iBookBinding Podcast

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

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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

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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

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- 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

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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.

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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!!!!

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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/