Upon Book Binding- Getting started and some useful things
Book binding is pretty simple. I do not mean it is necessarily easy or fast, but that you do not need much equipment or knowledge to get started. I think when I first started binding (not much more...
View ArticleBeautiful Books
I love a well-made book. There is something awesome about a book with golden edges and an embossed cover. I like pages with heft and texture, and books with color illustration. However I am also a...
View ArticleNew books in the Etsy store
I’ve been busy binding and I have two new kinds of products in the Etsy store. Canvas-bound journal with original photo cover: a 90-page lined journal with a durable and colorful canvas cover. Mini...
View ArticleMaking Lovely Books
As my blog might reflect, I have a tendency to lurch from one area of interest to the next. Last week, my interests moved again to bookbinding. The pile of lovely paper and fabric sitting in my office...
View ArticleMiniature Books!
This weekend at the festival of the book, I saw an exhibition about miniature books. The exhibition is a traveling show from the University of Akron including about 80 small or odd books. At the...
View ArticleA little bookbinding
I really enjoy bookbinding from time to time, especially now that technical writing occupies the bulk of my time. It’s refreshing to complete something and see its completeness. It can be hard to feel...
View ArticleMore bookbinding
Winter is a great time to look outside at the cold rain and bare trees and stay in and bind books instead. Below are three projects from last week. Book 1 Upholstery fabric makes great book cloth. It’s...
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