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Tape is Evil: A Cookbook Repair Project

Posted on April 11, 2019April 11, 2019 by BookLifeStudio

Here is my description along with photos and video of a recent book repair project of a 1954 copy of Meta Given's Modern Encyclopedia of Cooking.

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Tape is the Enemy of Books

Posted on January 29, 2019January 24, 2019 by BookLifeStudio

Tape is the Enemy of Books: This is my next book repair project. It is a Meta Given's Modern Encyclopedia of Cooking. This edition is from 1954, the 17th printing of the book.

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Bookbinding Supply Resource List

Posted on November 9, 2018November 7, 2018 by BookLifeStudio

I have compiled a list of trusted vendors for supplies and equipment over the last twenty years of on and off again book binding and repair. Here is a list of resources.

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Book Arts Studio Construction Update

Posted on October 30, 2018October 30, 2018 by BookLifeStudio

Framing has finally begun on the construction of the studio space for printing and book arts.

Posted in Book Arts Studio, Book Education, Book Repair, PrintingTagged bookarts, construction, printing press, private press, studio space2 Comments

John Jacques & Sons Paper Cutter

Posted on April 23, 2018April 20, 2018 by BookLifeStudio

I bought a John Jacques & Sons industrial era paper cutter.

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Cloth Book Repair

Posted on April 20, 2018April 20, 2018 by BookLifeStudio

Here are pictures from my last cloth book repair project which posed interesting color matching challenges.

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Cloth Book Repair Project

Posted on February 14, 2017February 15, 2017 by BookLifeStudio

This was a project to do basic book repair on a cloth book. This book was selected from a somewhat random pile of cloth-backed books in need of repair that my teacher, Juliayn Coleman, brought in to our class a few months ago. The first step was to take full stock of the condition of … Continue reading Cloth Book Repair Project

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