Welcome to AccessArt: Book Art
Book art is an umbrella term for any art or craft that involves creating or working with books. This could include bookbinding, origami, and papermaking, among other techniques.
It provides an exciting opportunity to explore transformation, with paper being a great material for exploring form. Visual artists have been inspired by manipulating the book format for many decades.
Explore these inspirational activities that connect form, literature and the creation and use of the imagination.
Dip Your Toes Into Book Art!
Explore these focused collections of resources to help introduce book art to your learners. All these resources can be adapted to all settings and all ages
Book Art with primary children
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Explore Book Artists
Explore these book artists who are making exciting and original art work using books or bookbinding skills
Julie Chen
theresa easton
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make your own books...
There are many different ways of creating artists books. Start with the basics and create some simple books!
Watch these videos to discover a range of methods appropriate for all audiences.
Explore Book Art Materials
Paper and Cardboard are both great materials to facilitate an exploratory approach to book art
Explore Paper
Explore cardboard
