It’s been a while since I updated my blog! It’s hard to keep active on here and find the time to write, no matter how many times I tell myself to sit down and write something. I do try to keep my social media a bit more active with photos of what I’m doing. My… Continue reading Bookbinding Level 3
Continuing the book recommendations from my previous post, here are several books that come recommended to me or that I own and consider worth getting! Find the next part here. ABC of Bookbinding: An Illustrated Glossary of Terms for Collectors and Conservators By Jane Greenfield I find this book to be useful, it is has… Continue reading Recommended Books – Part 2
The second weekend in April I took part in a day long workshop with James Spyker. James Spyker is a member of the Toronto chapter of CBBAG. He’s very talented in his work and it was great to take a workshop with him! This was my first time working with miniature bookbinding. We were going… Continue reading Miniature Leather Book Workshop
This is going to be a short blog post but I think it is important too. There are so many books out there on bookbinding and this is just a small list of ones that my teacher Dan Mezza as recommended over the course of our classes together. Some of them are harder to find… Continue reading Recommended Books
One of the things we touched on in the Repair & Restoration course was the basic structures we were likely to encounter. Knowing the difference between these structures is essential because if will ultimately affect how you repair the book and put it back together! You can’t turn a tight back into a groove back… Continue reading Basic Binding Structures
Over the past two weekends I took part in a course offered by CBBAG. It is one of the core courses in their curriculum. The course was the first half of Repair & Restoration, this half focused on cloth and paper bindings. The second half of the course focuses on leather repair and won’t be… Continue reading Cloth and Paper – Repair & Restoration
The very first thing I learned in my bookbinding class was about the workplace. Now I can’t guarantee this is the norm for every bindery out there but this is what I learned through my class. First a few pointers: Stand while working (this helps you when lining things up, keeping things straight and when… Continue reading The Bindery
Alright, I’ve been meaning to do this post for a while and finally got around to taking the pictures for it. If you Google bookbinding tools, you’ll probably find lots of images and lots of posts about a lot of tools – I’m not covering all the tools. I am covering the bare minimum. These… Continue reading Bookbinding Tools 101
Earlier this year my friend self-published her first book on Amazon! I decided that I wanted to do something special for the accomplishment and as Christmas was approaching I decided that it would be a perfect gift. It took far longer than I thought it would (good thing I started early) and I certainly learned… Continue reading Binding Allister’s Calling
I asked a few friends what my next blog post should be about and the history of the book won out. Hopefully I can keep it a nice blend of informative and interesting. If we were to take our time machine and go back several centuries – don’t go too far back, we’re not looking… Continue reading Structure of the Book – A History
