iBookBinding Podcast

There's still time to send your binding!

Come over to Sint-Niklaas on the 10th of April!

Clay book, book on wheels, a book inspired by Andrei Sakharov, and more!

We return to Angaea Cuna for a workshop tour and to talk about more bookish things!

The tour of Kate Holland's amazing studio and more!

We return to Tom McEwan to discuss the state of bookbinding in Scotland!

We continue our Booker Prize bindings series with Tom McEwan

Do some experimental bookbinding!

Designer Bookbinders UK Competition is well known all over the world

We invited several guests to discuss the departing year.

We invited several guests to discuss the departing year.

This episode is in French. You can find its video version with English subtitles on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9hbEFzWi7w

Kate Holland's binding of “The Promise” by Damon Galgut

Workshop tour and show & tell by Richard Minsky

Every year, six Designer Bookbinders' fellows are chosen to create six unique bindings for the books shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Last year, we have published a series of videos with bookbinders who took part in that project. We return to that theme this year with six new bindings. Our first guest is Mark Cockram with his binding for "No One Is Talking About This" by Patricia Lockwood. We hope to see the authors of all six bindings made for the Booker Prize in 2021, and currently, we have already recorded two videos and preparing to record two more. We'll see how it goes early in January. Mark Cockram is a regular guest on our podcast. You can find other talks with him here: https://www.youtube.com/c/iBookBinding/search?query=Mark%20Cockram You can watch the video of this episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvtVv8qlxL4 Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com Become a patron (and get more content): https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding You can ask our future guests questions on: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/ibookbinding/ Discord — https://discord.gg/TJY5FeS Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/iBookBinding/ To follow Mark's projects, use the links below: https://www.instagram.com/markbookartist/ https://twitter.com/markbookartist https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbuiGvf4CuYNSV6LNL7nu5g https://www.facebook.com/mark.cockram.9 Studio 5 Book Arts http://studio5bookbindingandarts.blogspot.com/ https://www.facebook.com/Studio5Bookarts/ 00:00 – Beginning 00:34 – Backstage of the binding processes for The Booker Prize shortlist 03:59 – Reading and interacting with the text while working 07:04 – "No One Is Talking About This" by Patricia Lockwood 08:03 – Difference between a "normal reading" and reading when you are looking for a visual metaphor for binding 10:15 – From a rough sketch to finished binding: how the process begins 12:47 – Difficulties with finding materials for collage on the cover of "No One Is Talking About This" 16:29 – Hiding a secret work from students and visitors of the Mark's studio 18:20 – How quotes from the book become parts of a collage as a metaphor of communication on the Internet 24:25 – Some technical moments of binding "No One Is Talking About This" by Patricia Lockwood 29:50 – The chicken or the egg: making a box for the binding 32:15 – Working on the book's edges 34:21 – The presentation of The Booker Prize 2021 38:11 – Collaboration of the Booker Prize and bookbinders, the difference between binding old/famous and modern/brand new books 45:05 – Interacting with the author of the text during the binding process

In this newscast, we are discussing a couple of medieval books and finds, a digitized astronomical manuscript from Uzbekistan, and a 20,000-book library, that you can buy with a mansion attached =) Watch this newscast on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw8MxBT5C_M Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com Become a patron (and get more content): https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding You can ask our future guests questions on: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/ibookbinding/ Discord — https://discord.gg/TJY5FeS Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/iBookBinding/ 00:00 – Beginning 00:13 – For Sale: Medieval Physician's “Girdle Book” 14:18 – A library of 20,000 books for sale, along with a mansion, west of Salisbury 16:15 – Fragment of lost 12th-century epic poem found in another book's binding 19:49 – Ancient astronomy manuscript resurrected by Uzbek heritage initiative

In this second part of our talk with Richard Minsky, a bookbinder and book artist from the US, we cover a wide variety of topics: from his early works to living in a virtual world We also spend quite a few time discussing NFTs and how bookbindings can be associated with these non-fungible tokens. In the other two parts, Richard talks and shows more of his bindings, digital world, politics, history, and takes us for a tour of his studio. Stay tuned, they will be published in the upcoming weeks! You can find the videos here: https://www.youtube.com/c/iBookBinding/search?query=Richard%20Minsky In the preview, you can see Richard's binding of It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis. You can read more about it here: https://www.minsky.com/ItCantHappenHere.htm Listen to this episode on: - Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/ibookbinding - iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/ibookbinding-podcast/id1510257102 - Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zb3VuZGNsb3VkLmNvbS91c2Vycy9zb3VuZGNsb3VkOnVzZXJzOjgxNTMwMzAwNS9zb3VuZHMucnNz Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com Become a patron (and get more content): https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding You can ask our future guests questions on: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/ibookbinding/ Discord — https://discord.gg/TJY5FeS Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/iBookBinding/ Find out more about Richard Minsky: - https://minsky.com/ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Minsky - https://centerforbookarts.org/people/richard-minsky - https://web.library.yale.edu/arts/special-collections/interviews-with-richard-minsky 00:00 – Beginning 00:21 – Richard's mid-seventies art 01:33 – First book that Richard sold to an art dealer in 1971: bookbinding version of an abstract expressionism 02:09 – “Pettigrew's history of Egyptian Mummies” bound by Richard Minsky with linen, 1973: first “Material meets metaphor” work 03:48 – The story about Richard's book “The Birds of North America” with pheasant skin and Nigerian goatskin 15:28 – Second Life universe; working in an artificial virtual environment; interests towards computers, Internet, and related technologies 22:26 – “The ArtWorld Market” – Richard's avatar in the Second Life universe 25:25 – Second Life nowadays; the presence of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) there 33:54 – How bookbindings can become NFTs: Richard's tokens 41:13 – “Minsky in bed” PDF-book as NFT 46:55 – Is it difficult to enter the NFT market? 48:05 – Ways to connect with artists who make the NFTs

WARNING! The sponsors of the ambient sound for our conversation today are the croaking Hawaiian frogs. That can be uncomfortable to listen to, but we can't do anything about this intervention from nature! This is the second part of our talk with Angaea Cuna, a sculptor, designer, educator, and bookmaker who currently resides in Hawaii. In this episode, we talked more about respecting the local traditions, environment, and nature in book art and bookbinding. And also we discussed how Angaea presented her own immigrant's story in an artist's book that she wrote, designed, made photos for, and assembled on her own. Watch other talks with Angaea: https://www.youtube.com/c/iBookBinding/search?query=Angaea%20Cuna Listen to this episode on: - Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/ibookbinding - iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/ibookbinding-podcast/id1510257102 - Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaWJvb2tiaW5kaW5nLmNvbS9mZWVkL3BvZGNhc3Q Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com Become a patron (and get more content): https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding You can ask our future guests questions on: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/ibookbinding/ Discord — https://discord.gg/TJY5FeS Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/iBookBinding/ Follow Angaea's projects: https://www.instagram.com/gaeabound/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjNP3Hajfp2K55PR3rQ9HGQ 00:00 - Beginning 00:53 – Angaea's collection of bones for designing books 03:18 – Hi'iaka artist book with bone inlay into the spine, books with black paper 07:03 – Angaea's thoughts about the tactile experience from the books while creating her designs and inspiration from nature and mythology 10:20 – More nature materials from antique stores and own garden 13:24 – Experiment with the full cycle of making paper from Ma'o - Hawaiian cotton without professional equipment 17:51 – Japanese binding book with dragons on paper and cover inspired by the Bakunawa - a serpent-like dragon in Philippine mythology 20:24 – Inspiration from videogames 23:55 – Musings about taking materials from nature and environmentally conscious 30:25 – Influence of Hawaiian nature and culture on Angaea's art, a book about growing in America as an immigrant 32:56 – DNA-tests for ethnicity and genealogy

This time we invited Richard Minsky to our podcast, a bookbinder, book artist, teacher, and many things more. In the end, the episode became a three-parter, as we recorded with Richard for more than 3 hours. The first part is mostly dedicated to beginnings: printing in childhood, first experiences in bookbinding, shifting to art as a social commentary, and the origins of the Center for Book Arts in New York. In the other two parts, Richard talks and shows more of his bindings, digital world, politics, history, and takes us for a tour of his studio. Stay tuned, they will be published in the upcoming weeks! You can watch the video version of this podcast on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cvo1iNOGC0 Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com Become a patron (and get more content): https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding You can ask our future guests questions on: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/ibookbinding/ Discord — https://discord.gg/TJY5FeS Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/iBookBinding/ Find out more about Richard Minsky: - https://minsky.com/ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Minsky - https://centerforbookarts.org/people/richard-minsky - https://web.library.yale.edu/arts/special-collections/interviews-with-richard-minsky 00:00 – Beginning 00:55 – Richard's childhood: graphic art shop class, starting a first printing business at the age of 13 with a platen press 04:58 – Making a photo of Lyndon B. Johnson with handmade “Working press” shield 06:45 – How a printing press helped to attract 300 students to a Junior Astronomy Club's lecture 07:48 – Promoting events and printing art through the years 09:11 – Twists of life: Path from printing to bookbinding through astrophysics, car crash, economics, violin, and chorus 16:41 – Richard's firsts: full leather and tooled bindings made as a student of Daniel G. Knowlton in 1969 17:54 – “The Georgics” of Virgil with the French method of onlay: Learning on your own mistakes to make your bookbinding and design better 21:52 – “Garbage or archive”: The importance of documenting the process and the results of errors 25:43 – The shift from making “just” books to making book art that is a social commentary 34:28 – Origins of the Center for Book Arts in New York City 41:44 – Disconnect between the communities: design, art, and bookbinding. Possibility of collaborations 50:00 – Theoretical critical apparatus for discussion of bookbinding and book art. The “Material meets metaphor” methodology introduced by Richard Minsky 55:31 – Should an artist be versed in all the theories or can it be an intuitive art? Differences between art and craft 57:28 – Importance of being able to talk about your art 58:07 – Continuation of the story of the origin of the Center for Book Arts in New York City

Today our bookish guest is Armina Ghazaryan, a freelance graphic designer interested in typography and branding. Currently, Armina lives in Ghent, and that's where most of the examples of the street typography discussed in this video come from. We approached Armina because of her longstanding series of posts on Facebook and Instagram, where she shares her amazing findings. Our guest shared a lot of photos with us during this episode. You can watch the video version on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/mg-1nYgRqU0 Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com Become a patron (and get more content): https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding Follow Armina on the web: Type & Press: http://typeand.press/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arm_79/ You can ask our future guests questions on: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/ibookbinding/ Discord — https://discord.gg/TJY5FeS Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/iBookBinding/ 00:00 – Beginning 00:08 – Introduction of Armina Ghazaryan 01:20 – Street Typography Series: Inception 03:39 – Life of typography in cities: preservation, the reaction of people 05:19 – Photos of lettering and examples of typography in the city of Ghent 10:06 – Different ways to depict the digraph of the letters i and j in Dutch and Flemish languages 14:40 – Amsterdamse Krulletter (Amsterdam´s curly letter) in Ghent, Belgium 16:36 – Preserving and restoring old advertising signs and public lettering nowadays 20:37 – More photos of public lettering 27:00 – French, Dutch, and German influence on the Russian language 30:05 – More lettering photos 36:50 – Upside-down lettering, mistakes in the orientation of “S” and “N” 42:11 – Examples of unusual numbers in Ghent 44:58 – Postbox signs in the Netherlands 47:20 – Welcome to the city of Ghent: book markets, museums, and other events

We return to Jordan Jay Tanner, a bookbinder and book conservator from Kansas City, MO, to talk more about bookbinding, book conservation, collecting books about books, and other things. In this video, Jay takes us for a tour of his garage studio and discusses some making his own tools for bookbinding. Watch our talks with Jordan Jay Tanner on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/iBookBinding/search?query=Jay%20Tanner Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com Become a patron (and get more content): https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding You can ask our future guests questions on: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/ibookbinding/ Discord — https://discord.gg/TJY5FeS Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/iBookBinding/ Jordan Jay Tanner: https://www.jaytannerbookbinder.com/ On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jaytannerbookbinder/ 00:00 - Beginning 00:14 - Jay's bookbinding experience and learning calligraphy 04:20 - Tour around Jay's garage studio 10:55 - Various conservator's equipment: curved scissors, lifting knives, needles, etc. 18:50 - Tips and tricks you get to know with experience and learning from an expert personally 20:53 - Making own tools 21:34 - Finishing Master's degree. Taking chemistry lab classes online and offline 24:41 - Interesting time we live in 29:07 - Book's disinfection, harm from ultraviolet light, and the influence of a camera flash 31:00 - Fighting mold on books, humidity conditions 33:50 - Bookbinders and conservators from whom Jay wants to learn in the future. New and modern techniques in bookbinding 40:32 - Online vs offline bookbinding courses and lessons 44:10 - Books made by Jay 47:35 - Box with models of corners 49:32 - “The painter's house is never painted” - making books for personal use

This time on iBookBinding's podcast we are talking to Jordan Jay Tanner, a young bookbinder and conservator from Kansas City, MO. That's the first part of our discussion, but we have covered quite a lot here: from Jay's studies and searching for the best path to build his career, to collecting books about bookbinding and spending too much money on book hunting =) The second chapter will be available a bit later. Jay takes us for a tour of his garage studio, we talk about tools, and discuss some of Jay's bindings there. Stay tuned and don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel! Watch this episode om our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JZ-ktQr8e0 Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com Become a patron (and get more content): https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding You can ask our future guests questions on: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/ibookbinding/ Discord — https://discord.gg/TJY5FeS Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/iBookBinding/ Jordan Jay Tanner: https://www.jaytannerbookbinder.com/ On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jaytannerbookbinder/ 00:00 - Beginning 00:58 - Introduction of Jay Tanner 01:58 - Bachelor's degree in Art History and Printmaking from Kansas City Art Institute 03:00 - Future plans in bookbinding and conservation 03:32 - Book conservators around Kansas City 08:00 - Museums in Kansas City 09:22 - Path to conservation and bookbinding 11:24 - Book collection 12:34 - Cataloging collection of books about bookbinding 15:51 - Digital services and apps for cataloging books 17:53 - Choosing the books for collection 19:30 - The first edition of “The artistic crafts series of technical handbooks: Number 1. Bookbinding” by Douglas Cockerell 20:00 - Another edition of “The artistic crafts series of technical handbooks: Number 1. Bookbinding” by Douglas Cockerell with gold tooling 20:52 - “Technological handbooks. Bookbinding” by J.W. Zaehnsdorf 22:15 - Different editions of “A short history of bookbinding” by J.W. Zaehnsdorf 23:30 - A catalogue of books bound by S.T. Prideaux 24:40 - A collection of bindings made by women 26:50 - The Guild of Women-Binders and “The bindings of tomorrow” 31:27 - Top comfortable price to spend on a book and books as an investment 35:39 - Ways of buying books for collection 36:25 - Most memorable experience at a book market 37:40 - “Paul Revere and his Engraving” by W.L. Andrews 41:29 - Field of interest in bookbinding books collection 42:50 - Restoring Art Nouveau furniture 44:48 - Bookbinding books from all over the world 46:46 - The oldest books about bookbinding 49:14 - “The book of trades and library of the useful arts” with a chapter about bookbinding, 1807 52:20 - The oldest Dutch book about bookbinding 53:40 - Musings about publishing the books of trades according to the guilds' rules 54:58 - The oldest German book of bookbinding

This time we found all the bookish objects and themes from the new Dune movie directed by Denis Villeneuve. In this video, we talk about bookbinding, languages, libraries, and handwriting of the cinematic universe of Dune. To see the images and screenshots you can watch this podcast on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch2LZ1fGSkA Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com Become a patron (and get more content): https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding You can ask our future guests questions on: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/ibookbinding/ Discord — https://discord.gg/TJY5FeS Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/iBookBinding/ Dune languages on David J. Peterson's website: https://dedalvs.com/work/dune/ Reddit discussion of languages of Dune: https://www.reddit.com/r/dune/comments/q9uzvu/the_different_languages_in_the_movie/ David J. Peterson's tweet about the Litany Against Fear in Chakobsa: https://twitter.com/Dedalvs/status/1452724546369253376 00:00 - Beginning 01:05 - Importance of printed books in the Dune universe 02:07 - Languages of Denis Villeneuve's Dune movie 03:12 - The influence of Russian, English, and Chinese languages on the languages of the future 06:16 - David J. Peterson - the developer of the languages of Dune 07:36 - The scroll of the Herald of Change and a minor blooper 09:55 - The difference between the approach to languages in the new Dune movie and Star Wars 10:38 - Atreides library in the Gom Jabbar scene 11:55 - Gurney Halleck's prayer book 14:57 - Chakobsa (?) praying book 17:25 - War languages of Harkonnens and Sardukar; the secret language of Tleilaxu 19:30 - The Litany Against Fear in Chakobsa 20:25 - Handwritten letter from Dr. Yueh 20:34 - Library at the abandoned research station

This time we are talking about the Boekkunstbeurs, a book arts fair held in Leiden. And our guest is Karin Cox, one of the persons in charge of this fair. Karin is a bookbinder, book restorer, and book arts teacher from the Netherlands. And she's a member of the Stichting Handboekbinden, the Dutch bookbinders' society. iBookBinding was a participant of the Boekkunstbeurs twice, in 2018 and 2019. And both times, it was an amazing experience. The fair is jointly organized by the society of bookbinders and the society of printers. If you are in Europe or have a chance to visit the Netherlands early this November, we highly recommend you to visit the fair in Leiden! Listen to this episode on: - Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/ibookbinding - iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/ibookbinding-podcast/id1510257102 - Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaWJvb2tiaW5kaW5nLmNvbS9mZWVkL3BvZGNhc3Q Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com Become a patron (and get more content): https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding You can ask our future guests questions on: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/ibookbinding/ Discord — https://discord.gg/TJY5FeS Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/iBookBinding/ Boekkunstbeurs: https://boekkunstbeurs.nl/opening-en/ Stichting Handboekbinden: https://stichting-handboekbinden.eu/ Drukwerk in de Marge: https://drukwerkindemarge.org/ Karin Cox on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/boekrestauratie Information about getting tested: https://www.testenvoortoegang.org/ Entering or returning to the Netherlands: https://www.government.nl/topics/coronavirus-covid-19/visiting-the-netherlands-from-abroad/checklist-entry 00:00 - Beginning 01:54 - Introducing Boekkunstbeurs - Book Arts Fair in Leiden 06:11 - Organizing this year's fair after the last year's cancellation 09:23 - From which countries participants and visitors are coming to the fair? 10:30 - How travel limitations of this year are affecting the fair? 13:18 - Are there any online activities associated with the fair? 14:09 - How many participants and visitors usually attend the fair? 14:52 - Pieterskerk - the spacious and magnificent location for the fair 16:38 - Karin's personal experience of participating in the fair - book arts fair as a bookish club 21:11 - What kinds of workshops can you usually find at the Boekkunstbeurs? 22:42 - Is there still a chance to register as a participant? 24:08 - The financial aspects of the fair 27:42 - Join the Dutch Society of Bookbinders and support their cause! 30:52 - What other activities the Society is organizing? Competitions and challenges 34:13 - The age of participants. Starting to make books and experimenting 36:13 - The history of the Stichting Handboekbinden and its future 37:49 - Options for a more formal bookbinding education in the Benelux region 39:26 - Career of Karin Cox and her path to becoming a bookbinder, book restorer, and book arts teacher 45:18 - Current Society's bookish challenge

[English below] Hoy tenemos algo nuevo para ustedes en iBookBinding. Este es nuestro primer episodio en Español de nuestro podcast. Nuestro primer invitado es Josep Cambras, encuadernador y maestro de Barcelona, España. Nuestra anfitriona es Lucia Farias y nuestra anfitriona invitada es Rita Udina. En la siguiente hora vamos a empezar por presentar los primeros años de la carrera de Josep y algunos encuadernadores que lo influenciaron. Continuando con su experiencia como maestro de el arte de la encuadernación. Esta es la primera parte de nuestra charla con Josep Cambras. Subscríbete para que no te pierdas la segunda parte!!! -------------------------------------- Today we start something new at iBookBinding. This is the first episode of the Spanish version of our podcast. And the first guest is Josep Cambras, a bookbinder and bookbinding teacher from Barcelona, Spain. Our host is Lucía Farías and our guest host today is Rita Udina. During this hour, we are going to discuss many things starting with the early years of Josep's career and other bookbinders who have influenced him. And continuing to his experience as a teacher of book arts. This is only the first part of our talk with Josep Cambras. Subscribe not to miss the second part! Watch the video of this episode on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfTh0xdTvo Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com Become a patron (and get more content): https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding You can ask our future guests questions on: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/ibookbinding/ Discord — https://discord.gg/TJY5FeS Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/iBookBinding/

During this episode, we discuss Pavel's recent visit to an exhibition "Siena in the early Renaissance" that happened in Moscow this summer. You can watch the video version of this episode on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTz_-9p69r0 Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com Become a patron (and get more content): https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding You can ask our future guests questions on: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/ibookbinding/ Discord — https://discord.gg/TJY5FeS Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/iBookBinding/

With this episode of our Bookish Talk, it was the first time for us when we mixed up not only the time difference with the guest but even the date. That happened because Angaea Cuna is a book artist living in Hawaii. We arrange our Zoom call for Friday. Pavel and I joined the call in the morning and spent some 15 minutes worrying if anything happened to Angaea. Luckily pretty soon, we realized that while it was Friday morning in Moscow and Versailles, it still was Thursday evening in Hawaii. So, we had to repeat the next day! Angaea Cuna is a sculptor, designer, educator, and bookmaker. This is the first part of our talk, and there will be two more of them. Here we discuss how she started making books, found her first tools on a low budget, and talk about some of her first artist's books. And we'll return to Angaea in a couple of weeks for the second part of our talk! Watch the video of this episode here: https://youtu.be/DkYGgfKA5FI Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com Become a patron (and get more content): https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding You can ask our future guests questions on: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/ibookbinding/ Discord — https://discord.gg/TJY5FeS Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/iBookBinding/ Follow Angaea's projects: https://www.instagram.com/gaeabound/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjNP3Hajfp2K55PR3rQ9HGQ 00:00 - Beginning 01:19 - From sculpture to book arts 02:57 - Acquiring first equipment and tools on a low budget 05:30 - Creative approach to bookbinding and bookbinding tools 07:54 - Mastering the craft 10:06 - Where Angaea plans to take her art and craft next? 11:25 - Curating exhibitions 12:26 - Angaea's first artist's book 15:31 - Current projects 19:09 - Angaea's clients / Telling a story / Valuing your work 26:25 - Angaea's support system / Arts and crafts markets on Hawaii

The title of this video is definitely not enough to describe everything we discussed during this 30-minute talk with Rebecca Padgham, an artist and bookmaker from the UK. Initially, we invited Rebecca after she posted in a bookish Facebook community a request for some advice concerning trimming books for a person with Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder. But that definitely wasn't the only topic we covered! From making miniature books from a single sheet of A4 paper to promoting your work through Facebook and Instagram. From creating artist's books during travels to finding ways to sell your books in the year of pandemic. You can watch the video of this podcast on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyL_mrpQLT4 Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com Become a patron (and get more content): https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding You can ask our future guests questions on: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/ibookbinding/ Discord — https://discord.gg/TJY5FeS Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/iBookBinding/ Follow Rebecca's projects: https://www.instagram.com/superpadg/ https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/rebeccapadgham https://rebeccapadgham.com/ 00:00 - Beginning 00:46 - Rebecca's path to book arts 02:06 - First book projects 03:38 - What's after the university graduation? 04:29 - Selling your works at art markets 06:02 - Importance of networking 07:46 - Rebecca's creative process during the trips 08:27 - Travelog from Greece 12:19 - How Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder affects bookmaking? 14:22 - Rebecca's approach to triming books 16:17 - Setting realistic production goals 18:38 - More books 18:48 - Miniature concertina books 19:19 - Miniature book: Cats and Dogs 20:10 - Inspired by Micro Library books - Books made with a single sheet of A4 paper 21:07 - Miniature book: Pigs 23:00 - Miniature book: Noah's Ark 26:36 - Missing on art fairs in the year of pandemic and finding other ways to sell your work 29:31 - Promoting your work on social media 32:24 - Where Rebecca wants to take her crafts next?

We invited Andreas Maroulis, a Greek bookbinder currently living in the UK. Andreas won an award at the Designer Bookbinders Competition recently with his binding "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck. In this episode of our podcast, we discuss the binding, the creative process Andreas follows, and some other things like gold tooling and edge decoration. Watch the video version of this episode on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQTQEuG-1so Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com Become a patron (and get more content): https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding You can ask our future guests questions on: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/ibookbinding/ Discord — https://discord.gg/TJY5FeS Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/iBookBinding/ Follow Andreas and his work: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andreas_maroulis/ Website: https://www.booksandcentaurs.com/ 00:00 - Beginning 01:02 - Gold tooling prize 02:26 - Richly tooled books vs. books with minimalistic tooling 04:24 - Feedback from other members of the Society 06:11 - Creative process and design of the binding 07:17 - Graphite edges with decoration 08:39 - Gold tooling on the turn-ins 09:48 - More technical details 13:45 - How the story influenced the design 23:23 - Finding new uses for gold in bookbinding 32:08 - Graphite and maybe graphene? All sorts of edge decoration 35:17 - A comment on sanding book edges 37:57 - Design sketches and tests 43:35 - Constraints of deadlines

Designer Bookbinders has a competition for their UK-based members. This year, Richard Beadsmoore was among the competition winners, taking three prizes with his two bindings. In this video, we discuss these bindings. Richard talks about his creative process and describes how was is to start making books only after his retirement from his day job. Watch this episode on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lzpqo1ABAps Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com Become a patron (and get more content): https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding You can ask our future guests questions on: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/ibookbinding/ Discord — https://discord.gg/TJY5FeS Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/iBookBinding/ Follow Richard Beadsmoore's projects: Website: https://www.beadybookbinder.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beadybookbinder/

Earlier this year, Mark Cockram created an unusual exhibition space for books at his studio that is only 76x34x18.5 cm in size. Since that moment he has had several exhibitions there. And that's exactly what we are going to discuss during this Bookish Talk! Watch this episode on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2HWL0akkng Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com Become a patron (and get more content): https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding You can ask our future guests questions on: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/ibookbinding/ Discord — https://discord.gg/TJY5FeS Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/iBookBinding/ Book Art SpacE BASE: https://www.facebook.com/groups/400132954397706 To follow Mark's projects, use the links below: https://www.instagram.com/markbookartist/ https://twitter.com/markbookartist https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbuiGvf4CuYNSV6LNL7nu5g https://www.facebook.com/mark.cockram.9 Studio 5 Book Arts http://studio5bookbindingandarts.blogspot.com/ https://www.facebook.com/Studio5Bookarts/ 00:00 - Beginning 01:34 - Introducing BASE - Book Arts SpacE 01:59 - Working with a 76x34x18.5 cm exhibition space 03:29 - The journey to the art 04:18 - What inspired Mark to create an exhibition space like that 07:56 - Guerilla exhibitions 09:55 - The first exhibition at BASE - Automatic #1 12:48 - The Second exhibition - Diptych: The book ends here 13:10 - Inviting other artists to exhibit at the BASE 14:39 - A tongue-in-cheek approach 16:59 - Miniature books 18:28 - Interactive exhibitions 20:06 - Kinetic book sculptures 23:53 - How were the books exhibited during the lockdowns? Online exhibitions 28:11 - How the interaction with the clients and collectors changed during these past months?

We return to Lucía Farías Villarreal to discuss different bookbinding styles and watch her show us some of her bindings. At the end of this podcast, Lucía takes us for a brief tour of her workshop. Please check the timestamps below to see all the styles of bindings Lucía showed us. Watch this episode on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR1mimlbmUg Watch the first part of our talk with Lucía: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztu28HMSFRc Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com Become a patron (and get more content): https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding You can ask our future guests questions on: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/ibookbinding/ Discord — https://discord.gg/TJY5FeS Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/iBookBinding/ Follow Lucia's projects: - Website: https://www.ovejaverde.com.mx/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ovejaverdemx/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ovejaverde2008/ Master binder Rodrigo Ortega: https://ombligodellibro.mx/ 00:00 - Beginning 00:21 - Making fish skin leather and experimenting with other crafts during Covid 09:08 - Islamic bookbinding 14:23 - Vellum-covered book 15:38 - Examples of articulated bindings 20:29 - Homework for the American Academy of Bookbinding 23:13 - Hugo Peller's Pop-Up Box 24:41 - Scrolls and other historical objects made during Julia Miller's class at the AAB 29:41 - Making book boxes 33:22 - Bookbinding tutorials in Spanish 37:17 - Spanish-speaking bookbinders from all over the world 41:58 - A brief workshop tour

A bit more than a year ago, we recorded our second podcast video, and our guest was Todd Davis, a bookbinder from Boston, MA. We returned to Todd a year later to discuss how was it to survive the first lockdown and what new projects this past year have brought to him. This video is a bit longer than our average Bookish Talk. Still, we decided not to move it to our main podcast, as besides talking bookbinding, we discussed some other topics like public transit or the reliability of mail services. The last, however, may be important to some of our colleagues =) Watch this episode on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChmuOe4Fr4Q Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com Become a patron (and get more content): https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding You can ask our future guests questions on: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/ibookbinding/ Discord — https://discord.gg/TJY5FeS Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/iBookBinding/ Follow Todd's work: - https://middlesexbindery.com/ - https://www.facebook.com/MiddlesexBindery/ - https://www.instagram.com/llysenw/ 00:00 - Beginning 01:44 - How it was a year ago, during the first Covid lockdown? 05:22 - Explosion in the number of orders after the first lockdown - Bibles and cookbooks 08:39 - Availability of supplies during the lockdowns - problems with shipping 12:33 - Does all that affect the orders? Do people bring them to the bindery or send them by mail? 18:02 - Wear of old books and their longevity after the repair 20:53 - Changes to book production and binderies of the precious centuries 27:55 - New types of orders that started to come after the first lockdown 29:47 - Is hiring an assistant an option? 30:57 - Vaccination and teaching classes again 33:40 - Book fairs and other events 37:30 - Paying rent during the lockdowns 40:42 - Tuning the work/life balance

Today we share another episode of iBookBinding's podcast and it's quite special. Our guest is Lucía Farías Villarreal, a bookbinder from Mexico. We are going to talk about Lucia's projects, state of bookbinding in Mexico, and in the second part of the episode (next week), Lucia takes us for a workshop tour and shows some of her work. However, what's makes this episode stand apart is that Lucia decided to help us make the pilot episode of the Spanish version of iBookBinding's podcast. It is in editing now and will be published a bit later, in two weeks or so. As our first guest, we invited a famous Spanish bookbinder and author of books about bookbinding Josep Cambras. We also invited Rita Udina, a conservator from Barcelona, to be a co-host on this pilot episode. ------------------- Hoy compartimos un nuevo episodio del podcast iBoolBinding y es muy especial. Nuestra invitada es Lucía Farías Villarreal, una encuadernadora que vive y trabaja en Monterrey México. Hablaremos de sus proyectos y de la encuadernación en México. En la segunda parte la semana que entra Lucía nos lleva a un recorrido por su taller y nos mostrará alguns trabajos recientes. Lo que hace aún más especial este episodio es que Lucía nos apoyará con el primer podcast iBookBinding en Español, el cual se está editando y será publicado en un par de semanas. Nuestro primer invitado para iBookBinding en Español es el reconocido encuadernador Josep Cambras. Nos acompañará en el podcast la conservadora Rita Udina. Ambos ubicados en Barcelona. Manténganse al tanto!!!! ------------------- Watch this episode on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztu28HMSFRc Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com Become a patron (and get more content): https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding You can ask our future guests questions on: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/ibookbinding/ Discord — https://discord.gg/TJY5FeS Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/iBookBinding/ Follow Lucia's projects: - Website: https://www.ovejaverde.com.mx/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ovejaverdemx/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ovejaverde2008/ 00:00 - Beginning 00:49 - Lucia's introduction to bookbinding 03:09 - Situation with bookbinding courses in Mexico 05:09 - From printmaking to bookbinding 06:31 - Studying at the American Academy of Bookbinding 09:44 - Making prints 10:20 - Keeping a wide range from straightforward commercial projects to design binding 12:32 - Historical binding 15:14 - Girdle books 23:33 - Miniature books 25:15 - Coptic stitch miniature with endbands 27:15 - A micro-miniature book 27:35 - The difference between standard bookbinding and miniature bookbinding 28:30 - Not using a sewing frame 30:41 - Bookbinding tools from Louët 32:23 - Mexican bookbinding tradition 37:16 - Leather binding with clasps 37:48 - Are local materials used by bookbinders in Mexico? 39:34 - Is there a guild of bookbinders in Mexico? 40:31 - Who are the customers of the Mexican bookbinders? 41:50 - Working during the Coronavirus lockdown 42:30 - Fishleather tanning

This time we return to Lori Sauer to discuss her project BINDING re:DEFINED and the importance of teaching and learning different bookbinding approaches and techniques. During this episode, Loris shows many unusual book structures including some structures created by other bookbinding teachers participating in the BINDING re:DEFINED project. These structures include: - Daniel Kelm's wire edge binding; - Kylin Lee Acherman's split spine book structure; - Nadine Werner's steckalbum. Watch this episode on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xd-2bAADyw Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com Become a patron (and get more content): https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding You can ask our future guests questions on: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/ibookbinding/ Discord — https://discord.gg/TJY5FeS Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/iBookBinding/ Follow Lori Sauer on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lorisauer_beechingstoke/ BINDING re:DEFINED: https://www.bookbindingworkshops.com/ 00:00 - BINDING re:DEFINED 00:59 - How it all began 06:15 - Being open to different traditions and approaches 08:14 - The target audience of the BINDING re:DEFINED project 08:50 - A scroll display structure 11:18 - Creating innovative book structures 11:59 - The Pompidou structure 13:22 - The removable case structure 15:53 - Structures that solve a particular problem 16:57 - Doing lots of tests before the structure starts to work properly 17:23 - Sewn board binding with a rounded wooden spine 20:23 - On stab bindings vs. books that open flat 21:29 - BINDING re:DEFINED in the post-Covid era 23:24 - Online classes 25:33 - Daniel Kelm's wire edge binding 26:22 - Kylin Lee Acherman's split spine book structure 28:32 - Nadine Werner's steckalbum 29:10 - Networking in the bookbinders' world 31:48 - Book arts fairs and lockdowns

We continue our discussion of experimental bindings with book artist Daniel Kelm while he is showing some of his impressive works! Watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF_tGjqaNwM Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com Become a patron (and get more content): https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding You can ask our future guests questions on: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/ibookbinding/ Discord — https://discord.gg/TJY5FeS Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/iBookBinding/ Follow Daniel's work: - http://www.danielkelm.com/ - https://www.facebook.com/wideawakegarage 00:00 - Beginning 00:20 - Workshop panorama 01:38 - Templum Elementorum 06:34 - Books with transparent pages 11:27 - A couple of words about traditional leather binding 12:24 - Making an unusual box 15:39 - Integrating the box into the binding's narrative 19:28 - Surplus Value Books by Rick Moody - A book box with a straightjacket 26:27 - Inviting the reader to modify the book 28:24 - Book models being priced higher than editions 29:50 - What's about other people modifying Daniel's bindings? 31:38 - The simplest form of the wire-edge binding 39:09 - Chemistry, alchemy, mathematics, architecture, etc. 42:48 - Secrecy vs. sharing 52:09 - Collaborating on the projects with the customers 54:17 - Legacy

In the first part of this talk, we discussed Hannah's architectural binding. But that wasn't all. We lingered a bit more to talk about Hannah's books in public collections, apprenticeships, and new workshop space that will allow Hannah to run more teaching programs at her studio. We hope to return to Hannah when her new workshop space is finished later this year! Watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYNzyVSZsps Previous talk with Hannah: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX3iCxs8zGI Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com Become a patron (and get more content): https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding You can ask our future guests questions on: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/ibookbinding/ Discord — https://discord.gg/TJY5FeS Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/iBookBinding/ Follow Hannah's projects: Website: https://han-made.net/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hannah.brown.7169709 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hannah_brown_bookbinding/ 00:00 - Beginning 00:21 - Hannah path to bookbinding 02:22 - Making books for yourself 03:50 - What's a board? 05:37 - Hannah's bindings in public collections 06:31 - How are bindings selected for library collections? 08:45 - Does Hannah have apprentices? 10:05 - New workshop space and new possibilities for teaching 11:06 - What are the projects that excite Hannah at the moment? 12:28 - Working during the lockdown 14:48 - Online courses

The 20th episode of iBookBinding's podcast will be published in three parts because we are talking to Daniel Kelm, an amazing bookbinder and book artist with almost 45 years of experience. Daniel is an amazing speaker and teacher and shares lots of amazing stories during this discussion. Among other things, Daniel experimented with book structures, invented the wire-edge binding, founded a school, and did many other amazing things. To learn more, watch this episode or listen to it (see the links below). Watch this episode on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgKzGwdvv6w Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com Become a patron (and get more content): https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding You can ask our future guests questions on: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/ibookbinding/ Discord — https://discord.gg/TJY5FeS Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/iBookBinding/ 00:00 - Daniel Kelm 00:30 - Starting with chemistry 03:21 - Finding a connection with books 04:24 - Running away from words to library bindings 05:41 - Learning process, apprenticeship, and influences 07:15 - Using chemistry to figure out the guilding techniques 08:05 - Starting with the traditional approach and moving on to experimentation 08:58 - Importance of collaborations 11:24 - "If you put a scuplture on the front of the book, it stops being a book!" 12:54 - Asking questions, playing, and having fun 13:45 - Having this great chance for free creative collaborations in the Western World 15:35 - Freedom from strict traditions 18:13 - Inventing the wire-edge binding 19:46 - Looking for stress areas of bindings 25:19 - Learning as much as possible about different structures and materials 30:09 - When a book is not a book anymore? 36:30 - The difference between book market and art market 39:31 - Buried books of Mark Cockram 41:41 - Ways to transmit narrative to the reader 44:11 - Open mind vs. bookbinding conservatism 48:42 - Sharing the knowledge and not being protective with your own inventions 51:05 - Teaching, founding a school, and having apprentices 54:40 - Cancer experience and its influence on Daniels life 57:28 - Work/life balance 59:22 - Growing things 1:02:09 - Listening to the material vs. forcing your own will onto it. Alchemy and science 1:11:39 - A very traditional mix of philosophy, bookbinding, and alchemy 1:12:29 - Collaboration with Ben Elbel

It's time for a big announcement! We are recording a pilot episode of the French version of our podcast soon! We invited Anna Markova, the host of the French version, to this Bookish Talk to talk about our plans and make all the proper introductions. Watch this podcast on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pT63wQVN2A Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com Become a patron (and get more content): https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding You can ask our future guests questions on: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/ibookbinding/ Discord — https://discord.gg/TJY5FeS Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/iBookBinding/ Follow Anna Markova: - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/annamarkova_bookhist/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anna.markova1 - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx3PTChrWc1OI_HGJsJe2dA/

This time we have two guests who work at the same conservation business - The Conservators, Ltd. in London. Ashleigh Brown works in paper and photograph conservation, while Angelina Bakalarou focuses more on paintings and paper conservation. We discuss many things in this episode. From proper procedures to what makes the conservators cringe. From the early careers of Angelina and Ashleigh to their future plans and goals. And, of course, mold, improper handling of objects, and gloves =) Watch the video on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIHpv-TJSis Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com Become a patron (and get more content): https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding You can ask our future guests questions on: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/ibookbinding/ Discord — https://discord.gg/TJY5FeS Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/iBookBinding/ The Conservators on the web: - Website: https://www.theconservators.org/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theconservators/ 00:00 - Beginning 00:51 - Do paper conservators work with books a lot? What else? 02:02 - Washing paper and doing projects from home 03:06 - The average age of materials Angelina and Ashleigh have to work with 04:48 - Georgian and Victorian ephemera 06:33 - Modern approach to conservation of paper and bordering with restoration 09:14 - Ethics of conservation. Changes to the intervention approach compared to the past decades 13:43 - The importance of dust, dirt, and rust 20:29 - Following the protocol and taking as many notes as possible 21:52 - Some examples of recent work 24:50 - Education and first steps to conservation for Angelina and Ashleigh 25:00 - Angelina 33:05 - Ashleigh 43:14 - What happens to the objects when they return after conservation works 45:53 - To use or not to use gloves? 49:40 - Is there any gender disparity and sexism in paper conservation? 55:11 - Having a chance to touch stuff when you are a conservator 57:37 - How the lockdown influence the amount and scope of work for Angelina and Ashleigh 59:39 - Can mold really be removed? (Spoiler: No!) 1:08:09 - Being lost in translation with the professional terminology 1:16:19 - Would there even be a conservation job for Angelina in Greece nowadays? 1:18:43 - Have ever Ashleigh thought about returning to the US? 1:22:41 - What's next for Angelina and Ashleigh in terms of their careers? 1:28:01 - Conservation of plastics 1:30:09 - Why don't people listen to conservators well enough?

We return to Kate Holland to discuss many things related to modern bookbinding. Competitions, the possibility of revival of the craft in the post-covid world, drawing the young generation's attention to book arts, the gap between the traditional bookbinding and book arts, and much more! Watch the video on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfD-3aQKuIk Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com Become a patron (and get more content): https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding You can ask our future guests questions on: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/ibookbinding/ Discord — https://discord.gg/TJY5FeS Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/iBookBinding/ Follow Kate Holland: Website: https://katehollandbooks.co.uk/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katehollandbook/ 00:00 - Beginning 00:11 - There is a certain image of bookbinding propagated by the media 01:51 - Having household names in bookbinding would definitely help to change the perception 03:48 - Contemporary issues and bookbinding 05:57 - Kate has a very exciting project for this year, and diamonds are involved 08:29 - Participating in competitions 09:06 - Inviting the new generation of bookbinders to join the competitions 09:54 - Apprenticeship schemes 11:42 - Having a school of bookbinding in the UK 12:54 - Bookbinding being and not being a nearly extinct craft 13:39 - Professional organizations who work on drawing attention to bookbinding. Friction between the worlds of bookbinding and book arts 16:18 - Revival of bookbinding in the post-covid world 20:20 - Can people access and see design bindings in museums and libraries? 23:53 - Finding time for personal projects

This was intended as another episode of our shorter Bookish Talk podcast. But in the end, we talked for an hour and discussed much more than was initially planned. And we are so happy we had this opportunity! Kaija Rantakari is a poet, bookbinder, and book artist from Helsinki (Finland). In this episode of the iBookBinding's Podcast, we discuss her artist's books. And try to find that line when an object isn't a book anymore. Is there a line of that sort, anyway? Kaija shows us several of her bindings, and we discuss many other topics as well, from her studio in a writers' residence in Helsinki to the consequences of a year in lockdown. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j46HRG3A_o Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com Become a patron (and get more content): https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding You can ask our future guests questions on: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/ibookbinding/ Discord — https://discord.gg/TJY5FeS Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/iBookBinding/ Follow Kaija Rantakari: - Website: https://www.paperiaarre.com/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paperiaarre/ 00:00 - Beginning 00:57 - What is and what isn't a book? 03:37 - States of a book / Book as a tactile object / Putting yourself into your book 06:11 - How did the global pandemic reflect on Kaija's art 07:27 - Artist's Book: The Tender Vessel 09:38 - #AreYouBookEnough challenge 11:08 - Does a book need text to be a book? 15:34 - Asking the reader to play along when a bookbinder tells them that's a book 17:31 - Being a Finnish poet and trying to reach out to a wider audience 19:15 - Binding your own poetry: Koko meren laajuus (The whole extent of the sea) 25:00 - Parting with the artist's books vs. selling the journals and sketchbooks 27:57 - Being trained as a traditional bookbinder. The divide between the traditional bookbinding and book arts 30:53 - Do you have any feedback on how people use the journals you make and sell online? 32:39 - The studio where Kaija works 35:10 - Kaija just published another book of poetry 38:04 - Artist's Book: Untitled Stockings 46:02 - How do you read a book like that? 53:39 - Artist's book: always not remembering 58:12 - Using mica in bookbinding 59:31 - The importance of a box as a continuation of a book 1:05:27 - When box becomes a book: fingerprints

We already shared two parts of our talk with Dimitris Koutsipetsidis, a bookbinder from Athens (Greece). Earlier, we discussed the things that brought him to making books and then Dimitris showed us some of his bindings. This time Dimitris takes us for a tour of his studio and shows us some of the tools he makes. To buy some of these tools, check the links below! Watch some more videos with Dimitris Koutsipetsidis: https://www.youtube.com/c/iBookBinding/search?query=Dimitris%20Koutsipetsidis Listen to this episode on: - Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/ibookbinding - iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/ibookbinding-podcast/id1510257102 - Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaWJvb2tiaW5kaW5nLmNvbS9mZWVkL3BvZGNhc3Q Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com Become a patron (and get more content): https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding You can ask our future guests questions on: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/ibookbinding/ Discord — https://discord.gg/TJY5FeS Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/iBookBinding/ Follow Dimitris: Blog: https://koutsipetsidis.wordpress.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dimitris_bookbinding_corner/ Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheBookbindersBench Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Dimitrisbookbindingcorner/ Tools made by Dimitris: Blog Tool page: https://koutsipetsidis.wordpress.com/tools-for-bookbinding-εργαλεία-βιβλιοδεσίας Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheBookbindersBench 00:00 - Beginning 00:12 - Workshop tour 00:43 - The Tale of the Four Benches - Tolkien vibes 03:32 - How the previous Dimitris' workshops looked like? 07:09 - Tour: Storage rack for supplies 07:50 - Paring knives 08:13 - The type holder and stylus set Dimitris makes and sells 08:54 - Would Dimitris like to make all of his tools himself? 11:36 - If you had all the time in the world, which tools would you make for yourself right now? 13:42 - Paring knives, once again 15:29 - Backing hammer 15:54 - Tour: Cabinet with lead types 16:17 - Still using the first press Dimitris made for his projects 18:35 - Paper storage 19:11 - Smart storage for thin leather strips 19:39 - Post-It notes all over the place 22:30 - Tour: Collection of marbled paper 28:21 - Projects currently in work 31:26 - More about Tolkien 35:44 - Future project: Animal Farm 36:43 - Dimitris' approach to design bindings 39:19 - Being a part of a tradition 43:24 - Collaborating with your family and members of your creative community 46:52 - Tour: Machining corner of the bindery 48:38 - Wooden and metal dust created during the toolmaking process. Breathing safety 51:19 - A bit more about the tools Dimitris makes and Stepan's opinion on the tools 54:35 - Tour: Drill bits stand 55:41 - Finishing presses Dimitris made (not for sale, unfortunately) 57:37 - Board shear with a fence Dimitris made to improve the accessibility 1:00:00 - Are there plans to create any new tools? 1:02:03 - Special tools' projects 1:02:50 - Animalcula 1:03:52 - The importance of feedback and constant updating of the tools

We return to the design bindings made for the shortlisted books of the Booker Prize in 2020. This time we talk to Lori Sauer about her work with the book Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste (Canongate Books, 2020). The structure is a version of the crossed structure binding modified by Lori Sauer. Binding covered with stone veneer. In the video, we discuss some technical aspects of this binding, as well as Lori's approach to working with Booker Prize bindings and book structures in general. To watch this episode on our YouTube channel, please use the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFWCj24PikI Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com Become a patron (and get more content): https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding You can ask our future guests questions on: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/ibookbinding/ Discord — https://discord.gg/TJY5FeS Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/iBookBinding/ 00:00 - Beginning 00:34 - Lori Sauer's method in working with Booker Prize bindings 02:43 - Introducing Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste (Canongate Books, 2020) 05:02 - What was Lori's process in selecting the theme for the binding 06:46 - Modified version of the crossed structure binding 07:52 - Using stone veneer 10:39 - The darkness in the book and stone of the cover 11:20 - Explaining the crossed structure binding 11:47 - Eel skin for the spine 12:37 - Is it hard to work with eel skin? 13:09 - Gold speckles on the cover 14:29 - Iterative design process 16:30 - Why book structures are so important to Lori (even if they are hidden) 18:03 - The most challenging Booker Prize binding Lori had to work on 19:41 - Peculiarities of Lori's style 21:39 - Who influenced Lori's style? 22:55 - Lori's background in art and architecture 25:18 - What is design binding? 27:09 - Not using assistants, Covid, and being not a well-disciplined creator 27:53 - Lori's studio 29:01 - Feedback from Maaza Mengiste (and other authors)

Time for the big news! On the 1st of April, Stepan and his wife Sofya are moving to France. And that's not some April Fool's Day thing =) This, of course, means that iBookBinding is also moving to France. The shop will have to be closed for a couple of weeks while all formalities are settled, but other activities at iBookBinding will proceed as usual. In this video, we discuss some technical issues related to iBookBinding and its move, talk about the aspects of living far away from your homeland and moving countries, and shed some light on some moments of iBookBinding's history. If you want to know more about how iBookBinding works, learn our approach to developing our Instagram account, or just learn something new about peculiarities of translation of Russian names, join us and listen to this special episode of iBookBinding's podcast! Watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZZ9gpO8iL0 Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com Become a patron (and get more content): https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding You can ask our future guests questions on: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/ibookbinding/ Discord — https://discord.gg/TJY5FeS Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/iBookBinding/ 00:00 - Beginning 00:09 - Welcoming Stepan's wife Sofya to the show 01:03 - Sofya and Stepan (and iBookBinding) are moving to France 01:39 - Having an artisan and a person with a corporate job in our family 03:42 - Timeline of the move 04:20 - Temporary closing iBookBinding's shop for several weeks starting on the 23rd of March 05:03 - What happens to current orders at the iBookBinding's shop 05:48 - Moving your possessions to a different country for the second time in three years 07:22 - Another lockdown in Paris is happening right at the moment of our move. Temporary housing 10:24 - Where exactly do we plan to settle and all that temporary housing thing 12:05 - Moscow - Leiden - Versailles 15:16 - Finally getting a separate workshop for iBookBinding 16:47 - Filling our living room with iBookBinding's possessions 17:45 - How moving of our stuff to a different country will happen 23:20 - On reusing packaging at iBookBinding 25:48 - Learning the French language vs. Learning the Dutch language 35:20 - Dealing with a language block 45:26 - Even more on language barriers: how Russian names are translated to other languages in the works of Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy 53:02 - Sofya's thoughts on Stepan being a bookbinder and following his hobby across the border lines 53:49 - Sofya explains how we bought iBookBinding in 2015 and what it meant to Stepan after the move to the Netherlands 01:01:18 - Sofya's work with iBookBinding's Instagram account 01:07:22 - Processing all requests and messages from the members of our community 01:11:03 - iBookBinding's logo 01:13:11 - Our plans for the nearest future and for the years to come 01:15:27 - Becoming more sustainable - recycling waste of 3d-printing into new tools 01:17:48 - 3d-printing paper packaging 01:18:35 - Lots of plans and not enough time. Having and assistant 01:19:45 - iBookBinding's future as an educational project 01:24:14 - Biggest dream: to start series of bookbinding and book arts workshops for kids in different countries 01:27:23 - French and Spanish versions of iBookBinding's podcast - we need your help! 01:28:31 - What changes are awaiting the shop after it returns 01:29:41 - Free worldwide shipping and Etsy's policies

In the first part of our talk with Dimitris Koutsipetsidis, a bookbinder from Athens (Greece), we discussed the things that brought him to making books. This time we take it one step further and Dimitris shows us some of his bindings and tells us the stories of the making of these books. To watch all parts of our talk with Dimitris please use the following link: https://www.youtube.com/c/iBookBinding/search?query=Dimitris%20Koutsipetsidis Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com Become a patron (and get more content): https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding You can ask our future guests questions on: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/ibookbinding/ Discord — https://discord.gg/TJY5FeS Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/iBookBinding/ Follow Dimitris: Blog: https://koutsipetsidis.wordpress.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dimitris_bookbinding_corner/ Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheBookbindersBench Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Dimitrisbookbindingcorner/ Tools made by Dimitris: Blog Tool page: https://koutsipetsidis.wordpress.com/tools-for-bookbinding-εργαλεία-βιβλιοδεσίας Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheBookbindersBench 00:00 - Show & Tell: Bindings 00:39 - Shakespeare - Titus Andronicus. A story of obsession 07:29 - How Dimitris feels about this binding now, several years later 10:19 - The second attempt in entering a bookbinding competition 12:44 - A fantasy binding with layers, riddles, and secrets 19:29 - Codex Seraphinianus, Voynich manuscript, unlocking the secrets of books 20:57 - Shakespeare - Hamlet. Using letters as a book cover design tool 27:02 - Dimitris' approach to boxmaking and the ugly box Dimitris made for Titus Andronicus 32:29 - A stage of making a book that Dimitris enjoys the most 35:55 - Traditional and experimental materials 37:40 - Understanding leather 39:02 - Brexit and bookbinding supplies 40:33 - Using eel and frog leather 43:12 - The South Sea Scheme. Finding all the smallest details

We invited a British bookbinder Hannah Brown to discuss two of her projects. The first one is a binding with architectural motifs she made several years ago. The other is a board she recently made for a Designer Bookbinders' project. Watch this episode on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX3iCxs8zGI Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com Become a patron (and get more content): https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding You can ask our future guests questions on: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/ibookbinding/ Discord — https://discord.gg/TJY5FeS Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/iBookBinding/ Follow Hannah's projects: Website: https://han-made.net/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hannah.brown.7169709 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hannah_brown_bookbinding/ 00:00 - Beginning 00:30 - Architecture and Bookbinding. "Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a Tour, July 13, 1798." 03:15 - What's a board? 05:01 - From an image to the binding's design, to making a board for Designer Bookbinders 08:24 - The use of embroidery in design bindings 09:44 - What was first for Hannah, embroidery or bookbinding? 10:42 - Embroidery on leather 11:54 - Sewing machine for working with leather 13:47 - Embroidery in the Medieval bookbinding 14:19 - Other bookbinders who do embroidery on their bindings 15:33 - Making wooden boxes for bindings 17:45 - Are there any plans to continue the project in the future? 19:45 - Is it harder to bind a book in an embroidered leather? 23:14 - Using polymer threads 24:24 - Making books that last for centuries 24:58 - Where is the binding now?

Our guest is Dimitris Koutsipetsidis, a bookbinder and toolmaker from Athens, Greece. In the first part of our talk, we discuss his early career and the chain of events that lead him to become a bookbinder. In the second and third parts, Dimitris will show us some of his bindings and take us for a tour of his workshop: https://www.youtube.com/c/iBookBinding/search?query=Dimitris%20Koutsipetsidis Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com Become a patron (and get more content): https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding You can ask our future guests questions on: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/ibookbinding/ Discord — https://discord.gg/TJY5FeS Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/iBookBinding/ Follow Dimitris: Blog: https://koutsipetsidis.wordpress.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dimitris_bookbinding_corner/ Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheBookbindersBench Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Dimitrisbookbindingcorner/ Tools made by Dimitris: Blog Tool page: https://koutsipetsidis.wordpress.com/tools-for-bookbinding-εργαλεία-βιβλιοδεσίας Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheBookbindersBench 00:00 - Beginning 00:53 - Early career and decision to start making books and bookbinding tools 02:58 - Starting with leatherworking 05:04 - The first bookbinding project 06:07 - How much time did pass before Dimitris felt he had a new profession? 09:40 - Making books while having a solid background in linguistics 11:34 - What about any background in arts? Family collaborations 14:38 - Exploring the Byzantine tradition of decorating bindings 17:11 - Incorporating metal elements in bindings 18:27 - Having or not having your personal style 21:48 - Let's talk about clients and interacting with them 25:27 - The most unusual request from a client 26:28 - The pressure of the Byzantine tradition 36:38 - Teaching bookbinding during Covid-19 pandemic 41:55 - Being overwhelmed with orders during the lockdowns 46:42 - Is there a bookbinders' guild in Greece? 49:26 - What is a typical bookbinding enterprise in Greece? 50:56 - Apprentices and guild members 55:28 - Large trade binderies 1:00:06 - Being an artisan in a global market and globalized world

Kate Holland is a bookbinder from the UK. She was one of the seven bookbinders who worked on the six bindings made for the books shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2020. And she was the second person who worked on this binding you saw in the preview (picking up from Derek Hood). In this video, we discuss the peculiarities of the project and some other things as well! Read more about the bindings on our website: https://www.ibookbinding.com/bookbinding-styles/design-bindings/six-design-bindings-made-for-the-six-titles-shortlisted-for-the-booker-prize/ Listen to this episode on: - Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/ibookbinding - iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/ibookbinding-podcast/id1510257102 - Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaWJvb2tiaW5kaW5nLmNvbS9mZWVkL3BvZGNhc3Q Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com Become a patron (and get more content): https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding You can ask our future guests questions on: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/ibookbinding/ Discord — https://discord.gg/TJY5FeS Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/iBookBinding/ Follow Kate Holland: Website: https://katehollandbooks.co.uk/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katehollandbook/ 00:00 - Beginning 01:16 - About Kate Holland 01:49 - Peculiarity of this Booker Prize project: Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart 04:45 - Becoming a different binder for a single project 07:05 - Inspiration for the binding design 08:15 - Themes of the book 09:49 - Creating the cover design 15:04 - How was the work process, considering the unusual circumstances? 17:13 - Balancing regular orders, extraordinary projects like the Booker Prize binding, and having a job as a mom 19:39 - Having 2021 fully booked 21:35 - The leap from having a one-person business to having a larger shop and an assistant

With this video, we conclude our talks with Peter Geraty, a bookbinder and bookbinding teacher from Easthampton, MA. Peter shows some more of his bindings and after that takes us for a tour of his bindery. To watch other episodes we recorded with Peter Geraty please use this link: https://www.youtube.com/c/iBookBinding/search?query=Peter%20Geraty Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com Become a patron (and get more content): https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding You can ask our future guests questions on: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/ibookbinding/ Discord — https://discord.gg/TJY5FeS Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/iBookBinding/ Praxis Bindery: https://www.praxisbindery.com/ 00:00 - Beginning 00:17 - 21st Editions: photographs by Herman Leonard 03:58 - Smokey marbling on silk by Regina St John 06:19 - Not forgetting to have fun 07:00 - Eikoh Hosoe: The Flowers of Evil by Charles Baudelaire 08:15 - Book boxes 09:00 - More about Eikoh Hosoe: The Flowers of Evil by Charles Baudelaire 14:14 - More about boxes 16:10 - Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott Abbott - the first SciFi novel 22:12 - Perfect imperfections 26:41 - An unusual box for an unusual book 29:03 - Workshop tour 31:23 - This is by far the largest shop we've seen so far 32:02 - Board cutter 34:34 - Board storage #1 34:40 - Future project waiting for its time. Having a year's backlog 36:49 - Some more presses 37:48 - Red board cutter 39:02 - Named tools 39:42 - Samples and models 40:12 - Smart mod of rail weights 40:55 - Cloths and other rolled materials storage area 41:10 - Under-the-ceiling storage 41:28 - Leather room 46:54 - Conservation by Desing green board storage 48:33 - The office and book collection 49:25 - Finishing room 49:37 - Finishing tools 51:52 - Type cabinets 52:12 - Stamping presses

This time we return to Praxis Bindery, the studio of Peter Geraty. He shows us some of his bindings, discusses techniques, and shares some memories of old projects. In the second part of this podcast, Peter will show even more bindings and take us for a tour of his workshop. Watch this episode on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFQIkFQ3tDI Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com Become a patron (and get more content): https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding You can ask our future guests questions on: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/ibookbinding/ Discord — https://discord.gg/TJY5FeS Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/iBookBinding/ Praxis Bindery: https://www.praxisbindery.com/ 00:00 - Beginning 00:59 - Troubles of working with velvet: Trevelyon Miscellany - Folger Shakespeare Library 75th Anniversary Facsimile Edition 11:35 - Impracticality of binding in velvet 14:00 - Current project: embedding mirrors in the front cover. Edition of albums of works by Joan Miró 18:56 - Sanding edges of the cover boards 23:26 - 21st Editions, Wynn Bullock album with an unusual box 31:53 - Centimeters vs. inches 35:30 - Atmospheric conditions and their influence on books 39:33 - 21st Editions, Mitch Dobrowner: Stormy covers