce small scripture books …