Bookworks (New Crafts) [Hardcover]

Mary Maguire (Author)

Book Description

Series: New Crafts | Publication Date: February 1, 2000

The ancient art of bookbinding brought into contemporary focus with 25 original step-by-step projects

Product Details

• Hardcover: 96 pages
• Publisher: Anness (February 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0754804461
• ISBN-13: 978-0754804468
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 10.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,490,276 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Guide for Making Fun, Beautiful and Easy Books, June 11, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Bookworks (New Crafts) (Hardcover)

Mary Maguire strikes another homerun with her latest book, _Bookworks_. While the photographs are gorgeous and the instructions are -- as usual -- easy to follow, it is the projects themselves which make this book outstanding. Maguire takes the reader from simple to complex bookmaking, using materials as easy to find as paper, cloth, and string. From fabric notepads to wedding albums, suede writing journals to portfolios, Maguire shows step-by-step how to create elegant yet simple gifts or everyday items and throws in some interesting tips as well, such as using foamcore to create sturdy covers.

Other cool projects include a binder which holds treasures such as rocks and seashells, a book shaped like a cloud, a book which uses the shiny side of the CD as its focal point (hey! something to do with all the internet cds we get in the mail), and books for the baby to chew on.

I love this book, and I've already made a book based on Maguire's instructions. I've read a lot of bookbinding books, but I've always found the projects either too weird or too difficult. This book is perfect for someone looking to make really lovely and really simple books that don't require arcane equipment or supplies.

15 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Another bookart book, February 24, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Bookworks (New Crafts) (Hardcover)

This is yet another book in a long list of bookwork books and it is basically without merit.The projects are below juvenile level and many of the so-called simple processes [like using PVA glue with a small brush over a large area] are risky for the un initiated. The vertical instruction format is hard to follow. Bookbinding is a REAL craft and this book does it no service. The dumb photographs are staged and dopey. Why cannot anyone take a photo of a craft process without putitng in a bunch of logs or ribbons or leeks?? It is a marvelously weird book.