OPEN • SET Competition Winners

On February 5, 2017February 5, 2017 By American BoundIn Binders, Competitions, Events, ExhibitsLeave a comment

Nearly two years ago, I blogged excitedly about the announcement of OPEN • SET, a new international bookbinding competition.

Lots of bookbinding-related things happened between then and now: auctions, competitions, exhibitions, book fairs, awards, and even a few blogs posts. All that time, I was eagerly awaiting the results of the OPEN • SET competition judging. When the winners were announced, I tweeted and wrote about it on Facebook, but I failed to blog about the winners and exhibition locations and dates. Today I am correcting the omission. Continue reading “OPEN • SET Competition Winners” →

I Sold Some Books in San Francisco

On February 17, 2015February 22, 2015 By American BoundIn Binders, Book Fairs, Events2 Comments

The San Francisco Bay Area is a hotbed of book arts with a long-standing tradition of French-style binding. Historically, binding in the Northeast US owes more to the English and Germans. I’m not going to discuss dates, patterns of immigration and migration, or happenstance. The research has been done and written about by actual binder-scholars. I refer you to the index to the journal of the Guild of Bookworkers. These days, in San Francisco, you can get excellent training in both French and English binding methods from the many binders who reside and teach in the area.

The point is that in San Francisco there is an especially appreciative audience for exquisitely crafted fine art bindings such as the ones I brought to CODEX.

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Hand Bookbinders of California Panel Discussion

On January 31, 2015January 31, 2015 By American BoundIn Binders, EventsLeave a comment

Here it is: the official and soon to be ubiquitous flyer.

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