Artists’ Books and Bookbinding Techniques

Did you know that the library has many useful resources about Artists’ Books and bookbinding techniques?  Most of these books in our main collection are browsable and circulate.  If you are interested in books that give information about the subject of artists’ books, specific book presses and artists, historical and contemporary exhibitions, and collections look in the RISD MAIN and RISD OVERSIZE call number ranges for N 7433’s.   For books that give specific details on bookbinding techniques, look in the Z 271’s.   We also have non-circulating copies of several of these books in the Reference area.  Look in RISD REF  N 7433’s and  Z 271’s.

If you would like to have a SUBJECT GUIDE to resources in the Fleet Library on ARTISTS’ BOOKS & BOOKBINDING TECHNIQUES, email us (see contact information in ABOUT) and we will send you the guide as a PDF attachment.

Exhibition in the library

There’s still time to see Friends of Nancy: comics at the RISD Library, our current exhibition now up through July 2nd.  The exhibit is on two floors of the library, in the Reading Room exhibition area by the entrance as well as the balcony cases on the 1st floor and in the Special Collections exhibit case in the 2nd floor hallway.

Featured in this exhibition are historic and contemporary comic works and graphic novels from the library’s collections, plus original works from local artists: Allison Cole, Cybele Collins, Jo Dery, C.F., Leif Goldberg, Carlos Gonzalez, and James McShane.  Also featured are selections from the generous donations to our comics collections by RISD alumnus Tim Finn FAV ‘00 and by comic artist Lew Sayre Schwartz.