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  • Bookbinders (15)
    • Bella Forte

      At Bella Forte, we are passionate about creating exquisite hand-crafted custom books and letterpress designs. Any idea involving books, boxes, or letterpress- share it with us, we will bring it to life. There is no project too simple, grand, or complex; when it comes to creating something from your imagination, we find a way to make it happen.

    • Book Rodie

      Roadies. Indispensable to rockn'rollers, but invisible to the audience, they can repair, move, and organize anything. Libraries need roadies, too: to repair old books read so much they're falling apart, to box and transport books with the love and respect they deserve, to organize books so you can find them quickly.

    • Bookwyrmbound

      My friends were understandably dubious when I told them I was going to run away and become a bookbinder, but the North Bennet Street School has given me a great opportunity.

       

    • CaiLun.info

      Cai Lun evolved from a series of posts about my books on my other blog, redtext. I was rather excited to see how positively people responded to my books and then I thought, "perhaps I should focus more on bookmaking."

    • Digital Cellulose

      The website of Suzy Morgan: conservator, librarian and artist. I received my MSIS (librarian degree) from the University of Texas, where I was trained as a professional conservator of books and archival materials.

       

    • Elbel Libro (Benjamin Elbel)

      We are an artisan bindery specialised in the creation of custom-made books, boxes, portfolios and more.
      We offer expert advice and a high degree of customisation to turn your ideas into unique products that will stand out of the crowd.

    • James Reid-Cunningham

      A bench-trained bookbinder, James Reid-Cunningham studied history and art history at Johns Hopkins University and Tufts University before beginning his career in book conservation at Harvard University. He studied bookbinding with Mark Esser at the North Bennet Street School in Boston, and was the President of the Guild of Book Workers from 2006 to 2010.

    • Justin Croft Antiquarian Books

      Justin Croft Antiquarian Books are specialists in the sale and purchase of rare antiquarian books. We have an enviable reputation in the development of private and institutional collections in the United Kingdom and abroad. We work closely and creatively with collectors and librarians to help them find the books they seek.

    • Lili's Bookbinding Blog

      I have a passion for bookbinding, printmaking of all kinds, and all other things tactile, and for this reason I'm finally starting a blog where I can post photographs of my work and share other amazing websites that I have found.

    • Ludlow Bookbinders

      Ludlow bookbinders are steeped in the finest traditions of English Craft Bookbinding.

      We produce short run, leather or cloth bound books, for bespoke limited editions, complete with slipcases or Solander boxes.

    • Ox Bindery

      Ox Bindery, situated in the heart of the Ox Mountains in the North West of Ireland. We, Benjamin van de Wetering and Ineke Scholte, are specialized in the hand bound book be it conserving the old or creating a new. We also offer bookbinding courses.

    • Pather Peak Bindery

      Mark Andersson was Department Head and sole instructor in the North Bennet Street School's bookbinding program for nine years.  During that time he taught students from around the world all major aspects of bookbinding from historical models to full leather fine bindings with gold tooling, and all significant aspects of cloth and leather book conservation. 

    • Praxis Bindery

      At Praxis Bookbindery, respect for the time-honored tradition of bookbinding is married to a contemporary approach bringing together craft and design.

    • Scroll Book Arts

      It wasn't until I took a class in bookbinding that I found my thing. That was in 1998 and since then bookbinding has gone from a hobby to a successful business.

    • Sonya Sheats Bookbinding

      I practice fine French bookbinding in Cambridge, Massachusetts. I specialize in creating handcrafted bindings with original designs using paper, cloth, leather, and wood.

  • Fun and Interesting (5)
    • Acquaintance Cards

      "A novelty variant of the American calling card of the 1870s and 1880s, the acquaintance card was used by the less formal male in approaches to the less formal female. Given also as an 'escort card' or 'invitation card,' the device commonly carried a brief message and a simple illustration.... Flirtatious and fun, the acquaintance card brought levity to what otherwise might have seemed a more formal proposal. A common means of introduction, it was never taken too seriously." Encyclopedia of Ephemera (New York: Routledge, 2000), p 4.

    • Bacon Ipsum

      Simply put, it's a take on the lorem ipsum filler text used when doing design mockups.  I was mocking up a web design one day and needed a few words to fill out a link.  "Lorem ipsum bacon" popped into my head, so I plugged that into my HTML.  Later that day, it hit me.  Make a lorem ipsum generator but use types and cuts of meat.

    • Daily Pangram

      Alternate pangrams far beyond "The quick brow fox jumped over the lazy dog."

    • Old Letterpress Company (Cranky Pressman)

      This is not some cute boutique. We offer full letterpress production for creative professionals.

    • Panagram Helper

      A flash tool to help you create your own pangrams.

  • Historic Structures (7)
    • Bookbinding Model Collection

      Bill Anthony, past Conservator of the University of Iowa Libraries, was known for his replicas or models of historical bindings. He used model making projects to teach skills of the bookbinding craft and many of his models and those of his apprentices were included in the 1985 exhibit - "The Art and Craft of Bookbinding". These models have been preserved in the Conservation lab of the UI Libraries Preservation department.

    • Bookbinding Models

      Bookbinding models are used to exemplify and demonstrate the various mechanisms of books. They range from practical to experimental and may reproduce traditional bookbinding techniques of various cultures. Bill Anthony, past Conservator of the University of Iowa Libraries, was known for his replicas or models of historical bindings. Works created by Anthony and his students form the core of this digital collection, which includes a wide range of binding techniques; historic, modern, wooden board, and monastic binding.

    • Codex Gigas

      The Codex Gigas or the Devil's Bible at the National Library in Stockholm is famous for two features. First, it is reputed to be the biggest surviving European manuscript. (Codex Gigas means "giant book".) Secondly, it contains a large, full page portrait of the Devil. This site contains a digitised version of every page of the manuscript as well as commentaries on its history, texts, script, initials and decoration."

    • Decorative Bookbindings at the Brera

      In 1994, the scholar and bibliophile Federico Macchi took a survey of the old, decorative bookbindings housed at the Milan-based Brera Library.

    • Medieval Fragments

      This is the project blog of Turning Over a New Leaf: Manuscript Innovation in the Twelfth Century based at the Institute for Cultural Disciplines, Universiteit Leiden.

    • Medieval Girdle Book (PDF)

      The study of girdle books in their historical context will add to our understanding of late medieval social history in some European countries. Since little has been written on the subject, and no comprehensive resource exists with text and illustrations of all surviving girdle books, the results of this project will fill a gap in the documentation of the development of bookbinding styles, their utility, and the variety of materials and techniques used to produce these books.

    • Strahov Philosophical Library

      Amazing 40 Gigapixel panoramic view of a library. The zoom allows close inspection of book spines covering the history of binding.

  • How To (6)
    • 50 Watts

      Will Schofield's blog is quite possibly the richest source of book-related design and illustration in the universe. Will displays the fervour of the most dedicated historian whilst time and again proving he has an eye for exceptional images.

    • Japanese Stab Binding

      Nice tutorial on Stab Binding.

    • Jeff Peachey

      Jeff Peachey is one of the top bookbinding tool makers in the world. He blogs about a variety of bookbinding topics.

    • Pressbengel Project

      Der Pressbengel by Ernst Collin is a 1922 dialogue between a bibliophile and bookbinder about the trade and art of bookbinding. Here it provides the starting point for further discussions of the the German bookbinding tradition.

    • Robert Sabuda

      Pop-up books and how to make them.

    • Tutorials

      A compilation of instructional links, descriptive and video.

  • Instruction (11)
    • About the Binding

      Jana Pullman is a bookbinder, book conservator and book arts instructor. She is the owner and operator of Western Slope Bindery http://westernslopebindery.com, a fine press and book conservation business based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

    • American Academy of Bookbinding

      The American Academy of Bookbinding is an internationally known degree-oriented bookbinding and book conservation school that offers book enthusiasts of all levels the opportunity to initiate and improve their skills in a generous and supportive learning environment.

    • Baltimore Print Studios

      Kyle Van Horn and Kim Bentley are a husband and wife team who together own and run Baltimore Print Studios, a public-access letterpress and screenprinting studio located in the Station North Arts & Entertainment District in Baltimore, Maryland.

    • BookArts LA

      BOOKARTSLA a new, nonprofit organization devoted to bringing the beauty of printing, binding and collecting artists' and other hand made books to the public.

    • Carmencho Arregui

      Italian bookbinder with a wide assortment of interesting and attractive non-adhesive bindings. Developer of the Cross Structure binding.

    • Do it Yourself Guide

      Photo essay of a determined do it yourselfer. Includes numerous open source typesetting links.

    • Minnesota Center for Book Arts

      A respected and dedicated champion of the field, Minnesota Center for Book Arts is the largest and most comprehensive center of its kind. We celebrate the book as a vibrant contemporary art form that takes many shapes. Our mission is clear: to lead the advancement of the book as an evolving art form.

    • Owl & Lion

      Owl & Lion was founded in 2007 by Bookbinder Isabelle Ting and Illustrator Edward McGowan. An intimate gallery/boutique where local and international freelance artists can collaborate and exhibit, whether it be artwork, projects or products. With an on-site area consisting of a bookbindery and design studio creating limited product ranges from Handbound books, prints, bags and t-shirts, with an emphasis on screen printing.

    • Rare Book School

      Rare Book School (RBS) provides continuing-education opportunities for students from all disciplines and levels to study the history of written, printed, and born-digital materials with leading scholars and professionals in the field. Founded in 1983, RBS moved to its present home at the University of Virginia in 1992.

    • San Francisco Center for the Book

      Printing, binding, and other books arts classes.

    • Western New York Book Arts Center

      Purpose: To explore the rich history of print culture and book arts at large with an emphasis on Western New York's instrumental role in advancing the fine press movement in the early 20th Century (Roycroft, Aries, Graybau).

  • Materials (14)
    • Amazing Paper

      Australian based paper company with a nice selection of bookbinding paper, tools, and other materials.

    • Bindery Tools

      We buy & sell, rebuild, repair and manufactures hand operated book binding equipment.

    • Büchertiger Studio & Press and Büchertiger Supplies

      With Büchertiger Supplies I founded the shop which I would have wished to find when I started out binding books. Especially coloured linen thread was very hard for me to find in the beginning, and it took me a long time to search for suppliers. I then found out that I had to buy largely in bulk – and thus a business was born. I first sold excess and soon bought to sell.

    • Carta Marmorizzata Marbled Paper

      The processing used to decorate this hand marbled paper, was discovered and adopted in the XVII cen. by Mace Ruette, bookbinder of the Court of King Louis XIII of France, following the Ruette was lifted, officially, to the rank of "Relieur du Roi".

    • Chester Creek Press

      Chester Creek Press is located just outside the hamlet of Chestertown in New York State’s Adirondack Park... We also bring over thirty years of fine woodworking experience to the creation of bookbinding tools and tools for hand papermakers. We use the tools we make and we encourage feedback from our customers so our tools are refined and well tested.

    • Diarpell

      Italian makers of fine paper products.

    • Eden Workshops

      With our web site we concentrate on bringing binders around the world genuine offers on equipment and materials, as well as unusual and interesting content.

    • Hiromi Paper

      Hiromi Paper, Inc. is devoted to the creation of a greater rapport between Japanese papermakers, printers, artists, conservators, designers and bookmakers, while developing new directions and a deeper understanding of Japanese papers or WASHI. With this in mind we are pleased to provide our customers with high quality papers at competitive prices.

    • Jemma Lewis Marbling and Design

      We are a professional full-time paper marbling studio based in Wiltshire in the UK.
      We have a range of 63 standard hand marbled papers and are adding new ones all the time. We also offer a range of services from paper matching and bespoke and custom orders to Licensing. In addition to our standard marble paper designs we have many one-off and limited edition patterns and a large collection of both traditional and contemporary marbling.
      We produce our marbled paper for bookbinders, publishers, designers, interiors, restorers and retailers. Trade and wholesale customers are welcome.

    • Ratchford Limited

      So that the name Ratchford remains synonymous with quality, at the Society of Book binders dinner, we present the Ratchford Cup for outstanding design and imaginative use of our covering materials.

    • Relma

      Last professional bookbinding materials shop in Paris, France.

    • Royalwood, Ltd.

      Basket supplies who carry Crawford waxed linen in 2, 3, 4, & 7 ply. Retail and wholesale ordering available.

    • Vintage Paper Company

      Bookbinding supplies and out-of-production British fine-art papers for printmaking, fine-art, conservation and bookbinding.

    • Whitelines

      A lined and graph paper based on white lines on light paper, which disappears when copied.  I'd love to play around with binding some, but most of the products are already bound.

  • Museums (4)
    • American Bookbinders Museum

      The American Bookbinders Museum is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization dedicated to the preservation and exhibition of all things related to the history of bookbinding in America. Exhibited at the museum are a wide array of 19th century industrial binding machines, hand tools, collections of 18th and 19th century marbled and printed papers, reference books and manuals dating back to the 18th century, journals, photographs, and much more.

    • International Printing Museum

      The International Printing Museum, located in Southern California, is a dynamic museum devoted to bringing the history of books, printing, and the book arts to life for diverse audiences. The staff and volunteers make it their mission to take one of the world’s most significant collections of antique printing machinery and interpret it for today’s audiences through working demonstrations and theater presentations.

    • Muzaffer Karaca
    • San Jose Printers' Guild

      The San Jose Printers’ Guild is a volunteer organization of letterpress printers who staff the History San Jose museum print shop at History Park in San Jose. Contact us at sjprintersguild@gmail.com.

  • Organizations (7)
    • Association of Book Crafts New Zealand

      Book association of New Zealand.

    • Designer Bookbinders UK

      Designer Bookbinders is one of the foremost societies devoted to the craft of fine bookbinding. Founded over fifty years ago it has, by means of exhibitions and publications, helped to establish the reputation of British bookbinding worldwide. Its membership includes some of the most highly regarded makers in the fields of fine bookbinding, book arts and artists’ books, each with a passion for presenting the bound text as a unique art object.

    • Guild of Bookworkers

      The Guild of Book Workers was founded in 1906 "... to establish and maintain a feeling of kinship and mutual interest among workers in the several hand book crafts." Among its early members are well-known artist-craft workers such as bookbinder Edith Diehl and printers and typographers W.A. Dwiggins and Frederic W. Goudy.

    • London Centre for Book Arts

      London Centre for Book Arts (LCBA) is an artist-run, open-access studio providing education programmes for the community and access to resources for artists, designers and makers.

    • Marbeling.org

      This website is dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the art of marbling internationally through
      the sponsorship of events and the development of educational resources and scholarship. It will evolve to serve the marbling community and the public by reflecting the mission statement of the International Marbling Network.

    • Pretext

      Pretext is a site that explores and promotes current and historical artistic book activity in Australia and NZ. It is an extension of PhD research by Caren Florance.

    • Society of Bookbinders

      The Society of Bookbinders is a UK-based educational charity dedicated to traditional and contemporary bookbinding and to the preservation and conservation of the printed and written word.
      The society is organised into eight UK regions plus a ninth region for overseas members. The UK regions hold regular meetings at which masterclasses, lectures and demonstrations are given on various bookbinding or binding-related subjects and techniques. The regions also hold social events, organise visits and exhibitions and represent the SoB at local book and craft fairs.