Welcome, Artists and Makers!
Thank you for exploring the resources and your creativity. Whether your interest is in writing, design, or making with your hands, I hope you will find the resources, tools and materials helpful and inspiring. Collaborate, learn from one another, and share your strengths. Learn or relearn hand-lettering, calligraphy, or drawing. Study page design and typography. Learn all about paper, eastern and western, and ink— their color, texture, and the effects they create. Experiment with paper-making and ink-making, using plants, flowers, roots, barks and berries. Recycle fruits and vegetables from the kitchen. Be an eco-maker. Explore possibilities.
For histories and crafts about zine and zine-making, please visit --
How to Make Zines LibGuide
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How to Make a Zine to the Future Videos!
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Books | Journals to Inspire
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Journal of Interactive Books"V. 1 N. 1 (2022): Proceedings of POP-APP. International Conference on the description, conservation and use of movable books."
- The art of the fold, by Hedi Kyle and Ulla Warchol. 2019.
- Making handmade books, by Alisa Golden, 2011.
- Bookforms: a complete guide to designing and crafting hand-bound book arts, from The Center for Book Arts, 2019.
- Freedom of the presses: artists' books in the twenty-first century.Weber, Marshall, editor. 2018.
Calligraphy
- Society for Calligraphy. “The Society for Calligraphy, Southern California, is a non-profit educational organization which promotes the study, teaching and practice of calligraphy and related disciplines.” Check out the Society’s newsletter and calendar for workshops and free monthly meetings/demos held by the seven regional groups of the Society in Southern California.
- Contemporary Calligraphy, by Denish Lach , 2014 Amazon
Typography
Related Arts
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Drawing on the right side of the brain, by Betty Edwards , 2012
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The Art of Collage, video tutorials, Jason Dunda. School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)
Part I: Materials; Part II: Technique; Part III: History + Content
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Mark Making, a blog by Lynette Ubel.
- Mark Making. “Mark making describes the different lines, dots, marks, patterns, and textures we create in an artwork. It can be loose and gestural or controlled and neat. It can apply to any material used on any surface: paint on canvas, ink or pencil on paper, a scratched mark on plaster, a digital paint tool on a screen, a tattooed mark on skin…even a sound can be a form of mark making.” Tate.org
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Slow Stitch, Claire Wellesley - Smith , 2015 Amazon
Book Arts Organizations
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The Moveable Book SocietyA wealth of generous information, zoom events recordings, articles and resources from the Society’s newsletter, zoom events, and links. Consider to become a member! “The Movable Book Society, a nonprofit organization, provides a forum for artists, book sellers, book producers, collectors, curators, and others to share enthusiasm and exchange information about pop-up and movable books.”
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The Ultimate Printing MapA map of printing museums, book art centers, paper history museums, rare book collections, historic sites of interest, and other related places of interest. Created by Sara Halpert. Museum Manager, International Printing Museum, Carson, California.
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Book Arts WebLinks to a book arts-related sites on the web, including educational opportunities, professional organizations, tutorials, reference materials, and galleries with images...also the home of the Book_Arts-L FAQ. Archived & fully searchable. Maintained by Peter D. Verheyen.
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Center for Book Arts (NYC)"Founded in 1974, Center for Book Arts was the first not-for-profit organization of its kind in the nation, and has since become a model for others around the world, serving as a space for research, education, exhibition, making, and community building."
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Book/Print Artist/Scholar of Color Collective"Founded in 2019 by book artist and printmaker Tia Blassingame, the Book/Print Artist/Scholar of Color Collective brings scholars of Book History and Print Culture into conversation and collaboration with Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) book artists, papermakers, curators, letterpress printers, printmakers to build community support systems... with shared passion for book arts and the unique potential of artists’ books as vehicles for social change and racial unity."
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San Diego Book Arts"The mission of San Diego Book Arts is to serve as an educational and creative resource for the community and to advance the book as a vital contemporary art form." Check out classes, worshops, and free demos.
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San Francisco Center for the BookThe first center of its kind on the West Coast, San Francisco Center for the Book offers "a facility specifically designed and equipped to support the appreciation, teaching, and creation of book arts."
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Helen Hiebert Studio"Helen Hiebert Studio’s mission is to share and expand the love of hand papermaking and paper crafts with newcomers and to expand the knowledge of experienced artists through artwork, online and in-person classes, retreats, videos, how-to books, a blog and a podcast."
Making Paper
- The Papermaker's Companion: The Ultimate Guide to Making and Using Handmade Paper , by Helen Hiebert , 2000
- Washi: The Art of Japanese Paper Making, by Nancy Broadbent Casserley , 2013 Amazon
Book Binding: Videos + More
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Make a Flutter Book, a video by artist Rebecca Chamlee, Otis College of Art and Design
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Reflections on five essential book-binding tools, Jeff Peachey
Tools | Materials | Suppliers
The Library will provide some tools in the Makerspace. Yet we recommend that you purchase the essential tools. They are largely inexpensive and it's nice to have your own so you can make/experiment anytime. You can consider purchasing optional tools if you find them useful.
ESSENTIAL TOOLS
- Self-healing cutting matt (various sizes; consider the size of paper you want to cut on)
- Utility knife / Olfa / Xacto knife (the first two will last longer; the last is helpful when cutting very fine paper)
- Scissors (large, and small for finer details)
- Bone folder (to score, flatten creases, smooth surfaces)
- Awl (to make marks and holes; notice they range the sizes and sharpness)
- Pencils (H or softer) and erasers (friendly to paper surfaces)
MORE TOOLS
- Book-binding needle (if your zines will be made in pamphlet or other style that requires binding
- Linen thread (strong, will last a long time; notice the size variety)
- PVA (if you'd like to glue images, etc. to your zines, using archival quality glue)
- Triangle (a variety of sizes)
- Paper clips / Bulldog clips (to hold things together)
- Japanese hole punch (to drill through layers of paper easily, even through binder's board)
MATERIALS
- Paper
Printing paper will be fine for practice or even "official zines." Yet there are also a variety of papers out there that you want to check out for the text and cover of your zines. Notice paper has grain direction. As a general rule, align your the spine of the book/zine parallel to the direction of the grain. Paper also has weight: light, text-weight, cover-weight, cardstock, board, and paper on a roll.
- Adhesives
--Paste. You can prepare your own paste from rice starch, wheat starch, flour. You can recipes via Google.
--PVA Adhesive: proven quality for archival purposes.
--Mixture: Mix methyl cellulose with PVA (following package directions) so it is less thick and dries less fast than PVA.
--Double-sided tape:" 3M #415 as archival quality (you can glue on a cover or images for your zine, etc.)
(Source: The above information is synthesized from, The Art of the Fold (2017), by Hedi Kyle and Ulla Warchol
SUPPLIERS
- Blick Art Materials, Fullerton, CA
- Art Supply Warehouse, Westminster, CA
- Michael's, various locations
- Joan's Fabric, various locations
- Hiromi Paper, Culver City, CA
- Artist and Craftsman Supply, San Diego, CA
- Some tools can also be found in local hardware stores and homedepot
Suppliers outside of California
- Paper & Ink Arts: Paper, inks and paints, writing tools, artist tools.
- Talas Supplies: Conversation, archival, and book binding
- Colophon Book Arts Supply: Board, paper, cloth leather; binding supplies; marbling supplies, tools, books, etc.
- John Neal Booksellers: Writing tools, ink and paint, book binding and more
- Hollanders: Decorative papers, bookbinding, and more
- The Japanese Paper Place (in Canada): Fine Japanese Paper, gifts, stationary, etc.