Birth of a Book

irth of a Book is a short film about the creation of a book at Smith-Settle Printers in Leeds England, using traditional commercial printing methods, i.e. before desktop publishing and e-books.

Nice to recognise the same stages handmade books go through, and to see some real people working on these different stages, and to see a bone folder!

You can view the film at http://vimeo.com/38681202

Paper and Light

The Ice Book presents a different application of the book arts of pop-up and cutouts in a theatrical show of light and shadow. Combined with performance and animation, it is an inventive wonderful piece of theatre building on the tradition of pop-up books. Wish I could make 'books' like this!

You can see the short film at http://vimeo.com/19348564

A man who loves books

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr Morris Lessmore is a charming animated short film about a man who loves books. This film has been nominated for an Academy award in 2012.

You can view it on vimeo at http://vimeo.com/35404908

Post script: 27th Feb 2012 - it won the Academy award for best short animated film!