 Make your own flipbook with this 25 page blank book from The Petite Press. I thought they had a nice well-presented and organized website as well. |
Category: Bookmaking
Tool Roll-up
 Quite a long time ago now, I wrote about a roll-up I got for my bookbinding tools. It was originally for knitters, but served my purpose. The other day, Sophia Kramer mentioned the roll-ups she makes expressly for binders — made of leather. The one to the right is $42. You can see them here and contact Sophia by email. |
Stories from Behind the Bar
I recently got a note from New North Press in London about their book The Travelling Barmaid. It featuring ‘stories from behind the bar’ written by Lisa Rahman and is hand-set and printed letterpress using the metal type the press has collected over the years. On the press’s website, scroll down to see the more spreads from the book, and the lovely cover.
Steel Rules
Last Friday I went up to the vendor’s room at the Guild of Bookworker’s standards conference to check out the paper and other bookbinding supplies. I had in mind to buy a piece or 2 of Cave Paper’s beautiful handmade paper. It’s expensive, but I’ve always wanted to use it in a chapbook. So now I have 2 different colors, plus some hand dyed linen thread (from Kinglet Cottage Designs). All I need is the poem!
There were lots of other vendors there as well. One was Talas, with a large array of binding supplies, from calipers to leather hides to glue brushes. Since I’d been thinking only about paper I didn’t look very seriously at their table. But then I spied a steel rule kit — about 5 years ago I took a class from Hedi Kyle where she showed us how to use narrow strips of metal rule to evenly space boards. Nearly every time I do a bookmaking project, I remember those rulers, fleetingly think “I should figure out how to get or make those,” and promptly forget. Now here they were, staring me in the face. What could I do but buy them? They come in 1/8″, 1/4″, 1/2″, 3/4″ and 1″ wide strips, and I’ve already used the 1/4″ one!
Bastiano’s Books
The Etsy Bookbinding Team blog had an interview with Swedish bookbinder Sebastian Alvarez the other day. I quite like the sewing on the front and spine for the one on the left. There are more in his Etsy shop with envelopes for the text block, and others with collaged covers.
Craft in America
 Here in the bay area, our local PBS station is showing a 2-part series called Craft in America. (I think it’s the continuation of a series that started last year.) According to this article from the SF Chronicle, the second program (entitled Process) features two Bay Area artists, book artist Julie Chen (that’s her to the right) and printer Tom Killion.I’ve got the shows set up to record on our DVR, and you can also watch season 1 online.
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