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Myungah Hyon and Chang Yuchen: Book Book
A straightforward, simple and utterly charming guide to bookbinding
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.
Wednesday, August 12, from 6—8 PM, on the occasion of her current exhibition at Printed Matter, Chang Yuchen will be joined by linguist Ross Perlin in a conversation exploring her practice as it intersects with language—spoken, printed, bound, sold and found on beaches. Taking the exhibition and publishing output as a starting point, the two will build on past exchanges to consider how language and languages—real and the imaginary—can veer into the useful and the useless. continue to blog
FORMAT: Pbk, 6.25 x 11 in. / 62 pgs / 62 b&w. LIST PRICE: U.S. $32.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $44 GBP £24.99 ISBN: 9781636814995 PUBLISHER: DREAMER FTY AVAILABLE: 7/16/2024 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: SDNR50 PUBLISHING STATUS: Active AVAILABILITY: In stock TERRITORY: WORLD Except China
A straightforward, simple and utterly charming guide to bookbinding
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.
