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Book Arts: Tutorials

A guide to Book Arts resources for papermaking, printing & bookbinding

Tutorials and Techniques

We've compiled here some of the best book arts tutorials for beginners! If you are looking for something more specific or in-depth, feel free to email Katherine for more assistance.

See also the Book Arts Web Resource Collection

Papermaking

Papermaking at Home
Tutorial on how to pull and dry sheets of paper at home using DIY materials and recycled pulp from junk mail!
Hand Papermaking Inc.: Free Tutorials
Free tutorials on more advanced techniques, such as adding a watermark to your sheets

Letterpress

Linocut Printmaking
A series of 10 videos walking you through how to make a linocut print using a mix of professional and at-home supplies.
Dafi Kühne Letterpress Show
A fun series about the theory and history behind letterpress and some demonstrations of basic techniques

Bookbinding

Booklyn Arts Manual
Great collection of diagrams for virtually every method of book construction.
Sea Lemon YouTube Channel
Very well-filmed tutorials on bookbinding for beginners.
Stopan YouTube Channel
Very well-filmed demonstrations of more advanced bookbinding using professional grade materials.

Program Director

Katherine McCanless Ruffin

kruffin@wellesley.edu

Last Updated: May 19, 2022 4:18 PM
URL: https://libguides.wellesley.edu/bookarts
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Subjects: Art & Architecture, English

Tags: book arts, bookbinding, letterpress, letterpress printing, printmaking, typography