Book Arts @ Syracuse University Library 

The Book Arts Web: Most comprehensive site for book arts resources.

The Bonefolder: an e-journal for the bookbinder and book artist

Book_Arts-L: Listserv for all the book arts. Link at the Book Arts Web in the sidebar on the left side of the page. Includes online archive going back to 1994.

Subject Searches:

he following "subject" searches of SUMMIT will bring up the Library's holdings of books in that area. If this does not work, go to SUMMIT, click on advanced search, then cut and paste the exact search string below, also selecting "as a phrase" and "Subject (keyword)."

• Artists' Books
• Artists' Illustrated Books
• Book Design
• Bookbinding
• Conceptual Art
• Illustrated Books
• Origami
• Paper, Handmade
• Paper, Sculpture
• Paper, Work
• Printing

Structures:

• Alternative Structures:
  • Alice Austin (Folded paper)
  • Inge Bruggeman (Plexi "Sandwiches")
  • Gloria Helfgott (Folded paper)
  • Emily Martin (Jacob's Ladder)
  • Peter & Donna Thomas (Paper and dowels in frame)
  • Jill K. Berry (Tinker Toy with spiral)
  • Melissa Jay Craig (sculptural based on codex)
  • Peter & Donna Thomas (Scroll)
  • Nancy Callahan (Sculptural)
  • Bonnie Thompson Norman (Sculptural)

• Post Binding:
  • Victoria Hindley
  • Claire Jeanine Satin
  • Joseph Newman
  • Velma Boyard

• Spiral (Wire) Binding:
  • Steve Heimerle

• Concertina: 
  • Thorsten Dennerline: View contents and other bindings of book
  • Peter Verheyen
  • Elaine Downing: (Folded out of a single sheet of paper)
    • Instructions for a similar structure
  • Peter & Donna Thomas (Creative use of perforated index cards)
  • Maria Barbosa & Claudia Nogueira (Free-form in box)
  • Stacey Kirby (Free-form)
  • Nancy Brandt (Translucent paper, layers, and additional flaps)
  • Karen Hanmer (In boxes)
  • Susan Joy Share (Sculptural)
  • Lillian Dabney (With cut reversing folds)
  • Beej Nierengarten-Smith (Window blind effect)
  • Stephanie Wolff (Miniature in a suitcase)
  • John Pusateri (Concertina text attached to folded paper cover with slide-in spine and clasp pieces)
  • Melanie Hershberger ("Magic flashlight in concertina)
  • Susan Share (Headband)

• Sewn Concertina:
  • Mary Ann Sampson (Concertina with signatures sewn to folds and covers)
  • Deborah Bryan (Concertina with signatures sewn to folds and covers, with closure at spine)
  • Beverly Hettig (Compound concertina with sewn in elements)

• Flag Books: Derived from the concertina structure this structure attaches "tabs" to the concertina creating a flag-like effect.
  • Hedi Kyle: The first flagbook
  • Karen Hanmer
  • Karen Hanmer
  • Margery S. Hellman

• Star Book:
  • Pamela S. Wood

• Pop-up: Instructions by Joan Irvine.
  • Emily Martin
  • Polly Phillips

• Tunnel Book: Instructions by Ed Hutchins
  • Amy Lapidow

• Japanese Style: Instructions for a basic Japanese style, side sewn, binding. See also here.

• Sewn Bindings: Instructions for a limp coptic binding

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  • Coptic (linked stitch)
    • Cathy Adelman
    • Peggy Johnston
    • Susan Joy Share

• Long Stitch (Medieval style sewn through wrapper)
  • Jean Stephenson

• Woven & Limp Paper
  • Catherine Burkhard
  • Claudia Cohen
  • Nancy Nitzberg

Selected Exhibitions

• Works by Syracuse University Students
  • PRT 552 - Book Arts (Spring 2007)
    • Central New York Book Arts
    • The Art of the Book, the Book as Art
  • Book Arts 2003
  • SU Book Art. 2000.
  • Book as Art: Building a Foundation. 1996.

• The Guild of Book Workers
  • Marking Time, 2009.
  • 100th Anniversary Exhibition, 2006.
  • In Flight, 2003.
  • Best of the Best, 2000.
  • ABeCeDarium, 1998.
  • Paper Bound, 1996.