BEAUTY & THE BOOK: CELEBRATING THE BOOK through history & contemporary art
BOOKS
The Book: A Cover-To-Cover Exploration Of The Most Powerful Object Of Our Time, Keith Houston
Wonderful book about the history of the book. An entertaining read with good information in a well-designed book. I highly recommend it.
The Story of Writing: Alphabets, Hieroglyphs and Pictograms, Andrew Robinson
Nice overview of written communication around the world.
Websites
Books Before and After Gutenberg (history) from Harry Ransom Center at University of Texas, Austin
Book History Timeline
Medieval Books: Erik Kwakkel blogging about medieval manuscripts
Cracking the Maya Code, NOVA
Evolution of the English Alphabet, Useful Charts
History of the Book Online Learning from Harvard University
Resources page at makingbooks.com: my website on making books with children with an extensive bibliography for children and adults
The Joy of Making Books: instructional videos on my youtube channel
fresh eyes now, blog about readers, authors, booksellers, and publishers
BOOK ARTIST WEBSITES
Susan Kapuscinski Gaylord
Karen Hanmer
Julie Chen
Laura Russell
Alicia Bailey
Shanna Leino
Gail Smuda
Fiona Dempster
Sharon McCartney
Laura Martin
Colette Fu
Pamela Paulsrud
ORGANIZATIONS & RESOURCES
The Ticknor Society
The Ticknor Society is an organization of book collectors, booksellers, librarians, historians, archivists, conservators, printers, publishers, writers, and all lovers and readers of books. We are dedicated to the enjoyment, promotion, and support of books and book culture.
New England Book Artists
A new organization open to practicing artists and anyone interested in book art. Meetings and field trips involve visits to Special Collections and other book related sites and events. A website is in the works but in the meantime, join the facebook group.
Harvard HistBook: mailing list for news about regional events and opportunities
The Book Arts Newsletter, contemporary artists' books, published at the Centre for Fine Print Research, edited by Sarah Bodman
The Book Arts Web, book arts web resources and home of the Book Arts Listserve
Contact Susan for information about scheduling her talk, Beauty and the Book.
The Book: A Cover-To-Cover Exploration Of The Most Powerful Object Of Our Time, Keith Houston
Wonderful book about the history of the book. An entertaining read with good information in a well-designed book. I highly recommend it.
The Story of Writing: Alphabets, Hieroglyphs and Pictograms, Andrew Robinson
Nice overview of written communication around the world.
Websites
Books Before and After Gutenberg (history) from Harry Ransom Center at University of Texas, Austin
Book History Timeline
Medieval Books: Erik Kwakkel blogging about medieval manuscripts
Cracking the Maya Code, NOVA
Evolution of the English Alphabet, Useful Charts
History of the Book Online Learning from Harvard University
Resources page at makingbooks.com: my website on making books with children with an extensive bibliography for children and adults
The Joy of Making Books: instructional videos on my youtube channel
fresh eyes now, blog about readers, authors, booksellers, and publishers
BOOK ARTIST WEBSITES
Susan Kapuscinski Gaylord
Karen Hanmer
Julie Chen
Laura Russell
Alicia Bailey
Shanna Leino
Gail Smuda
Fiona Dempster
Sharon McCartney
Laura Martin
Colette Fu
Pamela Paulsrud
ORGANIZATIONS & RESOURCES
The Ticknor Society
The Ticknor Society is an organization of book collectors, booksellers, librarians, historians, archivists, conservators, printers, publishers, writers, and all lovers and readers of books. We are dedicated to the enjoyment, promotion, and support of books and book culture.
New England Book Artists
A new organization open to practicing artists and anyone interested in book art. Meetings and field trips involve visits to Special Collections and other book related sites and events. A website is in the works but in the meantime, join the facebook group.
Harvard HistBook: mailing list for news about regional events and opportunities
The Book Arts Newsletter, contemporary artists' books, published at the Centre for Fine Print Research, edited by Sarah Bodman
The Book Arts Web, book arts web resources and home of the Book Arts Listserve
Contact Susan for information about scheduling her talk, Beauty and the Book.