The tactile pull of keith smiths book art hyperallergic. Instructional and scholarly books these publications are staples in every book art s classroom. If youre like me and you want a guide to creating a hardback book of your own, skip this book. Artists books with keith smith and scott mccarney state. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from keith smith at the discogs marketplace. The book is the name of the course i teach periodically at western connecticut state university designed for students just beginning a book length projects or others with manuscripts in various stages. So, you might likewise not await couple of days later to receive and also read the book bookbinding for book artists, by keith a. They have been teaching book workshops for over 10 years throughout the world. While the wiki certainly has a lot to say on the subject, there remains some uncertainty over just what the term book art can or should be used to refer to. The library of congress, listed this cvolume as one of the treasures of the library of congress special. He is a recipient of two guggenheim fellowships, a national endowment of the arts grant and a pollockkrasner foundation grant. Household tools are substituted for traditional binding equipment. This publication gives introduction on book structure, history of book binding, and general principles of binding craft, before delving into specifics of each particular type of binding. Available for sale from bruce silverstein gallery, keith a.
The book arts library of congress rare books and special. Bookbinding f\for book artists presents a simple approach to binding a boo kin cloth or leather. Good instruction on how to make several types of gluedpasted book bindings keith a. Longstitch is a bookbinding technique used for sewing together the sections of a book. Buy bookbinding for book artists by smith, keith isbn. Bookbinding for book artists paperback 1998 author keith a.
Jordan, as one of the suggested readings, has the tendency to be in soft file, as all book collections here. Smith, the author, has also few books on nonadhesive binding. Bookbinding for book artists paperback 1998 author. Keith smith, the big guru of artists books instruction who has written more about artists books than anybody else, is now making spectacular digital books, although he used to make letterpress books. Bookbinding for book artists is a gem for book lovers. The sixth book on book design and bookbinding from the book artist k. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. I remind them that all the elements of an artist s book from the paper to the text andor images are deliberately interconnected and work in concert.
It eliminates the skill required to pare leather or to sew endbands by hand. Smiths disinterest in categorizing his work set him apart. All the sewings can be quarter cloth if you prefer not to use leathers. This canonic artists book by keith smith was published by spaceheater editions in 1984. Some of the bindings described contain a book block of a single section or signature.
Or an artist who uses books as a medium to make art. It eliminates the skill required to pare leather or to. Three types of book binding are described in detail. Zaehnsdorf, published 1897 a collection of facsimiles from examples of historic or artistic book binding, illustrating the history of binding as a branch of the decorative arts by bernard quaritch, 1889 an inquiry into the nature and form of the books of the ancients. Philadelphia long before the ubiquity of digital technologies transformed the book, artist keith smith was engaged in prescient redefinition. Structure of the visual book, text in the book format, bookbinding for book artists and the five volumes of nonadhesive binding. His artwork has been exhibited at the museum of modern art in new york city, the smithsonian institute in washington dc, the butler institute of american art in youngstown, ohio, the new jersey state. This includes a various traditional hand tools, adhesives, sewing materials, book presses and book repair supplies. He has taught at the visual studies workshop, the school of the art institute of chicago, and the university of illinois.
Keith smiths bookbinding for book artists presents a simple approach to binding a book in cloth or leather. Keith smith sewn and pasted cloth or leather bookbinding. Smith, with the assistance of the binder and teacher f. Instructions for making a simple book press are included. In this exhibition, explore an array of smith s mixedmedia photographs and prints, andhis specialtyhandmade artist s books, most from. Located on the 2nd floor facing the world trade center atrium and the walkway to the trade. The library of congress has a strong concentration of materials relating to the production of finely crafted and beautifully illustrated books. Installation view of keith smith at home at the philadelphia museum of art photo courtesy the philadelphia museum of art. Top 10 coptic stitch binding tutorials on the internet.
Since the mid 1960s, keith smith has taken a nonpurist approach to photography and book making. Andrea hillo, publisher of the artists of algonquin, a beautiful 11 x 12 hardcover book featuring 31 area artists, 71 pages, had a bracebridge book launch at elke scholzs studio, featuring local artists, carole ann thur, david dawson, elke scholz, and wendy wallace and their art pieces from the book. This makes leather binding cheaper, but not easier and certainly not quicker. With quick leather bindings i have eliminated all the unnecessary steps found in the earlier book. Angie wallers couchprojects is a brilliant website, and david shrigleys wonderful books and drawings also jackie bateys website is a great way to see the artists thinking process, with working visuals from her books so you can see how they evolved. The boards are finished before the book block is sewn to it.
Booklyn artists alliance keith smith, keith smith books. If you are an artist whose chosen medium is books, youll love this book and should get it. Library of congress rare books and special collections. Jordan, covers the making of books from the selection of paper from the standpoint of binding requirements up to and including finishing. Talas offers a wide variety of books on bookbinding as reference materials for projects. They range from artist books to poetry, textbooks and dictionaries. It is a very striking 72page large full colour hardcover, a coffee table book, with the artwork front and centre. In the course of creating over three hundred books, beginning with his first book of photoetchings in 1967, he has explored the endless variations by which visual images and texts can be gathered together. Keith smith and fred jordans hefty text provides the book artist with simple but indepth instruction in how to bind a book in cloth or leather using household tools rather than more specialized binding equipment. They have been teaching book workshops for over 10 years throughout the world, and their book artistry can be seen worldwide in major collections including the museum of modern art, new york and the victoria and albert museum, london.
Includes links to related sites, tutorials, images of bindings and book objects. It eliminates the skill required to pare leather or to sew endbands. Exhibitions keith smith at home philadelphia museum of art. Hollanders stocks a wide assortment of bookbinding tools and supplies.
A rich, professionally done anthology strong with confidence and purpose. Bookbinding for book artists substituted household tools for all the traditional tools and equipment found in a bindery. In his book non adhesive bindings, keith smith describes the longstitch through. Bookbinding for book artists by keith smith, 9780963768254, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Bookbinding for book artists keith smith hollanders. Keith smith self proclaims his book, structure of the visual book, to be more of anautobiography as it is a book about books 15. Keith smith is primarily known for his bookmaking, both as an artist and as a teacher. For five decades, the artist has used surprising combinations of materials to chronicle his experiences. Even as we move farther into the electronic library without walls, the library remains strongly committed to collecting the printed word with an emphasis on. Find the latest shows, biography, and artworks for sale by keith a. This article about making art out of books, the arts related to bookbinding, or the design of massproduced books is a stub.
Smith s disinterest in categorizing his work set him apart from his peers and made him a rogue member of both the photography and printmaking departments at the school of the art institute of chicago. Bruce silverstein gallery is the exclusive representative of keith a. Like others of his generation, the jazz trumpeter keith smith, who has died aged 67 following a heart attack, recognised a special calling, that. Keith smith is a quintessential book makeran artist fixated with the possibilities of the book form. Smith uses his own bookmaking experiences and experiments as templates for his readers to understand, and even create their own artists books. Smith creates books as works of art, as well as instructional texts. Smith is a book artist, but his work delves into the realms of. Part of the sewn and pasted, cloth or leather series. Leading book artists, keith smith and scott mccarney, develop contemporary interpretations of books and bookforms. Keith smith is an exhibiting artist, a published poet and author, and a distinguished lecturer. Jack ginsberg, artists book collector par excellence. Keith smith s bookbinding for book artists presents a simple approach to binding a book in cloth or leather. The only books to have widespread distribution are his eight books on books.