It was my dream for several years to visit the Bookbinders' Fair in Sint-Niklaas (Belguim), and this April the dream came true. I had my personal stall there and it was even better than I thought it would be.
My absolute favorite reason for binding books (and never stopping) is that you can fully use your creative power. That’s something different in today’s world of desk and service work. You drive to the office, work your pile, return home. Next morning there’s a new pile waiting for you, and you have a feeling that it will never stop.
These days I will be celebrating three years since I have bought iBookBinding.com. This was an awesome journey for me, and, I hope, for you too. I’m constantly in search for inspiration and ways to better serve the readers and followers of the blog. However, sometimes it is tough to keep all the things done in a timely manner. Especially since my wife and I have moved to the Netherlands, and there are still things I need to do due to our migration.
Right from the beginning, the authors make it clear who is the main audience of the book. Designers and production managers – people who decide how the final product should look like. My own perspective is quite different. Usually, I make all decisions regarding book development on my own, taking the client’s input into account. From cover design to book format, from binding style to brand of paper used to make a book block.
I was mesmerized by this short video earlier today. I’ve seen some photos in the Viktor’s Facebook feed before, but that’s even more impressive.
Save Your Books is one of the most inspiring YouTube channels about book restoration. It is curated by Sophia S.W. Bogle, a professional with over 25 years of experience in book conservation and restoration.
All these past months since I bought my first 3d-printed I’ve been experimenting with making different tools and jigs for bookbinding and other crafts. But one of the things I wanted to try since the very beginning of that creative process was to make moulds for papermaking.
Madrid, Toledo, Córdoba, Seville, Málaga, Nerja, Granada, Alicante – that’s the list of cities we plan to spend our nights in. If you have any advice on what bookish things to see on the route, we’d be really grateful! Please comment if you would like to meet to chat and/or show your workshop!
Every spring there is a Bookbinders’ Fair in Belgium. It was started more than 20 years ago in Antwerp and is held in the nearby town of Sint-Niklaas.
Just a friendly reminder. This Sunday I’m joining other 65 participants and hundreds of visitors at the Sint Niklaas Bookbinders’ Fair in Belgium. If you will be somewhere near Antwerpen, join us and find my table to say hi! =)
While our list of top bookbinding, book arts, and other book-related blogs is yet to be published, iBookBinding has joined a company of well-established bookbinding blogs in another rating, created by Feedspot – an online RSS feed reader designed as an alternative to now abandoned Google Reader.
As in many other Eastern European countries, Romania had seen a steep decline in bookbinding craftsmanship in the post-Soviet years. There are some remarkable masters, including some younger bookbinders. However, book restoration and bookmaking are reasonably expensive services, and it is quite understandable that in one of the less developed European countries the demand is quite low.
My wife and I are meeting with friends in Berlin, and I’d be quite grateful if you advise any bookish places worth visiting in the city!
These past days I’ve been digging into piles of my old and new stuff. Heaps of bookbinding paper and documents, power tools, pieces of wood and lots of other things. Just in two weeks, we are moving to Amsterdam, and all our possessions had to be sorted, separated and evaluated. Many of them went to garbage, some we are taking with us. Dealing with many things that were stored for a long time without moving made me experience the worst sort of allergy I had in a long time.
This is the third calendar year I’m in charge of iBookBinding. Like every previous year, it has its differences. This year was more about my personal experience being bookbinding, maker of bookbinding tools and teacher of bookbinding. List of the most popular posts of this years only confirms that. Both iBookBinding and I have changed and grown. The new year is coming, and I’m sure it would be exciting, educational and fun! =)
