tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010371983556689172Fri, 29 May 2026 00:09:52 +0000Book ReviewBind-O-RamaNews and EventsTomorrow's PastIssuesMiriam SchaerAustraliaBrisbaneJohn NoveMiscellaneousbookbinding tradeAnna EmbreeBeth DoyleBibliophile MysteriesBill AnthonyBill MinterBookbinding NowBookbinding and ConservationCathleen BakerChela MetzgerConcave SpineDon EtheringtonEditorial TeamI Wish To SayIndexJan SobotaJeffrey S. PeacheyJulia MillerKaren HanmerKate CarlisleKathy AbbottLe Petit ParisienPerson of the Week.Peter JenningsPeter VerheyenSheryl OringUniversity of IowaVolume 7WelcomeYale University Librarycare and handlingfreebookmagzobituarypreservationhttp://freebookmagz.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)Blogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010371983556689172.post-1148854877500827983Sun, 02 Sep 2012 21:22:00 +00002012-09-08T01:20:45.252-07:00Bind-O-RamaTomorrow's PastWelcome to the SUBMISSION / ENTRY form for the 2011 Bonefolder Bind-O-Rama that demonstrates the intersection of conservation and the art of the book. We challenged binders and conservators to think about their work in different ways and to create compelling new work that applies “non-destructive and completely reversible book structures.” Since 2003, the Tomorrow’s Past movement (See The http://freebookmagz.blogspot.com/2011/09/entry-form-for-bind-o-rama-2011.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010371983556689172.post-650573410231228035Sat, 25 Aug 2012 09:39:00 +00002012-08-25T02:39:19.432-07:00freebookmagzfreebookmagzhttp://freebookmagz.blogspot.com/2012/08/freebookmagz.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010371983556689172.post-4675842960977739917Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:33:00 +00002012-09-08T01:04:35.143-07:00care and handlingpreservationYale University LibraryTwo unrelated events, Beth Doyle's Quick Pic: Before There Was Power Point post on Duke University Libraries' excellent Preservation Underground blog that reintroduced us to slide/tape shows. At about the same time there was also discussion of this technology on the the ARSC listserv (starting with http://listserv.loc.gov/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1208&L=arsclist&T=0&P=3491 , then scroll http://freebookmagz.blogspot.com/2012/08/dead-technology-and-public-outreach-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010371983556689172.post-592761618297322035Tue, 14 Aug 2012 21:29:00 +00002012-09-08T01:04:35.143-07:00bookbinding tradeLe Petit ParisienMiscellaneousCarrying on the theme started by Audra of The Vespiary with Chris Ware's Great Book Trimming Machine... From Le Petit Parisien June 19, 1910... The story reports that the bookbinder got behind on his payments to his bookie (note fingers already cut off) and did himself in. Whether he did it himself is debatable as the screw for the press bar in the guillotine seems higher up than he could reach, http://freebookmagz.blogspot.com/2012/08/don-mess-with-your-bookie.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010371983556689172.post-4523744671403728167Thu, 02 Aug 2012 00:33:00 +00002012-09-08T01:04:35.143-07:00MiscellaneousFrom Click to enlarge or go herehttp://freebookmagz.blogspot.com/2012/08/calculated-bookbinding.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010371983556689172.post-4574648449873153906Tue, 31 Jul 2012 19:05:00 +00002012-09-08T01:20:27.761-07:00Bind-O-RamaTomorrow's Past The Bonefolder's annual online exhibition. Artistically Reversible: Where Conservation and Art MeetWe are pleased to present Artistically Reversible: Where Conservation and Art Meet, the 2011 Bonefolder Bind-O-Rama. This online exhibited was inspired by the tenets of the Tomorrow’s Past (TP) movement that seeks to provide antiquarian books with new, http://freebookmagz.blogspot.com/2011/12/welcome-to-2011-bind-o-rama.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010371983556689172.post-9053078700967764044Mon, 16 Jul 2012 23:33:00 +00002012-09-08T01:20:02.269-07:00Anna EmbreeBook ReviewKathy AbbottKathy Abbott. Bookbinding: A Step by Step Guide. Ramsbury: Crowood Press, 2010. 10.2 x 8.5 inches. 160pp. ISBN-13: 978-1847971531 (hardcover) $29.95.Reviewed by Anna EmbreeKathy Abbott's book Bookbinding: A Step by Step Guide is a well organized, clearly written manual on bookbinding that fills a much needed gap in the literature that is currently available to book binders about the tools and http://freebookmagz.blogspot.com/2011/04/bookbinding-step-by-step-guide.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010371983556689172.post-179267187375303112Mon, 16 Jul 2012 23:02:00 +00002012-09-08T01:20:14.586-07:00Bind-O-RamaTomorrow's PastWelcome to this discussion of the issues surrounding the Tomorrow's Past movement and the Bonefolder's Bind-O-Rama 2011 - Artistically Reversible: Where Conservation and Art Meet in which we invited binders and conservators to explore the movement's tenets of providing new, conservationally sound clothes to old books. For more context please see the article in The Bonefolder, Vol 7, by Charles http://freebookmagz.blogspot.com/2011/10/discussion-of-tomorrow-past-at-guild-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010371983556689172.post-4515281086192143548Wed, 04 Jul 2012 15:30:00 +00002012-09-08T01:04:35.143-07:00Bind-O-RamaBelow the entry form for the 2012 Bind-O-Rama (not to be confused with the Bonefolder Bind-O-Rama, but yet a continuation of the tradition).The Book Arts Web annual online exhibition onThe Bone Folder, by Ernst Collin We are pleased to present The Bone Folder, by Ernst Collin as the 2012 Book Arts Web Bind-O-Rama. This year's event will be a set book affair with participants http://freebookmagz.blogspot.com/2012/07/2012-bind-o-rama-entry-form-now-online.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010371983556689172.post-89766892863960659Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:05:00 +00002012-09-08T01:19:34.319-07:00Bind-O-RamaNews and EventsTomorrow's PastWelcome to the 2011 Bonefolder Bind-O-Rama that demonstrates the intersection of conservation and the art of the book. We challenge binders and conservators to think about their work in different ways and to create compelling new work that applies “non-destructive and completely reversible book structures.” Since 2003, the Tomorrow’s Past movement (See The Bonefolder, Vol. 7, 2011) has led http://freebookmagz.blogspot.com/2011/02/bind-o-rama-2011-artistically.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010371983556689172.post-7810403067393044340Mon, 18 Jun 2012 20:28:00 +00002012-09-08T01:19:05.294-07:00AustraliaBrisbaneNews and EventsWe are all very relieved that the Artists' Books Collection at the State Library of Queensland is safe and look forward to the its reopening.The Studio West End (Wim de Vos and Adele Outteridge) is dry and back to business. The water came to the front gate of the old ice cream factory site where we are housed. Not so lucky were so many other residents and businesses in West End, CBD and suburbs http://freebookmagz.blogspot.com/2011/02/floods-in-queensland-australia-from.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010371983556689172.post-4960938476088389826Wed, 13 Jun 2012 00:53:00 +00002012-09-08T01:19:47.126-07:00IndexAn index to Volumes 1 - 7, 2004 - 2011 is now online at the main Bonefolder website.The index is due to the efforts of Samantha Quell, longtime Bonefolder reader and currently a student in the MLS program at the State University of New York at Buffalo.Thank you Samanatha!Click cover to read.http://freebookmagz.blogspot.com/2011/08/index-to-bonefolder-volumes-1-7-2004.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010371983556689172.post-2910828724934613888Sat, 09 Jun 2012 16:32:00 +00002012-09-08T01:18:06.228-07:00I Wish To SayMiriam SchaerPerson of the Week.Peter JenningsSheryl OringThis article first appeared in The Bonefolder, Volume 7, 2011. In Miriam Schaer's article, Capturing the Quotidian: Book Artists Explore New Tools – Performance, Travel and Story Collecting – to Reveal a Community’s Character, she featured the work of Sheryl Oring and her I Wish to Say project.As part of that project "Oring conducted her first session in Oakland, California, with support from Thehttp://freebookmagz.blogspot.com/2011/01/sheryl-oring-on-abcs-world-news-tonight.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010371983556689172.post-8030592412277586967Fri, 08 Jun 2012 13:24:00 +00002012-09-08T01:19:20.246-07:00News and EventsBBC4 began airing a 4 part documentary on Monday 7 February 2011 titled "The Beauty of Books" Although not available yet in the US (fingers crossed it will air soon on BBC America), the BBC has posted a YouTube video clip on the Codex Sinaticus.The British Library (the featured institution in this documentary) has also posted a description of the program on their Medieval and Earlier Manuscriptshttp://freebookmagz.blogspot.com/2011/02/the-beauty-of-books.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010371983556689172.post-2840529147044020008Mon, 07 May 2012 20:57:00 +00002012-09-08T01:04:35.143-07:00Jan SobotaobituaryI first encountered Jan's work in Lewis' Fine Bookbinding in the Twentieth Century and was smitten. Then in 1989 I had the pleasure of taking a workshop on building 3-D/Relief designs when they were all living along the lake near Cleveland. Later I worked with him on 50x25, a wonderful exhibit featuring books by the Rarach Press. He was a bear of a man with a heart of gold (and then some). http://freebookmagz.blogspot.com/2012/05/jan-sobota-1939-2012.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010371983556689172.post-2173450116693175772Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:49:00 +00002012-09-08T01:04:35.144-07:00Bill AnthonyBill MinterConcave SpineUniversity of IowaThis is being reposted from the Book_Arts-L listserv at <https://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A2=BOOK_ARTS-L;5c8db0f0.1202> due to the strong interest in this structure and questions about its history. The concave spine discussion can be followed at <https://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A1=ind1202&L=BOOK_ARTS-L#34>.Friends and Colleagues, In 1971, Bill Anthony and I http://freebookmagz.blogspot.com/2012/02/the-concave-spine-and-bill-anthony.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010371983556689172.post-2742240389541352496Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:41:00 +00002012-09-08T01:04:35.144-07:00Bookbinding NowKaren HanmerMiriam SchaerPeter Verheyen A Conversation about the Bonefolder hosted by Miriam Schaer The Bonefolder, an open-access online journal founded in 2004, ceased publication in January 2012. Founder and publisher Peter Verheyen and long-time editor Karen Hanmer comment. Miriam Schaer guest-hosts. Click here to listen to the 45 minute podcast. Click here for more about Bookbinding Now. http://freebookmagz.blogspot.com/2012/02/the-bonefolder-on-bookbinding-now-susan.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010371983556689172.post-8604781666256184313Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:45:00 +00002012-09-08T01:04:35.144-07:00IssuesClick image for a larger viewhttp://freebookmagz.blogspot.com/2012/01/download-history-for-our-issues.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010371983556689172.post-2173218560730727414Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:50:00 +00002012-09-08T01:04:35.144-07:00IssuesNews and EventsIn the days since the last issue of The Bonefolder, Vol 8, 2012, many readers have shared their thoughts and regrets on Book_Arts-L, Facebook, Twitter, and their blogs. Please know that this was a very difficult decision, one not made lightly. Gary Frost wrote in the January 13th post of his Futureofthebook blog: "We now have the last issue of Bonefolder and it is a wonderful example of the http://freebookmagz.blogspot.com/2012/01/postscript-to-bonefolder.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010371983556689172.post-807464426972615240Sat, 07 Jan 2012 19:38:00 +00002012-09-08T01:04:35.144-07:00IssuesPublisher’s NoteOn January 13 we release Volume 8, 2012, the largest (and regrettably last) issue of The Bonefolder. What started as an experiment in open-access online-only publishing “way back” in 2004 grew into perhaps the most widely read publication in the book arts with over a quarter million downloads for all issues combined since we began with a global readership. Listing of the The http://freebookmagz.blogspot.com/2012/01/the-bonefolder-volume-8-2012.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010371983556689172.post-7924088774467376456Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:52:00 +00002012-09-08T01:04:35.145-07:00Beth DoyleBook ReviewPJM Marks. Beautiful Bookbindings, A Thousand Years of the Bookbinder’s Art. New Castle & London : Oak Knoll Press & The British Library 2011. ISBN 9781584562931. 190 pp. $49.95.Reviewed by Beth DoyleBeautiful Bookbindings is a collection of bindings selected by the staff of the British Library primarily to “please the eye.”[1] The introduction includes a brief history of the http://freebookmagz.blogspot.com/2012/01/beautiful-bookbindings-thousand-years.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010371983556689172.post-8333539268886814543Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:46:00 +00002012-09-08T01:04:35.145-07:00Book ReviewMiriam SchaerA review by Miriam SchaerThe Book Art of Richard MinskyForeword by Betty BrightGeorge Braziller, Inc., NY 2011ISBN 10: 0807616060; ISBN 13: 9780807616062 (hardcover), 136pp, $34.95It’s no exaggeration to say that Richard Minsky’s bindery is also his soapbox. Across a nearly half-century career, and counting, Minsky has produced a steady flow of bound volumes infused with anger, wit and passion. http://freebookmagz.blogspot.com/2011/12/bound-for-glory-book-artistry-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010371983556689172.post-6422000190416945781Sun, 18 Dec 2011 15:15:00 +00002012-09-08T01:04:35.145-07:00Book ReviewJohn NoveBelinda Starling. The Journal of Dora Damage. London: Bloomsbury, 2007. 464 pages. ISBN 1596913363. Out of print but available.Reviewed by John Nove[In light of recent conversations on Book_Arts-L about anthropodermic bibliopegy a sneak-peak at a review to be published in the upcoming issue of The Bonefolder – in production now. To read the thread, click on the link and the "view by topic..." ] &http://freebookmagz.blogspot.com/2011/12/the-journal-of-dora-damage.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010371983556689172.post-481237401805589272Sun, 18 Dec 2011 14:18:00 +00002012-09-08T01:04:35.145-07:00bookbinding tradeJohn Nove (From The Parent’s and Guardian’s Directory, and The Youth’s Guide in the Choice of a Profession or Trade by Joseph Collyer, Esq.,  London, 1761)Discovered and submitted to The Bonefolder by John Nove. The Bookbinder’s Workshop from Diderot & D’Alembert’s Encyclopédie, France, 1751 and 1766Of this business there are several sorts, as the calves leather binder, the vellum, and the http://freebookmagz.blogspot.com/2011/12/of-bookbinder-1761.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9010371983556689172.post-4470510811849504572Sat, 26 Feb 2011 15:31:00 +00002012-09-08T01:04:35.146-07:00Book ReviewChela MetzgerJulia MillerBooks Will Speak Plain: A Handbook for Identifying and Describing Historical Bindings. Julia Miller, The Legacy Press: Ann Arbor, MI, 2010.  511pp. Illus, with DVD. ISBN-13: 978-0-9797974-3-9 (cloth) $80.00.A critical review by Chela Metzger“The book is dead” is a phrase that seems to have generated a cottage industry of keynote speakers and opinion pieces over the years. Let’s leave http://freebookmagz.blogspot.com/2011/02/how-do-books-speak-critical-review-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0