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The Repurposed Library (2011)

by Lisa Occhipinti(Favorite Author)

3.67 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1584799099 (ISBN13: 9781584799092)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Stewart, Tabori and Chang

review 1: Another book that raised a few eyebrows at my house. Repurposing books? That is sacrilegious! There were some clever ideas, especially the switchplates (try in the kitchen?), the pleated sculpture and the page quilt. And I loved that they begin the book by explaining the anatomy of a book. What I didn't care for is in the mechanics of the book itself. The print and drawings are done is such a light pen, that it is a strain on my eyes.
review 2: A neat book of craft projects to make with books. I've been working on making things out of books (mostly library discards, damaged books and the few books I can bear to cut up) and this book has some neat ideas. Her tutorials are a bit short-- no more than two pages no matter how complicated the project-- but I think we... more're all spoiled to online tutorials now with multiple photographs for every step. That said, I haven't followed any of these tutorials yet, so I'll have to keep you posted after I make a clock or something else. I understand peoples' reticence about cutting up old books, but at the same time books get thrown out all of the time-- the library where my sister works just threw out several whole sets of outdated encyclopedias. At least books as art objects can find another home. less

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