Category: Bookbinding

Girdle book

Post author By digitalcellulose
Post date July 27, 2020

I had the pleasure and privilege of attending Karen Hanmer‘s “Medieval on the Go: The Girdle Book” class during the 2015 Focus on Book Arts Conference. During the class, I created this anatomically correct model of a Medieval girdle book. Notable features of this model include: the textblock is sewn with packed sewing over raised […]

Bookbinding

“Blessed Art Thou Among Women” Artist’s Book

Post author By digitalcellulose
Post date April 20, 2019

I created this binding in 2017, and it was shown as part of the “Blown Cover” show from 2-5-17 through 3-19-17 at the Burton Barr Library in Phoenix, AZ To create this artist’s book, I modified a 19th century Bible (gifted to me by a family member), which had a very interesting piece of printer’s […]

Bookbinding

Limp Vellum Binding

Post author By digitalcellulose
Post date April 19, 2019