There’s a nice article in the LA Times by book artist Jeannine Stein about what bookmaking means to her. Stein is the author of Re-Bound: Creating Handmade Books from Recycled and Repurposed Materials and Adventures in Bookbinding: Handcrafting Mixed-Media Books. That’s one of her travel books to the left (photo by Glenn Scott / Quarry Books). The article starts off
I made my first book about 17 years ago, a feat I consider a miracle. On a whim I took a class on making cased-in books with hard spines, and when I looked at the finished product I was astounded, as if I’d made a car with my bare hands.
That’s so beautifully put!