Bookbinding Summer School: Where the cool kids hang out.
Day two of Bookbinding Summer School at Ink Spot Press here in Brighton. Pamphlets? Done. Double pamphlets? Done. Accordions? Hell, yeah. And now we’re about to put a bullet in … Continue reading
Designing ze Deluxe Edition. ooh la la.
Of the total edition of 75 copies of this new book, the first ten will be a “deluxe edition,” special copies that are housed in a more elaborate way. Until … Continue reading
I will not make another blue book, so help me god.
New mockup (with slipcase) and Hot Damn! Let me just say that the moment I gave up on my weird attachment to buckram everything about this binding started looking a … Continue reading
I guess I’ll just fold some things.
Ink Spot Press, (where I am printing my book,) is hopping this week with letterpress summer school. (I am teaching bookbinding summer school in a couple of weeks, see here … Continue reading
Shocking Bookcloth Decision
I am back in the UK! I devoted yesterday to finishing off another mockup so that I could improve on the binding plan for the new book. Above you can … Continue reading
Damn you, Repetitive Strain! (plus mockup)
Ok, here is the thing: How am I ever going to bind this edition? It was binding the last edition that did this to me in the first place. If … Continue reading
Easter: The Momentum Killer
I woke up last Friday, full of joy and industry, ready to rush out to pick up my 250 sheets of paper. Cut paper on Friday, start printing Saturday, eat … Continue reading
Where journals are born
Well, Big Jump Press has the flu today, as it did yesterday, and the day before. So no exciting letterpress or mockup action is to be had. Rather a lot … Continue reading
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