iBookBinding Podcast

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

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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

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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

In the second part of our talk Kathy Abbott takes us for a tour of her workshop and shows some of her bindings. We also talk about conservation aspects of her creative projects and Tomorrow's Past -- a project she's been a part of for some years already.

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00:00 - Beginning

00:08 - Workshop tour

02:40 - Board chopper vs. board shear

05:19 - Show & tell: design bindings, conservation work, and the Tomorrow's Past project

06:02 - Unpublished early Poems by Alfred Tennyson

07:38 - Poems and Pieces by Frances Meynell

09:15 - The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare

11:10 - Winged Chariot by Walter de la Mare

12:14 - Making design bindings for yourself and participating in competitions

14:08 - Benito Cereno by Herman Melville

19:12 - Tomorrow's Past: mixing modern and antique in a conservation-friendly way

Our guest today is Kathy Abbott, a bookbinder, bookbinding teacher, and book restorer (with a conservation lilt). We talk about Kathy's early days as an apprentice bookbinder in a male-dominated bindery, her experience in restoration while working at a rare books dealer, her shift to Islamic bindings, and her teaching experience.

In the second part of our talk, Kathy will show us her studio and talk about some of her works. Stay tuned!

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00:00 - Beginning

01:00 - Being a female apprentice bookbinder in the UK in the 1980s

02:52 - "They didn't want me to work there. They thought they were offering me a job in the women's sewing shop."

04:43 - So what's the situation in the bookbinding industry now?

06:00 - At college with only one other female apprentice

06:37 - Trainees vs. apprentices

07:36 - New apprenticeship program at the Queen's bindery

10:46 - The current state of the Bindery where Kathy had her apprenticeship

11:24 - Changes that happened over the past three decades

12:53 - The moment when you realize "Now I'm a bookbinding master" and losing fear

14:45 - The disconnect between book dealers and book restorers/conservators

15:54 - And what about the ethics?

16:50 - Where do you draw the line?

18:40 - Detectability of restoration

20:43 - Reversibility

21:13 - PVA vs. EVA

23:53 - Rapid changes in the conservation field that happen every year

25:46 - Not hesitating to share work with other specialists

27:13 - Mold, fungal, and pest infestation

28:28 - Are book worms still a thing? :)

28:59 - Working with Islamic bindings

30:38 - Respecting the traditions and styles

31:23 - Minimalism in Kathy's design bindings

33:32 - Not limiting yourself with your own style

35:36 - Simplicity is often very deceptive

36:00 - Variety of Islamic bindings and styles

37:50 - Is there enough literature dedicated to the Islamic bindings? What other sources are there?

40:40 - Are the old bindings held in the collections of British libraries accessible?

42:18 - Kathy's teaching experience; Creating a book about bookbinding

We have something special for you! This time we invited three of our previous guests to talk about this past year and have some laughs. Hope we can cheer you up just a bit =)

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00:00 - iBookBinding Holiday Special begins!

00:52 - Latest updates from Rita Udina

01:46 - 17th-century book with a hidden cover

05:14 - Talking to Mark Cockram about the archaeology of the book

05:49 - From a 17th-century plague to our modern pandemic

06:44 - 'Christmas decoration' in Mark's studio and his classes in recent days

09:14 - Lockdown limitations in Catalonia and their influence on Rita's work

11:37 - Recent Mark's projects and how this year influenced the processes

12:44 - More buried books

13:29 - Ingeir Djuvik joins the talk

14:14 - Recent Ingeir's projects

16:22 - Three guests and three absolutely different workshops - new tools and gadgets

24:27 - Using the Little Giant for back paring

29:51 - Mark's experience with the Booker Prize bindings

34:45 - What design binding is?

37:32 - Binding a book on such a short schedule

41:24 - Making books for the Designer Bookbinders UK competition

44:41 - Unique designs for copies of the same book

48:39 - The process of creating a design binding

51:26 - Design binding as the alchemy of bookbinding. Unique style vs. repetitive style

55:18 - Using traditional elements in experimental bindings

58:16 - Books that tell more than the story that's written on the pages. Things we find in old books

1:00:09 - Binders bringing their life experiences to their bindings

1:03:20 - The importance of errors

1:12:56 - You can never finish your education

1:18:11 - Cultural appropriation and seeing yourself in others and other cultures

1:24:28 - Mark's experiments with the traditional Asian formats of books

In this second part of our talk with Peter Geraty, we discuss the American Academy of Bookbinding and his role as the Director of the Integrated Studies Program. Stay until the second half of the video to watch Peter talk about some of the bindings he and his team made in his bindery over the years.

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bef_mJFSqCE

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00:00 - Beginning

00:28 - Introducing the American Academy of Bookbinding (Telluride, CO)

04:55 - Integrated Studies Program launched by Peter at the AAB

08:28 - AAB Diploma vs. taking separate courses

12:53 - AAB facilities and vibe

14:47 - How much time Peter has to spend in Telluride?

16:41 - Combining the management of his own bindery with work at the Academy

18:55 - Three semesters at the AAB. Rotation of courses

22:43 - Price of accommodation in Telluride

24:10 - Sizes of classes

26:09 - Favorite students and favorite types of students

29:22 - AAB in 2020 and plans for 2021 and online courses

33:03 - Show & Tell of bindings at Peter's bindery

34:19 - Binding with a cover made of etched copper plate

39:06 - A texturized double goat-skin cover reminiscent of the Earth's surface topography

43:21 - Gilding 3 edges on 42 copies of a book

44:03 - Misery by Stephen King with typewriter keys embedded into the cover

This time we invited Ben Elbel to make a follow after his recent presentation of a new tutorial for one of the book structures created by him. Pianel Binding is a variation of the piano hinge binding and we discuss the structure itself, the history of the piano hinge binding, and the process of creation of these tutorials.

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00:00 - Beginning

01:11 - Shifting to an online presentation of the new tutorial because of Covid

04:15 - There are 6 tutorials already!

04:38 - Introducing the Pianel Binding

05:43 - A brief history of the piano hinge binding

07:31 - Opening the book flat was one of the goals in improving the traditional piano hinge binding

08:48 - Other examples of piano hinge bindings

10:14 - How long does it take to make a Pianel Binding?

11:07 - Why is it possible for this binding to open flat?

11:49 - Cover separated from the book block

12:46 - The level of difficulty of the Pianel Binding

14:07 - Why Ben's bindings have slightly curved covers?

17:09 - Challenges of making a tutorial for the Pianel Binding

20:11 - How this and other binding structures were envisioned in the first place

24:48 - Is the creation process similar to other structures Ben created?

26:15 - Is there a chance for experimentation and variations with Ben's bindings and tutorials?

29:03 - Plans to introduce a French version of iBookBinding's podcast

Our guest has been making books since the 1970s. He's a bookbinding teacher and owner of a bookbinding shop not far from Boston, Massachusetts. Meet Peter Geraty, head of Praxis Bindery and Director of Integrated Studies at the American Academy of Bookbinding in Telluride, Colorado.

This time we talk about his early career, teaching and sharing knowledge, and always looking for new techniques and bookbinding tricks.

In the second part of this video, we'll spend more time discussing the American Academy of Bookbinding. Peter will also show some of his bindings.

Watch the video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnh_74nyptM

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00:00 - Beginning

00:47 - Peter's first steps as a bookbinder

08:03 - Apprentice's path

09:58 - Why there is no place for apprentices in the modern US

11:40 - Consequences of having employees in your shop

14:02 - Looking for work in the before-the-internet era

16:13 - Bookbinding isn't a craft that brings you a lot of income

17:31 - Working with collectors

19:20 - Artistic freedom and customers' requests

21:39 - On fine binding and design binding

24:40 - Options for studying bookbinding in the 1970s and 1980s vs the modern time

28:07 - Sharing knowledge with peers and students

31:28 - French tradition of bookbinding vs British and American Jack-of-all-trades approach

35:32 - Is Peter working on all steps of the bookbinding process nowadays or he passes some work to his employees?

38:07 - Constantly learning new techniques and tricks

41:12 - Improving efficiency while doing large batches of similar books and boxes

45:26 - Errors and learning from them

50:24 - Using new materials

53:43 - Are there any national bookbinding traditions remaining in our global world?

58:15 - Learning new and different techniques with every available opportunity

The second part of our talk with Ivan is suddenly much shorter compared to our standard episodes. But I'm sure it will be interesting to watch anyway! Our guest shows his tabletop press here and shows many of his prints. Along the way, we discuss the technology and history of printing and even an illegal underground communist publishing house from 1905!

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFksazcTiMU

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00:00 - Beginning

00:16 - Temples Series: samples of printed patterns made print printer's ornaments

01:18 - Printing on handmade paper

02:54 - Printing ink

05:11 - Tabletop press

05:51 - Aprons

06:29 - Some sample prints

09:06 - What do you do when you have used all of your Cyrillic letters?

09:31 - Comments on the underground printing press from our recent Bookish Talk

13:16 - Ornamental prints designed by Ivan and printed in Moscow

14:03 - Suitcase museum and Dime Museum tickets printed by Ivan

15:12 - A sample wood engraving

15:50 - Tetris-inspired print

16:23 - More samples of printed patterns

17:21 - The original "lorem ipsum"

18:19 - More ornaments!

19:45 - Journeyman printer's mobile printing setup

This episode of our Bookish Talk is a bit unusual because we have a guest. Rachel Ward-Sale is an award-winning bookbinder with many years of experience and the current president of the Designer Bookbinders. However, this podcast is dedicated to her design binding made for one of the six books included in the Short List of the Booker Prize this year.

Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BkH5o20i9k

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00:00 - Beginning

01:05 - On the definition of design binding

03:04 - The process of creating the design binding for This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga

03:40 - Finding the imagery for the cover

04:10 - Tests with different designs

05:11 - First leather test

05:43 - Paper mockup of the cover

07:09 - Leather sample cover

07:21 - Endpapers

07:33 - Colors for the edges

07:37 - Elements of the book's box

08:34 - Connection with the Arts and Crafts tradition

10:04 - What happens to the design binding made for the Booker Prize after it's made?

11:52 - How much time did it take to create the binding?

12:28 - Isn't it sad to part with the book?

12:57 - Playing around with designs

15:15 - Referencing earlier works

16:30 - Layers and layers of patterns and leather