Magnetic Corner Clamps for Boxmaking Got Reviewed by Darryn from DAS Bookbinding
It's such a great pleasure to see this wonderful review of our magnetic corner clamps for boxmaking! Thanks a lot, Darryn!
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The Chelsea Bindery is Looking for a Boxmaker (London, UK)
The Chelsea Bindery is looking for a full-time box maker to join the team of 5 as soon as possible. The candidate will be trained as a full-time box maker, using both leather and cloth.
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.
iBB Podcast #17.3 – Dimitris Koutsipetsidis – Workshop Tour and Bookbinding Tools Dimitris Makes
We already shared two parts of our talk with Dimitris Koutsipetsidis, a bookbinder from Athens (Greece). This time Dimitris takes us for a tour of his studio and shows us some of the tools he makes.
iBB Podcast #17.2 – Dimitris Koutsipetsidis – Bindings with Riddles and Layered Narratives
In the first part of our talk with Dimitris Koutsipetsidis, a bookbinder from Athens (Greece), we discussed the things that brought him to making books. This time we take it one step further and Dimitris shows us some of his bindings and tells us the stories of the making of these books.
iBB Podcast #16.2 – Peter Geraty – More Bindings! Workshop Tour
More bindings, amazing boxes, and even some smoke-like marbling on silk by Chena River Marblers. After discussing books, Peter took us for a tour of his enormous workshop! Tools, workbenches, book projects in works -- all this and more!
iBB Podcast #2. Todd Davis / Middlesex Bindery – Bookbinding as a Third Career, Lockdown, Q&A
Our guest is Todd Davis, a bookbinder and book repair master from Boston. Todd has chosen bookbinding as his third career some six years ago and has been working in his studio in Lowell, MA, for the past four years.
Boxmaking Clamps for Miniature Books’ Boxes
Our wildly popular corner clamp for boxmaking and other crafts now has a smaller brother: a clamp for miniature books' boxes. Here it is near a two-euro coin and a miniature Pushkin gifted to me by my mother-in-law.
Inspiring Bookbinding Projects of November
Time to discuss some of the inspiring bookbinding projects of November. As usual, the projects were chosen for the post are quite diverse, and include many things from fine and design binding to boxmaking. Some of them are quite accessible even for beginners.
Inspiring Bookbinding Projects of October
We continue our series of inspiring bookbinding projects with several new objects. All these books (not only books) are quite different, but the thing that unites them is that there is something special about every single one of them.
Inspiring Bookbinding Projects of September
With this post, we'd like to showcase several projects shared by several different bookbinders this September. These are diverse projects: our main aim is to inspire creativity and the use of different means and materials.
Things Bookbinders Make: Jewelry Box
It is well known that bookbinders make boxes for books. And there are many types of them dedicated for different occasions. But cardboard boxes, in general, were a prominent part of a bookbinder's trade as well.
Making a Box in Just 3 Minutes
Oh, wow! This is some lightning-fast bookbinder’s work!
I just would be glad to see the same process in a higher resolution…
Quick and Dirty Box Making Jig
What I truly love about bookbinding (woodworking, other crafts) is that there is always a chance to experiment, find some new tricks, small hacks and create strange jigs. Currently I’m working on a couple of large boxes (for dolls) designed to resemble books. The project brought me a lot of fun, and I plan to share all of it in time =)
Smart Archival Boxes, Trays and Portfolios
Smithsonian Institution Archives has just published a Vine showing the use of special enclosure for a historic photograph. That’s the first video posted on their channel and I hope we’ll get many more interesting illustrations for the smart ideas used in that institution. To find the full story (and diagrams) of the photo and specially tailored portfolio, you can visit their official blog.
