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• New workshop information for Massachusetts!

  
  Kelly Kilmer Artist and Instructor — Authority: 129
  December 27th through the 30th, I will be in Massachusetts teaching eight workshops in four days. A Studio in Whitman, MA -December 27th and 28th-four workshops 10 to 2 followed by 2:30 to 6:30 Ink About It Westford MA December 29th and 30th- Registration opens Tuesday, November 3rd. Samples are in ...
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• ….AND relax…..

  
  Much of a muchness — Authority: 92
  I’ve done quite a lot since I last wrote here. So much so that I’m only going to give you potted highlights otherwise you will lose the will to live before you are half way through. I was invited to a Charity Gala dinner in London on Friday 30th October, the highlight of which was the after dinner speaker – ...
  4 days ago

• Flat Back in a Snap

  
  ISLY — Authority: 118
  click on image to enlarge This little eBook has been in the works for nearly nine months. It’s gestated just like a baby sans the vomiting and weight gain. See, bookbinding isn’t just for conservators with 2,000 square feet of art space and thousands of dollars in tools. It’s very inclusive, so join the club! ...
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• american book bindery building, part 2

  
  jeff peachey — Authority: 107
  I posted some photos I took of the exterior of the American Book Bindery Building a while ago. When looking through some of the trade catalogues I’ve collected over the years, I was pleased to find this image from the Lamson Company, which specialized in Industrial Conveying. The catalog is not dated, but looks ...
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• Slip Case for Signatures: Sage Reynold’s Style.

  
  Billie's Craft Room — Authority: 119
  Welcome Back Today I’d like to share some pictures of the Slip Case I made for signatures waiting to be bound into books. Because of limited dexterity, my bookbinding tends to be broken into steps, with varying amounts of time between the steps. It may be several days/weeks between my cutting and folding paper, ...
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• Countdown to Vermont Hand Crafters…

  
  Blue Roof Designs - Adventures in Bookbinding — Authority: 115
  In four days, I’ll be attending my first craft show of the season, Craft Vermont. The show, hosted by Vermont Hand Crafters (a.k.a. VHC) is in its 57th year. I joined the VHC board earlier this year and have enjoyed pushing my social media agenda on the organization.[start shameless plug]To find out more about the ...
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• The Complex of All of These

  
  Martini Lifestyle, Beer Budget — Authority: 122
  Remember how you felt after watching this ? Heres another. Crank up the volume (artist Ratatat) blow this vid up full screen, and see a book created from thread and pulp. Meditative. Hypnotizing. Details on the actual book here . Although I must say, after reading the description of the actual book, ermmm, my ...
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• Review of Ideal 1038 Guillotine

  
  Billie's Craft Room — Authority: 119
  Welcome Back In October 2009, I ordered a 1038 Guillotine. For anyone considering one of these tools, here is my review of how I get on with the 1038. Ideal 1038 Guillotine Brand: Ideal Model Number: 1038 Reason for Purchase To cut book board for bookbinding. Due to dexterity problems I needed a tool ...
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• How To Read An Expensive Rare Book (A Cautionary Tale)

  
  Book Patrol — Authority: 534
  One word: Carefully. No, two words: Very carefully. Upon receipt of the three-hundred year old rare book you just paid $22,000 for (but havent yet sent the check), inspect it with delicacy. Examine the hinges (inner joints) by gently - and only partially - opening the upper board and then the lower board. Please ...
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• Carrera’s Pictorial Webster’s: Mini-Documentary

  
  Arts Publishing - Books / Zines & Limited Edition Art Prints — Authority: 118
  In 1995 John Carrera found an old 1898 Webster’s International Dictionary under his grandfathers reading chair. Over the next ten years Carrera would organize and print 4,000 of the estimated 13,000 engravings now owned by Yale University. The labels for the engravings were composed, cast and redistributed on a ...
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• Art Weekend Recap

  
  ISLY — Authority: 118
  Here we all are having a serious moment. Andy (middle) taught the silkscreening classes which I so stupidly missed. He’s really cool. Being able to participate in Nicole’s Art weekend was so much fun! The last bookbinding class I taught was nearly a year ago, so it was great to get back into sharing the ...
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• Ode to studio piles

  
  Blue Roof Designs - Adventures in Bookbinding — Authority: 115
  I have a craft show in 1 1/2 weeks and I am stressed out. Anticipation of the first show of the season always makes me a bit wacky. The truth is, I’m in pretty good shape as far as inventory, but I’m not where I want to be.And that’s located somewhere in the land of [...]
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• Bookbinding Overview

  
  Best Product Review — Authority: 145
  by Craig Bevish Bookbinding is a hobby, a skill, and a trade that fascinates thousands of people every single year. This is one of those rare things were the hand and art skills can combine with knowledge, history, and scholarship. While this might come across as kind of a scholarly, high brow hobby, bookbinding is a ...
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• Bookbinding Overview

  
  Spray Paint Car Blog — Authority: 154
  There are few hobbies or skills out there that combine the feeling of the white collar knowledge with the blue collar skills in the way that bookbinding does. Not only does this hobby or trade allow you to work with books (sometimes very old books if you’re repairing), but bookbinding also forces you to become ...
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• the joiner and cabinet maker

  
  jeff peachey — Authority: 107
  “A joiner’s or cabinet-maker’s apprentice would find some instructive reading in this [The Joiner and Cabinet Maker] little work. It contains, in addition to certain rudimentary information, some hints to apprentices of how to turn their leisure hours to permanently useful account. The book is a good ...
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• Website Problems

  
  The Creative Spirit — Authority: 120
  Hi folks, for almost a year my website Inspired by Script has had a virus attached to it and Ive tried to no avail to got someone to sort it out. Im not in communication with my ex who built it, spent so much time on it and did such a great job, Hopefully today my business advisor from Action For Blind People is ...
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• Happy Birthday!

  
  ISLY — Authority: 118
  Not only do I turn a quarter century today, but this blog turns the big T-W-O! It’s going to be a good day. I can feel it. To celebrate, I’m doing a giveaway ! YUP. Another blank journal giveaway for those that you didn’t win last time. SHAMELESS PLUG: Don’t want to take your chances winning a book? ...
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• RevolveR Journal Implodes to Explode [Books]

  
  Gizmodo — Authority: 894
  Its rare that technological advancements in bookbinding make their way to Giz, but you have to trust us on this one. The RevolveR, a $21 reversible journal, will put a hurt on your brain. [ RevolveR via boingboing via Making Light ]
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• RevolveR Journal Implodes to Explode [Books]

  
  F-Default — Authority: 542
  It’s rare that technological advancements in bookbinding make their way to Giz, but you have to trust us on this one. The RevolveR, a $21 reversible journal, will put a hurt on your brain. More here: RevolveR Journal Implodes to Explode [Books]
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• Bookbinding History and Systems

  
  Homeschool Facts — Authority: 459
  There are few hobbies or skills out there that combine the feeling of the white collar knowledge with the blue collar skills in the way that bookbinding does. Not only does this hobby or trade allow...
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