Book Arts

Craft Month 2013: Create a Book Project from Solder Technique Studio

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In this download from Solder Technique Studio, you’ll create a book or journal to hold all of your favorite thoughts about Craft Month 2013! And there might be a bonus project in there for you!

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How to Make a Plexiglas Journal

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Tonia shares how you, too, can make your own book or journal with Plexiglas covers and tabbed pages.

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Guest Post: Diana Trout Shares Her Technique for Making Papercloth

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In this Guest Post, Diana Trout shares her technique for making Papercloth, a sturdy paper you can use in amazing ways, including making book covers.

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Alternative Art Journals & A Winner

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We’ve got a winner for our contest from last week AND a bunch of links to videos and tutorials that will get you started making your own blank journals.

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Give-Away: Alternative Art Journals

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This week Ricë hosts a give-away of another copy of the way-cool book, Alternative Art Journals.

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Give-Away: Alternative Art Journals

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Want to keep an art journal without keeping an actual journal-journal? Here’s a give-away for a book that will take you outside the pages of books and into boxes, trays, tags, charms and more. You could win!

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Podcast from Nebraska with Jill Berry

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In this new podcast, Jill Berry talks about the terrifying fires near her home in Colorado and what it’s like to contemplate having to start over again as an artist.

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Create a Simplicity Journal

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In this excerpt from The Elemental Journal by Tammy Kushnir, you’ll learn how to make a simple fabric journal that you can use to record your reflections.

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Create Burnished Metal: A Step-by-Step Tutorial

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Using ordinary every day household items in new and completely unexpected ways? Vicki Boutin is a master at that, and in this tutorial she’ll show you how to use aluminum foil to create an album cover that’s thoroughly unique!

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Claybord Book Tutorial

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Claybord paintings make unique book covers when with combined with simple binder rings and a few power tools—Don’t let the power tools scare you off! This project couldn’t be easier, and you’ll love the the personal, functional and flexible results of your efforts!

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