Daily Book Art Challenge: A Month of Book Art Ideas by Faith Hale

Intermediate | 3 hours 21 min

Daily Book Art Challenge
Overview01:19
Materials00:51
A Quick Lesson on Book Anatomy00:49
Day 1: Bounce Test and Mark Making 05:38
Day 2: Acrylic Washes04:27
Day 3: Abstract Timeline09:55
Day 4: Ideation Cards06:46
Day 5: Book Within a Book06:11
Day 6: Shadow Drawing03:46
Day 7: Enclosed Artifact10:45
Day 8: Laminating Paper and Card Insert06:14
Day 9: Mind Map04:23
Day 10: Flower Fold03:47
Day 11: Mounted Accordion 03:28
Day 12: Specimen Collection03:10
Day 13: Pocket04:38
Day 14: Elevating the Mundane02:20
Day 15: Watercolor and Salt Backgrounds02:35
Day 16: Adding a Flap10:19
Day 17: Create a Pop Up07:48
Day 18: List Your Surroundings04:27
Day 19: Change Your Handwriting03:14
Day 20: Pochoir Stenciling 06:27
Day 21: Make A Map04:33
Day 22: Redacted Text10:21
Day 23: Altered Book Page10:38
Day 24: Gate Fold09:29
Day 25: Brad Wheel08:26
Day 26: Horizontal Flaps06:49
Day 27: Sewn In Artifact06:28
Day 28: Colophon01:55
Day 29: Assembling the Text Block05:33
Day 30: Making and Attaching the Covers18:03

Taught by Faith Hale

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What is book art? It is a way to merge art and bookbinding techniques to make a one-of a-kind handmade book. With a Master’s degree in book art and creative writing, Creativebug staffer Faith Hale shares her passion by demonstrating a technique, structure, or prompt every day for an entire month. Working alongside Faith, you will create a totally unique book page by page, building skills and techniques as you go. You’ll learn how to cut flaps, create pop ups and moving pieces, discover inspiration, cull language from found sources, and use text in new and inspiring ways. These pages come together to create a sampler of techniques, and at the end of the month, you will learn how to create a text block, add hard board covers, and bind your book.

Here’s what you’ll need:

8 ½” x 11” cardstock cut in half against the grain to make approximately thirty 5 ½” x 8 ½” spreads
¼” MDF board cut to 8 ½” x 11”
Weights (such as bricks wrapped in paper)
Bone folder (regular or Teflon)
Craft knife
Cutting mat
Scissors
6” clear ruler
Metal ruler
Pin tool
Glue stick
Tombo Mono permanent adhesive
Book binding thread and needle
PVA glue
Decorative paper
Collage ephemera
Assorted paints and pens, including Microns, China markers, acrylic paints and watercolor
Ink pads
Old credit card for painting
Stencil brushes
Watercolor brushes and paper
Baby wipes
Salt
Sheet of Mylar or acetate
Waxed paper for binding the book
Glue brush
Book board

Downloads:

Download Materials List 10.25.18_A_Month_of_Book_PDF.pdf

Learn how to:

Make great book art
Create folio spreads one day at a time
Create windows, flaps, pop ups and other three-dimensional forms
Use a bone folder
Glue out pages
Make a stacked folio binding
Make hard covers
Alter existing book pages

What you’ll get:

Instruction on how to make a book art sampler, using a new technique for each spread of your one-of-a-kind book.
30 HD video lessons you can access online anytime, anywhere
Detailed supplies list and PDF containing book art resources
Step-by-step expert instruction from Faith Hale
The ability to leave comments, ask questions, and interact with other students