This is Your Chance to Buy a Scout Model Cantilevered Sewing Frame
You’ve got a chance to buy 1 of the 3 remaining Scout Model Cantilevered Sewing Frames from Timothy C. Ely.
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Please Help American Bookbinders Museum
Recently I have received an email from Elspeth Olson, the librarian and archivist for the American Bookbinders Museum in San Francisco, California. The museum explores the culture and tools of bookbinding, from its earliest forms to the changes and innovations of the industrial revolution. They also share stories of people who worked in binderies.
What Do You Think About That Way of Shelving Your Books?
Juniper Books works with custom book collections. Among other things, they offer to wrap your books into tailored dust jackets that would transform your bookshelves into something different.
The Anatomy of Restoration
Until the 2nd of April an amazing exhibition is open in Bucharest, Romania. Anatomia Restaurării (The Anatomy of Restoration) is dedicated to 25 years of conservation and restoration conducted at the the Muzeul Naţional de Artă al României (National Museum of Art of Romania).
Bookbinding Posts You Shouldn’t Have Missed in January
We’ve decided to pick some of the posts published by different bloggers and institutions in January 2017 that may be of interest to you. You will find not only strictly bookbinding topics covered here, but also book arts, book history and book conservation.
Vibrant Book Repair Video from Harvard Collections Care
“Conservators in Collections Care repair a book with a broken cover to prevent further damage. Protecting Harvard’s special collections of rare books, manuscripts, prints, drawings, maps, photographs, and other treasures is the mission of Harvard Library Preservation Services.”
Tagging a Cover Bird with Gold — My Second Gold Tooling Experience
Yesterday was the second gold tooling class I’m taking. Once again, we’ve been practicing lines on dummy books. However, our teacher reserved some fun for the end of the workshop.
Tables and Built-in Workshop Storage Options
Some of you may remember that my workshop serves both as my bookbinding and woodworking den. This has some advantages and creates some challenges, not very typical for a bookbinder’s studio. Workshop is far from being a comfortable place at the moment and I have lots of plans on how to improve it. However, I’ve already done a lot of work and wanted to share some thoughts with you.
Freehand Gold Tooling Calligraphy Videos
OK, this is pretty awesome! Freehand gold tooling/calligraphy.
The First Book You Ever Made
Recent discussions with Mihai Vartejaru in Bucharest and with some other people made me to sift through my photo archive in search for the evidence of the first book I ever made.
5 Beautiful Bookbinding-Themed Facebook Accounts to Follow This January
Previous issue was a real blast a month ago. Today at iBookBinding you will find five more Facebook accounts regularly updated with bookbinding related stuff.
“Desilking” A Christmas Carol Explained
The manuscript of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens was bound in crimson morocco after it was returned by printer. One of the peculiarities of that binding was that each page was silked.
What Do You Do with Paper Offcuts?
Bookbinders always produce lots of offcuts. Paper, leather and book cloth are usually manufactured in sizes that are at least a bit larger than you need for your book. You also cut many elements a bit larger to trim them to exact size during the later stages of making a book.
Rare Book Library with 100€ Entrance Fee Just Opened in Saint Petersburg
Early December 2016 Book Chapel — an unusual library — greeted its first visitors in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Gothic interiors and special editions only — that’s how a local publishing house Alfaret decided to shelf the results of ten years of printing work.
