Handmade Books for a Healthy Planet

by Gaylord, Susan Kapuscinski

• ISBN13: 9780984231904
• ISBN10: 0984231900
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-04-22
• Publisher: Makingbooks.Com

Summary

Handmade Books For A Healthy Planet is a how-to book with a purposeto take tiny steps to make our planet more healthy by creating books from around the world with recycled materials. Using everyday tools and easy-to-find materials, children and their families and teachers experience the joy of using their hands, minds, and hearts to make books that tell their stories and reflect on the world around them. With fascinating facts about the history of books and illustrated step-by-step directions, the sixteen earth-friendly projects, including a Wish Scroll from Ethiopia, a Medieval Book of Hours and a Book of Haiku from Japan, promote cultural understanding and teach us to see things not just for what they are but for what they can become.

Author Biography

Susan Kapuscinski Gaylord has been a practicing visual artist for thirty years and a passionate promoter of making handmade books for over twenty years. Her art, ranging from calligraphy to book arts to digital compositions, has been exhibited across the country and around the world. Articles about her work have been featured in Somerset Studio, Urthona: Buddhism and the Arts and Bound & Lettered. Her work has also been featured in 500 Handmade Books, Cover to Cover and Fiberarts magazine. Gaylord's bookmaking workshops are known for their combination of creativity and enthusiasm with clear, precise directions. She has taught well over ten thousand children, teachers and parents in schools and libraries. She has written three books for Scholastic and shares her knowledge and love of making books through her website makingbooks.com, her blog, makingbooks with children.blogspot.com, and youtube videos.