Making Books with Kids: 25 Paper Projects to Fold, Sew, Paste, Pop, and Draw

Making Books with Kids: 25 Paper Projects to Fold, Sew, Paste, Pop, and Draw - Paperback

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Making Books with Kids: 25 Paper Projects to Fold, Sew, Paste, Pop, and Draw
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Making Books with Kids: 25 Paper Projects to Fold, Sew, Paste, Pop, and Draw - Paperback

Making Books with Kids: 25 Paper Projects to Fold, Sew, Paste, Pop, and Draw - Paperback

by Esther K. Smith
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Book Overview

Spread the joy and craft of books in your family with Making Books with Kids. This inspiring collection features more than 25 creative, kid-friendly projects in design, illustration, paper decorating, binding techniques, and more.

Book artist and author Esther K. Smith offers an exciting resource of easy-to-follow instructions supported throughout with step-by-step, full-color photographs and illustrations. Each sequence is accompanied by finished samples and variations as well as the inspiring work of a prominent book artist.

Whether you use these projects independently or as a curriculum for hands-on, family-friendly, bookmaking experiences, you'll find that the lessons in this book are open-ended so they can be explored over and over--with different results each time! Colorful photos illustrate how different people using the same lesson will yield different results, exemplifying the way the lesson brings out each artist's personal style.

Making Books with Kids is the perfect book for creative families, friends, and community groups and works as lesson plans for both experienced and new art teachers. Children of all ages and experience levels can be guided by adults and will enjoy these engaging exercises.

Encourage the artistic spirit in the children in your life with Making Books with Kids.
ISBN9781631590818
Author Esther K. Smith
PublisherQuarry Books
GenreHobbies & interests
FormatPaperback
PublishedFebruary 2016
LanguageENG- English
Pages144
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceKids
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Esther K. Smith

ESTHER K. SMITH, author of How to Make Books, collaborates with typographer Dikko Faust and other artists and writers at Purgatory Pie Press in New York City. Their handmade books have been exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and London's Victoria & Albert Museum. Their artist books are housed in many rare book collections including the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum, and the National Gallery of Art. Smith teaches throughout the United States, Canada, and England, and every term at Cooper Union in New York City.

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