Beck's Books
Handmade, custom folded books from Austin, TX 📚📍
See mine and other book related artists’ works at in Austin, Tx 📍
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See .books at the Kentucky Derby May 3-4 🐎👒
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Someone said the single star on Texas’ flag is actually a review LOL
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A virgin birth I can believe. But finding a silent night with a newborn? Yea right.
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Learn how to turn a $3 book into a $75 book! I’ll be teaching another book folding workshop at the Austin Book Arts Center on April, 20th 📆
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Keep it thin, won’t open again 🙅♂️
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Want to take your book folding to the next level?📚 This masterclass is for you! Link in bio ⬆️
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What would you make with a colored book? 🤔
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Book folding was there when no one else was 🥲💔
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For folded book artists, by a folded book artist 📚🙂 Only at www.becksbooks.co link in bio ⬆️
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Fun fact: while purple jellyfish give us grape jelly, the orange ones give us marmalade
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Happy holidays! Let’s hope this next year is one for the books 📚
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What’s this from? 🤔
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Oh book folding, how you keep me sane 🥰
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You get a custom folded book, I get my thinking time by folding the book—everyone wins!
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December SALE❄️‼️Only at www.becksbooks.co until 12/15! Link in bio ⬆️
Why he wanted a pot still as a book? I don’t ask questions. I just make the books.
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Portrait of my ex wife 🐋 haha!…Sharon if you’re reading this please come back
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Licensed baby 🤙
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“I bet you have quite the laser cutter!”
My laser cutter: ✋🤚✂️
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Display only…*sigh*
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“Beck, why do you sell books for the rival school?” Because my school won’t give me the licensing but will happily give me parking tickets
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This simple formula will both tell you where to start and ensure that there are an even number of excess pages before and after your design
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Jesus wept. 🙏🕊️
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Excited to announce that I’ll be teaching the art of Book Folding at the Austin Book Arts center October 14th! 📚
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One of a set for and their spa .pdn 🪷 I quite like how this one came out; off to El Paso! 📍
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The 180 fold is the method used for portraits and other more detailed designs. It gets its name because the marks are cut and folded 180° toward the spine. Dealing with more steps and components, they can cost more than a simple MMF might.
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Was a privilege to make 13 centerpiece books for for their Long Lives of Very Old Books exhibit!
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Book folding: sorta like if book binding and origami had a baby
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Do you agree with these values? 🤔
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