iBookBinding Podcast

This time Pavel decided to snatch the role of the main host from Stepan and made Stepan the guest of the episode. We talk about how Stepan's interest in books and bookbinding began, his studying at the American Academy of Bookbinding, and the process of making and selling tools for bookbinders.

(find the timestamps below)

The second part of the episode will feature the workshop tour and more!

Watch the video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVZmJ5p4F-o

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00:00 - Introduction to the second season of the podcast

01:00 - A word about the second podcast we started - Bookish Talk

01:53 - Beginning of episode #9 - Pavel is the main host now!

02:11 - The start of Stepan's bookbinding career

06:21 - The first bookbinding tutorial I ever used

07:00 - Interest in books as objects

10:19 - Making money from bookbinding

12:08 - Fast-paced bookmaking

14:15 - Beginning to learn the craft with rebacking vs full immersion with sewing signatures, etc.

18:53 - Studying at the American Academy of Bookbinding

26:56 - Some of Stepan's projects

30:58 - Implementing unusual materials in your bindings - including electronics!

32:20 - Following traditions vs experimentation

36:12 - Tools and toolmaking

43:11 - 3d-printing

45:13 - Busy time during the lockdown - lots of work, lots of pressure, and some delays

Our guest is Mark Cockram, a book artist, teacher, and bookbinder from London, UK. Mark is the owner of the Studio 5 Book Arts.

See the timestamps below if you want to skip to some particular part of our talk.

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzPreEm6GQo

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 of Part 2

00:27 - Adhesives - a hot topic!

01:44 - On collaborations with students

05:30 - Education, students, and empowerment

09:30 - A dyslexic bookbinder

11:30 - Beginning of the workshop tour. Why Studio 5?

12:07 - Equipment and the general layout

13:00 - Bookbinding ploughs, etc.

16:48 - Show and tell - Old and new bindings

17:56 - On the size of the studio

19:28 - The oldest tool in the workshop

21:13 - Finding a place for a board shear in a small studio

22:46 - Accumulating stuff for 17 years

24:03 - Buried Books project

28:58 - When damaged book loses its function (if ever)?

30:37 - What's a book?

32:29 - Ceramics and bookbinding

37:56 - Smaller books and strange shapes

39:52 - Hommage to Joseph Cornell

46:08 - Kinetic sculptures and bookbinding

47:40 - Box as an extension of the binding

54:37 - Book worms

Our guest is Mark Cockram, a book artist, teacher, and bookbinder from London, UK. Mark is the owner of the Studio 5 Book Arts.

See the timestamps below if you want to skip to some particular part of our talk.

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

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 - Introducing Mark Cockram

00:26 - Reinstalling Art Deco toilets to old buildings

02:47 - College: art and conservation

03:54 - Opening the studio and teaching

05:43 - Bookbinder vs. Book Artist

09:09 - Book as a universally recognizable object

10:37 - Breaking the rules

14:18 - Damaging books for art and teaching

15:21 - Books and microwaves

16:38 - Experimenting with materials

22:11 - Relation of materials to the theme of the book

23:57 - Clay from Singapore

27:10 - Public perception of a traditional book as an 18th-century binding

28:08 - Education and paying the bills

31:00 - Collections of modern bindings

34:38 - When a client asks to do something wrong

39:46 - Where Mark finds his inspiration

41:47 - Mark's collage work

47:27 - How the approaches change over the years

48:51 - Mark's current classes

52:47 - Setting students on a path

56:32 - Educational videos Mark shares on Facebook

Pavel and I decided to try a different format. In this podcast series, we are not inviting any guests and just talk about some bookish topics. This time Pavel went to the Russian State Library to see some worm-eaten books. Well, the book he saw wasn't eaten by warms, but it has evidence of worm damage. How is that even possible?

Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FD4LRa64nE

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Our seventh guest is Sophia Siobhan Wolohan Bogle, a bookbinder and book restorer from Ashland, Oregon. With her project Save Your Books, Sophia is also teaching at book restoration courses. both in real life and online.

Our next guest is Mark Cockram, a book artist and bookbinder from London, UK. You can post your questions to Mark in the comments below, or send them through our social accounts and email.

See the timestamps below if you want to skip to some particular part of our talk.

Listen to this episode on:

- Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/ibookbinding

- iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast...

- Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR...

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 Sophia's projects use the links below:

For Book Repair Courses, Supplies, and Student Forum

http://saveyourbooks.com/

For Photos, News, and Live Events

https://www.instagram.com/saveyourbooks/

https://www.facebook.com/saveyourbooks/

For Book Repair Videos

https://www.youtube.com/user/DIYbookr...

=== Table of Contents ===

00:00 - Introduction

00:56 - On the difference between restoration and conservation

05:23 - On ordering the supplies during the lockdowns

06:26 - Sophia's workload during the lockdown

07:18 - Who are the clients of the Save Your Books project? How Sophia began her career in book repair?

08:31 - On importance of finding a niche

10:23 - Sophia's teaching experience

11:21 - Working in a used books store and the value of that experience

13:31 - Collecting books doesn't necessarily mean spending a lot of money on books

17:41 - Talking about Sophia's book Book Restoration Unveiled

25:28 - Courses Sophia offers on her website

28:42 - Paperbacks and their quality (or lack of the quality)

30:41 - On the difference between bookbinding and book repair courses

32:26 - Facebook groups dedicated to rare books

35:09 - The process of writing the book

37:16 - The difference in conservation and restoration approach for books and ephemera / Ethical aspects of book restoration

43:21 - Undoing previous repairs

45:07 - Is there any future for bookbinding and paper books?

49:28 - Sophia's introduction to books and book repair

51:32 - The first project Sophia was proud of as a professional

56:41 - Workshop tour

Our guest today is Ingeir Djuivik, a graphic design teacher, and an award-winning hobbyist bookbinder from Norway. We have already talked to Ingeir not once on our website, but this is the first video interview we made with him.

During the podcast, Ingeir shows and discusses several of his design bindings, including some of his old works. We also talk about his teaching experience, his tools, and his workspace arrangements (he makes books at his kitchen table!)

Watch the video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1TOaIs75Sg

Our next guest is Luise Blackbird, a graphic designer, letterpress worker, and owner of the Trigger Press, a smart and sarcastic print shop in Scotland. You can post your questions to Luise in the comments below, or send them through our social accounts and email.

See the timestamps below if you want to skip to some particular part of our talk.

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/

Ingeir is happy to answer your questions on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ingeir.djuvik

=== Table of Contents ===

00:00 - Introducing Ingeir

02:00 - Ingeir's experience of being a bookbinding teacher

02:35 - Finding the mood of the book and its design binding

03:19 - Amateur bookbinder as in "not earning money from selling bindings"

04:41 - Ingeir's ambition for the future

05:29 - Polishing the skills vs. trying something new

07:00 - Experimental book structures vs. traditional bookbinding

08:34 - Does the design binding improve the experience of the reader? Ingeir's favorite books to make design bindings for.

=== Show and Tell ===

09:12 - Vinterfugler (Winter Birds) by Lars Jonsson - two versions

11:47 - Leather inlays and onlays

12:19 - Preparing sketches and final designs for the bindings

14:57 - Where Ingeir gets inspiration for his bindings?

16:46 - Ingeir first bookbinding tutorial he's got when he was 12 years old

21:57 - One of the early design bindings Ingeir made - a book with illustration by the Russian painter Ivan Bilibin. This book has panels made with an ancient bog oak embedded in its cover

23:53 - Another of Ingeir's first bindings - The White Nile by Alan Moorehead. A book with papyrus embedded in its cover

25:22 - How Ingeir decorates book edges

26:21 - When and how Ingeir started doing bookbinding as an adult

20:10 - Being a bookbinding teacher

30:27 - Ingeir's favorite bindings

30:54 - Walden – livet i skogene by Henry D. Thoreau - three copies Ingeir made for his children

33:10 - Which parts of the bookbinding process demand the most from Ingeir?

34:24 - Current Ingeir's projects and participation in competitions

35:20 - Ørret by Lars Nilssen - a story of a trout from the egg to a frying pan

36:16 - Making a design binding for a book about flowers

37:25 - Importance of making boxes for design bindings

38:00 - Have any of Ingeir's books ended up in collections?

=== Tools and Workspace ===

39:11 - Plans to teach online

40:08 - Ingeir's tools

41:19 - Ingeir's workshop

For the fifth episode of our podcast, we invited a marbler from Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Katy Ebru showed us several marbling patterns right during the recording - you can see them in the first part of the video. This part is dedicated to Q&A.

Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGdaewcqk08

See the timestamps below if you want to skip to some particular part of our talk.

Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com

Become a patron (and get more content): http://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding

You can ask our future guests questions on:

Instagram — http://www.instagram.com/ibookbinding/

Discord — http://discord.gg/TJY5FeS

Facebook — http://www.facebook.com/iBookBinding/

Follow Katy's projects:

http://www.ebruartspb.ru/

https://www.facebook.com/KatyEbru/

https://www.instagram.com/katyebru/

https://www.etsy.com/shop/katyebru

=== Q&A ===

00:18 - Working with major Russian libraries

01:28 - Recreating existing patterns

03:17 - Question from Karen @indigo_craftroom: Katy's favorite paper to work with

04:33 - On the thickness of the paper

07:35 - Question from Eva and John Baines: Do you ever do tiger eye or sunspot patterns? What recipe do you use to get it?

10:53 - Question from Eva: Do you use oil or turpentine for certain patterns? How does that work?

11:16 - Question from Shannon O'Blenes: I would like to know what type and brand of paint the professionals use to get such bright colours.

11:44 - Making tiger eye pattern with acrylics

13:26 - Some differences between Turkish and Western marbling

14:16 - Marbling objects different from paper / Marbling fabrics

15:14 - Books covered with marbled cloth

16:03 - Question from Itzmalli Coca: How to fix color once printed?

18:21 - Question from Susan Burrows @susie_kitchens: Have pretty much tried every size and type of paint and just can't get a satisfactory result. Really wish I could get it right!

19:07 - Video tutorials and other videos from Katy

20:10 - Question from Janet Mente: Some days when I am marbling, things just do not work. I know there is a German book by a 19th-century marble entitled in translation "My struggle with Oxgall" so I know these things happen.

So my question is: what do you do on those days? Do you give up? Start from scratch? Or try to fix the mix and, if so, how?

For the fifth episode of our podcast, we invited a marbler from Saint Petersburg, Russia. Katy Ebru talks with us about her path to becoming a marbler and shows several marbling patterns right during the recording!

See the timestamps below if you want to skip to some particular part of our talk.

Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neGhdx4uRr4

Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com

Become a patron (and get more content): http://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding

You can ask our future guests questions on:

Instagram — http://www.instagram.com/ibookbinding/

Discord — http://discord.gg/TJY5FeS

Facebook — http://www.facebook.com/iBookBinding/

Follow Katy's projects:

http://www.ebruartspb.ru/

https://www.facebook.com/KatyEbru/

https://www.instagram.com/katyebru/

https://www.etsy.com/shop/katyebru

=== Table of Contents ===

01:09 - Katy's path to paper marbling

02:31 - Ebru vs. marbling

03:43 - Ebru courses at the Turkish Cultural Center in Saint Petersburg

06:58 - Transitioning from being a hobbyist marbler to being a professional

=== Marbling Demonstration ===

08:43 - Stone marbling

15:21 - Chevron marbling and its variations

18:53 - Using a comb

22:31 - Better ways to remove the sheets of marbled paper from a basin

23:44 - Drying marbled paper

24:36 - Spanish wave pattern

25:25 - How long it takes to make a sheet of marbled paper on average?

30:30 - Ebru tulip

31:18 - On concentration of pigments

35:45 - The oldest marbling patterns

37:31 - Aesthetics of stone marbling

39:18 - Ebru rose

46:37 - Natural pigments

Our podcast's guest is Rita Udina, a book and paper conservator from Barcelona, Spain. Rita shows her fantastic studio, we talk about her projects, and answer questions that were sent by our followers!

See the timestamps below if you want to skip to some particular part of our talk.

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/nhO9M8T7WRw

Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com

Become a patron (and get more content): http://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding

You can ask our future guests questions on:

Instagram — http://www.instagram.com/ibookbinding/

Discord — http://discord.gg/TJY5FeS

Facebook — http://www.facebook.com/iBookBinding/

Follow Rita's projects:

https://ritaudina.com/

https://www.instagram.com/ritaudina_conservation/

https://www.facebook.com/RitaUdinaTaller

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP4TxRLHICbqyaJO0ZDWfVg

=== Studio Tour and Current Projects ===

03:12 - Beginning of the tour

06:01 - It's good to have lower and higher tables for sitting and standing work

06:49 - Lying presses and a plough

07:35 - Folded map in repair

09:30 - Pencil drawing after restoration

10:21 - Wet area

12:13 - Dry area

12:20 - Ledgers in restoration

14:14 - Book with a folded map that was restored

16:18 - Working on vintage and antique books with cheap paper covers

18:37 - Older spine found under a newer spine

19:39 - A way to reattach fragile paper covers to that type of books with Japanese tissue

20:56 - Covers waiting for paper pulp filling

21:49 - Vellum cover book with sever insect damage after restoration

24:56 - Making a book accessible for future use and research

26:01 - New cover with a cat's paw pattern inspired by an old cover and ethical issues that come with that project

30:47 - Question from Janet L. Mente: Do private clients ever ask you to "restore" a rare book in a way that is against the modern philosophy of restoration?

33:38 - Question from Tzvi J. Liberman: How do you restore gaps in pages using paper pulp?

41:40 - Balancing conservation, restoration, and introduction of new elements

44:04 - Routine and repetitive aspects of conservator's work

46:39 - Maintaining ritaudina.com in three languages

48:34 - On English words replacing terms and professional language in local languages

51:27 - Question from Piotr Wieteska: What are the proper ways of paper mending in restoration of torn pages?

53:37 - Question from Hans Christoph Ruber: I'm pretty allergic to it (breathing) & I often run into books that are slightly mouldy at the spine, just barely noticeable from a slight smell. Reading them at home is impossible, I have to go to a park. Is there anything I can do?

56:37 - Question from Hans Christoph Ruber: Our National Library in Vienna uses a recent technology, non-invasive, with vacuum bags with humidity indicator, wherein the book is placed for a few weeks. Unfortunately, they refused to tell me about the system, respectively, where to get the bags from. Is this already a known technique?

1:00:32 - Question from Ivan Gulkov: I have a relatively new book (about 5 years old) that has started developing some serious molding, that sticks pages together and shows as multiple yellowish spots. Is there anything that can be done to stop the spread?

1:04:07 - Question from Boris Horemans: Often with old books on history or geography, you find elaborate maps that are bound with the rest of the signatures, often resulting in torn and damaged maps. When rebinding these books, how would you incorporate these maps?

1:06:01 - Keeping and storing books that are not going to be repaired

1:07:52 - Cancelled courses and events and plans for the future

The second part of this episode is mostly dedicated to the Q&A. However, we dedicate some time to discussing leisure, work-life balance, and keeping up-to-date with current restoration and conservation trends.

The video version of this recording is available on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDLQbKawlXQ

See the timestamps below if you want to skip to some particular part of our talk.

Our next guest is Rita Udina, a paper & book conservator. From 1999 she runs a private conservation lab based in Barcelona (Spain). Rita organizes conservation workshops at her studio as well as in other countries and enjoys very much sharing conservation topics, either teaching, attending conferences, or through her blog (in Catalan, Spanish, and English).

Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com

Become a patron (and get more content): http://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding

You can ask our future guests questions on:

Instagram — http://www.instagram.com/ibookbinding/

Discord — http://discord.gg/TJY5FeS

Facebook — http://www.facebook.com/iBookBinding/

Follow Eliane's projects:

Website: http://www.nautilus-boekbinderij.nl/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nautilus_books_and_projects/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NautilusBoekbinderij2015/

=== Moving On from the Workshop Tour ===

03:14 - Importance of staying up-to-date and continuing your education

05:54 - There no better time to learn something than now!

17:01 - Extra time is for extraordinary things

=== News ===

19:30 - Sotheby's offering a full collection of ВС comics from 1934 to 2014

20:18 - Collecting ephemera vs collecting books

21:14 - Value and fragility of old comic books

22:15 - The craft is connected to the trade. The balance between the price of materials and the price of work. Dr. Nicholas Pickwoad - Language of Bookbinding course

23:32 - Paper clinic in NL, Marchelma van Breugel: https://snipper.eu/

=== Q&A ===

27:45 - Question from paperetceteras: Working with glues and paper, is it tricky?

30:36 - Using dry or liquified glues and paste depending on materials and other conditions

33:24 - Question from Elin Dalstål: What is the most unusual/unexpected material or tool you like to use for bookbinding or book restoration?

33:38 - Using the airbrush for book restoration projects

34:25 - Tacking iron

34:36 - Using all sorts of unusual leathers

37:31 - Experimenting with different materials in bookbinding: metal, plastic, wood, etc.

38:03 - Gluing and attaching translucent plastic materials to book covers

40:07 - Sharing experience with other bookbinders and book professionals

42:14 - Question from Lynne: What exactly is a waste sheet used for in binding, either in a new book or a repair?

46:31 - Unfinished projects

47:30 - Question from Vinícius Rennó: How can I study book restoration coming from Brazil? If not here, where is the most affordable place to study abroad?

51:32 - The difference between a book restorer and conservator

53:16 - Question from Peter Triska: A question is about headbands. How do you get the ends to hide, so you don’t see them when you open a book?

55:04 - Perfection in bookbinding is relatively new

55:47 - Question from Janet Mente: What is the most satisfying part of your job as a binder/restorer?

57:46 - Question from Janet Mente: How do you or would you use the 3D-Printed Spine Rounding Tool?

1:02:33 - Question from Tzvi J. Liberman: What methods are used for restoring the physical page of a book if a piece is missing? Is there any way to mix up the new matching paper pulp and fill in the gaps?

1:03:18 - "Cutting" Japanese paper with a watercolor pencil

1:06:11 - Using a paper casting machine and working without it

1:05:51 - Question from Tzvi J. Liberman: How do you prevent the endpaper wrinkling when gluing in the text block?

The books I have bound all end up with a crease in the endpaper on the cover side, usually near the fold?