The Tuttle Story: “Books to Span the East and West”
Many people are surprised to learn that the world’s largest publisher of books on Asia had its humble beginnings in the tiny American state of Vermont. The company’s founder, Charles E. Tuttle, belonged to a New England family steeped in publishing.
Immediately after WW II, Tuttle served in Tokyo under General Douglas MacArthur and was tasked with reviving the Japanese publishing industry. He later founded the Charles E. Tuttle Publishing Company, which thrives today as one of the world’s leading independent publishers.
Though a westerner, Tuttle was hugely instrumental in bringing a knowledge of Japan and Asia to a world hungry for information about the East. By the time of his death in 1993, Tuttle had published over 6,000 books on Asian culture, history and art—a legacy honored by the Japanese emperor with the “Order of the Sacred Treasure,” the highest tribute Japan can bestow upon a non-Japanese.
With a backlist of 1,500 titles, Tuttle Publishing is more active today than at any time in its past—inspired by Charles Tuttle’s core mission to publish fine books to span the East and West and provide a greater understanding of each.
Published by Tuttle Publishing, an imprint of Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd.
Copyright © 2013 Jill Stovall
Photography by David Cooper
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The Standing Cat and Space Rocket projects are used with permission from the Florence Temko Estate.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Stovall, Jill.
Fabrigami: the origami art of folding cloth to create beautiful craft objects / Jill Stovall, Florence Temko, and Scott Wasserman Stern. --First edition.
pages cm
ISBN: 978-1-4629-1342-8 (ebook)
1. Fabric folding (Textile crafts) 2. Origami. I. Temko, Florence.
II. Stern, Scott Wasserman. III. Title.
TT840.F33S76 2013
736'.982--dc23
2013016971
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CONTENTS
An Introduction to Fabrigami | Online Resources
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