The work of cut paper and assemblage artist Laura Cooperman has me fascinated. It is cut, layered and overlapped to form 3 dimensional architectural designs that are extremely beautiful.
BibliOdyssey has highlighted a wonderful late 12th Century illuminated Armenian Manuscript produced in a Lviv scriptorium. The manuscript online in the Digital Library of Poland. It was a week or so ago (I am catching up with blog reading) so do check it out.
Have you have ever wanted to try your hand at basic book binding? If so this tutorial on how to Make Your Own Moleskine-Like-Notebook illustrates clearly how do so. Photographs are clear and instructions are concise – just like a tutorial should be!
BibliOdyssey has recently highlighted some wonderful manuscript pages from part of the Digital Scriptorium. The Plimpton MS 296 from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Columbia University is a Spanish parchment manual for calligraphers/copyists was made between 1500 and 1515. These pages are just delicious take some time out …
For those who are interested in art journals, altered books, ATC’s, postcards and related paper based activities, ARTchix studio has a a huge number of free tutorials online . The side bar is a smorgasbord of techniques and ideas. They include processes such as beading, burning, mixed media, transfers, collage, …
These directions for simple pop-ups are easy to follow, a bit of fun or an ideal holiday activity with children. These are provided by children’s book creator Robert Sabuda While on the site browse the sneak peek section of the site to see what is being developed and browse International …
I love fake ephemera and I am always fascinated when new technology imitates old technology. This Library Card Generator is a bit of fun. The free online software created by John Blyberg generates old library cards. You simply type in what ever details you want in the fields provided, and …
