Make a Tiny Book: Miniature Bookbinding and Illustration

Learn how to tell your story intricately by making a teeny tiny book from scratch and filling it with precise, micro-scale illustrations

• Introduction
• Materials and Essential Concepts
• The Design: From Idea to Paper
• Making a Hardcover Book
• Sharing and Developing Your Work
• Final project

The challenge of making miniature art has fascinated humans for centuries, and artist Evan Lorenzen is no exception. From tiny tarot cards to dime-sized pet portraits, he specializes in micro-scale illustrations and books. His work has led him to collaborate with the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Amsterdam, Cat Art Show L.A., and hundreds of individual collectors.

In this online course, Evan teaches you the intricacies of miniature bookmaking, from cover to cover. Learn to develop a concept and tell a story through small-format illustrations, as well as how to bind the pages and design a hard cover to encase them. Turn your big ideas into tiny works of art.

• About Me
• Influences
• Tools and Materials
• Bookbinding Terms and Techniques
• Breakdown of the Book Layout
• Brainstorming the Story
• Thinking About The Design of the Book
• Making a Tiny Softcover Sketchbook 1
• Making a Tiny Softcover Sketchbook 2
• Putting the Ideas to Paper
• Illustrating the Final Pages
• Assembling the Text Block
• Making the Cover 1
• Making the Cover 2
• Attaching the Cover
• Display and Presentation of Your Work
• Creating a Multicopy Edition
• Make a Tiny Book: Miniature Bookbinding and Illustration