Scrapblog.com is free place online to create scrapblogs the online equivalent of scrapbooks. They describe their idea as Online sharing has improved exponentially in the recent years and even months, but it’s time to start having fun with your pictures online. Enter Scrapblog! The only site that merges the creativity …
I stumbled across an interesting rich interlinked site of articles the other day. A Social History of Children’s Literature is the labor of Kay E. Vandergrift and what a trip we are taken on. I particularly enjoyed links in the list of illustrators at the end of Early Illustrators of …
Ever since I spotted a copy of Tam Lin in our local library the illustrations of Charles Mikolaycak have been a favourite of mine. Judith Johnson has neatly said why in Commentary on the Art of Charles Mikolaycak . There are some key elements in visual design that people use …
The Bonefolder describes itself as a peer-reviewed, open-access journal on bookbinding and the book arts. The journal is delivered in PDF format which means you need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed.It describes itself as: The Bonefolder publishes significant articles by established and emerging authorities on a variety of book …
The pigments used to illustrate seven Gutenberg Bibles have been identified by British researchers. Since the bibles are around 600 years old these findings will inform curators as to how best to approach preservation.
I have to watch that man of mine as he discovered a book on English embroidered book bindings on Project Gutenberg. Did not tell me about just blogged it! I think it was test to see if I read his blog. Well I pass. That aside Jerry has written a …
I noticed that Meggiecat posted this link to a number of Rare Books on Calligraphy and Penmanship . Each is available in pdf format for download. Anyone interested in calligraphy will find these classics interesting so don’t miss them.
