bBrought to you by the instructors at the Center for Book Arts, iBookforms /iis a comprehensive guide for making books by hand with a focus on functionality in design./bbrbr Written by the experts at the Center for Book Arts in New York, iBookforms/i presents all the instruction you need to bcraft by hand a comprehensive array of historic bookbinding styles /bfrom all over the world. iBookforms/i traces the functional roots of each structure, explains their appropriateness for various uses, and provides projects for making an essential structure for each style of binding.brbr Topics covered include:ulliWhy books work: General bookbinding principles for functionality and what we can learn from the past /liliWhat you need to know for planning a special book or embarking on an edition /liliHow materials affect function/li/uliBookforms/i tackles a wide range of projects for all levels of bookbinders. You'll see everything from bsewn and ticketed blank books/b and btraditional western codex/b book forms, to scrapbooks and albums, bAsian stab-sewn bindings/b, bunusual structures/b, and baesthetics/embellishments/b. What better time to dive into this venerable and unique hobby than now?