iBookBinding: Moscow Dispatch
An update on our current plans and schedule. And finally, after recording our podcast via Zoom for more than a year, Stepan and Pavel had a chance to meet again in real life.
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Award-Winning Binding, Gold Tooling, and Graphite Edges – Andreas Maroulis [iBB Podcast #22]
We invited Andreas Maroulis, a Greek bookbinder currently living in the UK. Andreas won an award at the Designer Bookbinders Competition recently with his binding "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck.
Medieval Russian Manuscripts, News, and More! [iBB Live #2]
During our second stream, we plan to discuss some medieval Russian manuscripts from collections of Novgorod museums and talk about some bookish news.
Award-Winning Bindings of Richard Beadsmoore [Bookish Talk #18]
Designer Bookbinders has a competition for their UK-based members. This year, Richard Beadsmoore was among the competition winners, taking three prizes with his two bindings. In this video, we discuss these bindings.
Amazing Medieval Book Covers from Siena – Tavolette di Biccherna [iBB Live #1]
We are trying a new format. During this stream, we plan to talk about Pavel's recent visit to an exhibition Siena in the early Renaissance' that has opened a few days ago in Moscow. We will also discuss some iBookBinding news and probably answer some questions.
BASE – An Exhibition Space for a Single Book – Mark Cockram [Bookish Talk #17]
Earlier this year, Mark Cockram created an unusual exhibition space for books at his studio that is only 76x34x18.5 cm in size. Since that moment he has had several exhibitions there. And that's exactly what we are going to discuss during this Bookish Talk!
iBB Podcast #21.2 – Lucía Farías Villarreal – Show & Tell / Workshop Tour
We return to Lucía Farías Villarreal to discuss different bookbinding styles and watch her show us some of her bindings. At the end of this podcast, Lucía takes us for a brief tour of her workshop. Please check the timestamps below to see all the styles of bindings Lucía showed us.
Bookbinder’s Year in Lockdown – Todd Davis – Bookish Talk #16
A bit more than a year ago, we recorded our second podcast video, and our guest was Todd Davis, a bookbinder from Boston, MA. We returned to Todd a year later to discuss how was it to survive the first lockdown and what new projects this past year have brought to him.
iBB Podcast #21 – Lucía Farías Villarreal – Being a Bookbinder in Mexico / Medieval Bookbinding
Today we share another episode of iBookBinding's podcast and it's quite special. Our guest is Lucía Farías Villarreal, a bookbinder from Mexico. We are going to talk about Lucia's projects, state of bookbinding in Mexico
BINDING re:DEFINED – Teaching Unusual Bookbinding with Lori Sauer – Bookish Talk #15
This time we return to Lori Sauer to discuss her project BINDING re:DEFINED and the importance of teaching and learning different bookbinding approaches and techniques. During this episode, Lori shows many unusual book structures
iBB Podcast #20.2 – Daniel Kelm – Show & Tell and Workshop Tour
We continue our discussion of experimental bindings with book artist Daniel Kelm while he is showing some of his impressive works!
Hannah Brown – Bookish Talk #14
In the first part of this talk, we discussed Hannah's architectural binding. But that wasn't all. We lingered a bit more to talk about Hannah's books in public collections, apprenticeships, and new workshop space that will allow Hannah to run more teaching programs at her studio.
iBB Podcast #20.1 – Daniel Kelm – Experimenting With Book Arts for Almost 45 Years
The 20th episode of iBookBinding's podcast will be published in three parts because we are talking to Daniel Kelm, an amazing bookbinder and book artist with almost 45 years of experience. Daniel is an amazing speaker and teacher and shares lots of amazing stories during this discussion.
Bookish Talk #13 – Anna Markova – iBB français
It's time for a big announcement! We are recording a pilot episode of the French version of our podcast soon! We invited Anna Markova, the host of the pilot, to this Bookish Talk to talk about our plans and make all the proper introductions.
Illuminated Manuscripts and Early Books from the Rosenberg Collection to Auction
A collection of rare, illuminated manuscripts from the Medieval and Renaissance eras owned by the late New York philanthropists Elaine and Alexander Rosenberg will go under the hammer at Christie’s in a live auction on April 23rd in New York.
