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The Craft of Hand-Paring Leather for Bookbinding by Jeff Peachey
This video is going live in 12 hours from now (January 13th Noon US Eastern Standard Time). During the first hour the video is live, Jeff will answer questions that are put in the comments. If you'd like the chance to ask one of the world's leading book conservators and bookbinding tool makers a question, now is… Continue reading The Craft of Hand-Paring Leather for Bookbinding by Jeff Peachey
Dryad Junior Book Plough
I recently made a video on restoring a Dryad Junior book plough. It’s a funny device designed to be used on a Dryad finishing press with legs. It could be used on other presses also. Dryad Junior Book Plough Rescue I also have a video on cutting the edge of a book in a press using a… Continue reading Dryad Junior Book Plough
Case Binding Course
I’ll be teaching a rounded and backed case binding course with Queensland Bookbinders’ Guild on the 5th and 6th December in Brisbane. It is for members of QBG, but membership has many benefits and it is still one of the cheapest in-person bookbinding courses you will ever see. Search Queensland Bookbinders’ Guild and go to… Continue reading Case Binding Course
Bath Brick and Gold Cushions
One of my bookbinding heroes, William Mathews, told Enid Batham about his future books in response to the price of gold going up, “I’m not going to wipe off any gold, they’re all going to be smothered in gold”. Gold finishing has long been associated with the finest bookbinding. But covering things with thinly beaten… Continue reading Bath Brick and Gold Cushions
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PDF Files for Blank Books
A4 Visitors Book Print to A3 paper, flip on short edge. Title pageOne blank pageAll pages the same
Mini Springback
I've just finished a prototype of a mini springback binding. At 3 3/4 inches tall, it's too large to be a miniature book. It is the first small binding of a traditional structure that I have made. Single section pamphlets don't count. In general I like to go big rather than small. But after the… Continue reading Mini Springback
Cloth Springback Notebook
I finished the 3 part tutorial on binding a full cloth springback notebook this week. I can’t remember seeing anything like this on the internet before. Springbacks are traditionally large books and I made some modifications to scale down the size. I have also only used book cloth so that leather skills (or availability) is… Continue reading Cloth Springback Notebook
Springback Binding Endpapers
I’ve been doing a lot of work on springback bindings in the last few months. I hope to make some videos on complete projects soon. Before I video full projects, I will do videos on some of the components that are different to letterpress binding. The first of these, which I posted this week, is… Continue reading Springback Binding Endpapers
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