They are book pages but unlike anything modern-day readers are used to. When the pages are unfolded, they resemble the bellows of an accordion or waves approaching a beach. This is the result of ...

Visitors admire the dragon-scale bookbinding works of Zhang Xiaodong at an exhibition in Shanghai in August 2023 (COURTESY PHOTO) At his studio in Beijing E-town on the southeastern outskirts of China ...

The Bookies are a passionate group of women dedicated to the art of hand bookbinding. Meeting monthly in each other's homes, Cheryl Mahowald, Mary Hagerty Sabo, Marilyn L. Schweitzer, Barbara Erickson ...

A California inventor has developed a book-binding machine that makes it cheap and easy to print professional-quality books within minutes. Industry analysts say the device could make it possible for ...

A thangka painting using the qianye technique created by Zhang Xiaodong. [Photo By Qin Bin/Beijing Review] With a cup of pu'er tea and a burning sandalwood incense stick on the desk, Zhang Xiaodong ...