Unusual book binding

As brochure printing becomes ever more complex, both in terms of technology and creativity, we examine ways to think outside the box and come up with something truly unique.

I created this as a specially commissioned birthday present for a travel-loving friend. The book is about 6 inches square, and has an unusual binding that's a combination of French and Coptic stitching. I only attached the back of the text-block to the cover so that the stitching would be exposed. The outside cover is a beloved pair of the recipient's favorite shorts that had to be consigned to the rag pile, only to be resurrected in a new life as part of a half binding. The spine and…

OTHER WORKSHOPS BOOK A DAY Participants learn to make five different book structures over the course of this workshop. The emphasis of the class will be low-tech: Participants will need few tools other than the basic bookbinding kit. Starting with an overview on various papers, participants will learn to tear text blocks and various folded […]

Special thanks to Öykü Elitez.

Pamela Leutz, a fine binder, wrote the book The Thread That Binds: Interviews with Private Practice Binders. It is a book that interviews well-known craftsmen who have made bookbinding a vocation. …