The Springback Binding is from the 19th Century, used for guest books or accounting books.
Springback Binding
Book Project #2: A tale of a curmudgeon
My current book project is a short story I wrote in 14 vignettes. I'm printing this project on the Vandercook Universal III.
First Printed Book from the Press
I printed my first small book project on the Chandler and Price. This project was my first attempt at producing an editioned book.
Blind and Gold Tooling
One of the many online bookbinding and printing courses I took during the pandemic included a month-long course taught by the amazingly talented bookbinder Samuel Feinstein. He offered a workshop entitled Intro to Blind and Gold Tooling that was hosted by the SF Center for the Book.
Platemaking for Letterpress
I added a photopolymer platemaker for letterpress printing to the studio.
Cylinder Press Core Certification
In February, I completed the Cylinder Core Curriculum at the SF Center for the Book. We practicing setting type, working with a pica ruler, pulling proofs, locking up the type in the Vandercook press beds, inking, adjusting the rollers...
Return from CODEX 2019
This is the second time that I have attended the CODEX Biennial Book Fair and Symposium, and again, I came away having learned more valuable information about book arts and collecting.
Playing with Book Cloth
For this project, I wanted to see if I could make a solid color book cover, then cut out portions of it, and inlay a different color book cloth. Then I wanted to see if I could create a drawing or design on the lighter colored cloth.
Tabletop Platen Press
From this first experiment in using a tabletop platen press, I learned that the use of the ink itself is going to be a critical skill to learn just like making and using paste is in bookbinding.
CODEX Book Fair and Symposium
Registration is open for the CODEX Book Fair and Symposium in February.
