04/08/2025
Recommend Book📚全てのDIYで本を製作している作り手の皆様へ！
「Book Book」 by Hyon, Myungah, Chang Yuchen
Available at B**g Sadhu Room or Online Store
わかりやすくてシンプルで魅力的な製本ガイド『ブックブック』は、シカゴを拠点とするアーティスト兼教育者ミョンア・ヒョン著、ニューヨークを拠点とする教師兼アーティストのチャン・ユチェン作・イラストによる、製本入門書です。手製本でこれからzineやアートブック、書籍を作りたい作り手の為のビジュアルでわかる製本ブックです。
初版2017年、現在第5版となる『Book Book』は、持ち運びやすく、製本方法を学ぶための分かりやすいガイドです。図解入りの解説書は、紙の繊維方向や面付けから、紙の折り方や裁断方法まで、本の基本を丁寧に解説します。製本の種類には、無線綴じ、アコーディオン綴じ(蛇腹綴じ)、パンフレット綴じ、長辺綴じ、平綴じ、和綴じなど様々な綴じ方（四つ穴綴じ、貴石綴じ、べっ甲綴じ、麻の葉綴じ）が含まれます。Book Bookには、本に加えて、ブックボード用の穴あけ用クレードルも付属し、プラスチックの巾着袋がついています。
1st edition 2017, Now in its fifth edition, Book Book is a portable, uncomplicated guide to learning how to bind books. Written by Myungah Hyon and illustrated by Chang Yuchen, the diagrammatic instruction book walks readers through the basics of books, from grain direction and imposition to folding and cutting paper. The types of bindings covered include perfect bound books, accordion books, pamphlet stitch, long stitch binding, flat-back casebound books and several stab bindings (Japanese four-hole, noble binding, tortoise-shell binding, hemp-leaf binding). Alongside the book, Book Book also includes a book-board hole-punching cradle. All the pieces are housed in a plastic drawstring bag.
Myungah Hyon is a Chicago-based artist and educator. She is an adjunct professor in the Department of Printmedia at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has extensive experience teaching diverse traditional and innovative bookbinding techniques. She was an artist in residence at Roger Brown, Kala Art Institute, Buinho and Datz Museum. She has received Faculty Enrichment Grants from SAIC and the Peter Williams Award from OxBow.
Chang Yuchen is a New York–based teacher and artist. She was an artist in residence at Smack Mellon, Asymmetry Art Foundation, MASS MoCA, the Museum of Art and Design and the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop. She is the recipient of a Poetry Project Curatorial Fellowship and a Luminarts Fellowship, among others.
published by DREAMER Fty, China, 28 x 16 cm, a hole-punching cradle is included in each book
