Link Collections
These three sites offer comprehensive information on the book arts. They contain hundreds of links to other sites, as well as List Serves, galleries, exhibitions, reading lists, tutorials, and a free e-journal for the book arts.
Updated Summer 2012
The Book Arts Web
Bonefolder: A free e-journal
Colophon
Learning Resources
These are some of the numerous workshops, college classes/programs in the book arts and online tutorials available.
Bay Area Book Artists Book Arts Jam (Annual Book Arts Fair)
BABA session archives (partial)
Foothill College Print & Book Arts
The Book Arts Web: Tutorials
Book History Online
Bookmaking for Children and Adults
Carnegie Mellon Libraries: Artists' Books
Conservation OnLine
EBSQ: Altered Book Tutorial
Eden Workshops Bookbinding Resources
Garage Annex School for Book Arts
Making Books Blog (Susan Kapuscinski Gaylord)
Mills College: Book Arts
Paper & Book Intensive
Timetable for Book Development
The San Francisco Center for the Book
University of Iowa Center for the Book
Writing and Design: A Guide to Calligraphy (Thanks Katelyn!)
Supplies and Books
Art Paper
Daniel Smith: Art Supplies
Hiromi Paper International, Inc.
Hollander's Decorative and Handmade Papers
John Neal: Books and Supplies
Mission Creek Press: Handmade Papers
Moab Paper Co: Digital Papers
New York Central Art Supply
Skycraft: Handmade Decorative Papers
European Papers
Somerset Studio (magazine)
Dieu Donn� Papermill
Gigabooks: Bookbinding Supplies
Shades of Paper: Digital Papers
Talas: Archival and Conservation Materials
This To That: Glues & Gluing
Twinrocker: Handmade Paper and Supplies
Volcano Arts
Walden's Paper Catalog
Professional Organizations
These sites offer a variety of resources related to the book arts. Some have online exhibitions.
Bay Area Book Artists
Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild
Center for Book Arts: NY
The Codex Foundation
College Book Art Association
Guild of Book Workers
Hand Bookbinders of California
Hand Papermaking
Miniature Book Society
Pacific Center for the Book Arts
Rare Books and Manuscripts
BABA Members' Sites
Some members have both websites and blogs. In that case, the blog title is a separate link.
Cari Ferraro
Don Drake: Dreaming Mind
Dorit Elisha: Mixed Media Art
Elise Guidoux: Twokandoux
Ginger Burrell | Midnight Musings (blog)
Harlan Crowder
Jim Stewart: The Zymoglyphic Museum | Curator's Web Log
Joanne Koltnow: Looking at Light Through Flowers
Jody Alexander
Judith Hoffman: Metalwork, Artist's Books | blog
Karen Chew: Designs and Studio
Karen Koshgarian: Twokandoux
Kent Manske: PreNeo Press | Scope Creep (blog)
Kit Davey: Found Object Art
Kyoko Matsunaga
Lark Burkhart: Jumping Crow Studio
Linda Stinchfield: turtlesilk
Nanette Wylde: PreNeo Press | Hunger Button Books
Pati Bristow: Mailart- Shopping Trolley Gallery, West
Rae Trujillo: Raes of Sun - Impractical Visionary
Raven Erebus: trollop.com | My Minnie Pearl Press (blog)
Servane Briand: take a stroll | blog
Inspiration: Online Exhibitions and Collections
View rare books and manuscripts and modern versions of the book at these sites.
100 highlights of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek
ABC 3-D Book
Artists' Books Online
BookFest
Conceptually Bound Exhibitions
The Fiji Island Mermaid Press
Monique Lallier
Otis College Artists' Books
Turning the Pages� Images of Books
University of Delaware: Artists Books
World-wide Resources: Book Arts, Lettering Arts
Zines and Mailart
What's a zine? Wikipedia defines them as "a small circulation publication of original or appropriated texts and images."
broken pencil 'zine
Frips mail art | blog
Mail Art Calls: Artist Stamp News
Mail Art Calls: Dragonfly Dream
The Zine & e-Zine Resource Guide
Zybooks: Artists Books Online
Copyright Free Images
These sites are sources of images that are in the public domain or can be used with a Creative Commons license. Be sure to check each organization's copyright information. For example the Library of Congress will show only thumbnails of restricted images.
BibliOdyssey blog
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Flickr Commons
Related Arts Resources
1000 Journals: Round Robin
Calligraphy: Writing Art for Greeting Cards, Letters, and More
Letterpress Printing Introduction
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