Editing Artist's book (section)

==Overview==
Artists' books have employed a wide range of forms, including the traditional [[Codex]] form as well as less common forms like [[scroll]]s, fold-outs, [[concertina]]s or loose items contained in a box. Artists have been active in printing and book production for centuries, but the artist's book is primarily a late 20th-century form. Book forms were also created within earlier movements, such as [[Dada]], [[Constructivism (art)|Constructivism]], [[Futurism]], and [[Fluxus]].<ref name=":0" />

One suggested definition of an artist's book is as follows:

{{Blockquote|Artists' books are books or book-like objects over the final appearance of which an artist has had a high degree of control; where the book is intended as a work of art in itself.|source=Stephen Bury<ref>''Artists' Books: The Book As a Work of Art, 1963–1995'', Bury, Scolar Press, 1995.</ref>}}

Generally, an artist's book is interactive, portable, movable, and easily shared. Some artists' books challenge the conventional book format and become sculptural objects. Artists' books also may be created in order to make art accessible to people outside of the formal contexts of galleries or museums.<ref name=":2">{{cite web |url=http://guides.library.vcu.edu/c.php?g=47628&p=298016 |title=Books – Book Art – Research Guides at Virginia Commonwealth University |publisher=Guides.library.vcu.edu |date=2010-05-28 |access-date=2015-07-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716101238/http://guides.library.vcu.edu/c.php?g=47628&p=298016 |archive-date=2015-07-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=":1" />

Artists' books can be made from a variety of materials, including found objects.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Martinez|first=Alejandro|date=24 January 2021|title=Ten Theses on the Artist's Book|url=https://artishockrevista.com/2021/01/24/ten-theses-on-the-artists-book/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124223812/https://artishockrevista.com/2021/01/24/ten-theses-on-the-artists-book/ |archive-date=2021-01-24 |access-date=|website=Artishock Revista}}</ref> The VCU Book Arts LibGuide writes that the following methods and practices are common (but certainly not the only methods) in artists' book production:

* hand binding
* letterpress printing
* digital printing
* photography
* printmaking
* calligraphy and hand lettering
* painting and drawing
* graphic designing
* paper engineering
* automated/machine production<ref name=":2" />