CRAFTS

This practical guidebook introduces the techniques required to bookbind successfully. It looks at single-section, paperback, hardback and leather binding techniques, as well as other formating techniques such as slipcases and portfolio cases.

Beautiful handmade items can be undermined by poor or uninspired images that fail to represent their detail and craftsmanship. This book shows crafters how to capture images that make items stand out from the crowd.

Design expert and acclaimed blogger Olivier Dupon has sourced the cream of the contemporary design world from all over Europe, Australia and the United States, profiling over 70 artisans who use craft techniques, rather than mass-production methods, to create stylish, whimsical, covetable objects.

Drawing on such intriguing and diverse themes as motorcycles, bears, pilgrimage, transvestism, shamanism, vehicles to the afterlife and tomb guardians, Grayson Perry takes the reader on a journey to an imaginary afterlife.