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The American Bookbinders Museum
The American Bookbinders Museum explores and celebrates the craft, culture, and tools of bookbinding.
This book, “A Pop-Up Culinary Herbal ”, is a pop-up book created in the sliceform structure. Sliceform is a type of pop-up where the object is made of intersecting flat slices that collapse when folded down. ![]()
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To learn more about pop-up book creation, come to August's webinar, Making Books POP with pop-up book artist Shawn Sheehy on August 23rd at 11:00 am PST. This webinar will be recorded and sent to ticket holders following the event.
There are three spots left in the ABM's best-selling workshop. ![]()
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Everyone has an old paperback book they love, but its covers are creased, ripped or have gone missing. Due to the nature of a perfect binding (glued spine, thin paper covers), paperbacks don’t withstand as much wear and tear as that of a hardcover binding. Now is your chance to transform that prized possession into a more durable keepsake.![]()
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Come to the museum with a favorite paperback and turn it into a beautiful hardcover tight back. Don't have a paperback? No problem the museum can provide you with one. All tools and materials will be provided. ![]()
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August 9th![]()
12:00 - 3:00pm ![]()
$45
Join us at the Children's Creativity Museum tomorrow for their Carousel Day! celebrate the magic of the carousel by making your own disappearing carousel critter, enjoying treats, and take free rides on the carouse#CCM![]()
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Whether your summer reading plans include finishing those articles you have been saving for later or starting that new novel that just came out, the American Bookbinders Museum has some suggestions for you to add to your list!![]()
Support the ABM by becoming a member, you receive free admission, museum store discounts, and great gifts like Toni Morrison’s Language, a lecture upon receiving the Nobel Prize and William Lyon Phelps' Pleasure of Books, a summation of why we love books. ![]()
Become a member and receive these great benefits! Your membership supports museum programs and operations.![]()
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Gabby Cooksey (@BoundbyCooksey) is a design binder who has become known for her nontraditional materials like teeth and bones and for tattooing leather. With a love of illustrative line work, she saw an opportunity to incorporate it into her binding through tattooing in 2021 with “Dark Archive” by Megan Rosenbloom. The title is mirrored on the spine, creating the feel of a chest or forearm tattoo, while the corners are filled with images taken from the text. ![]()
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Most recently, Cooksey applied the same method to The Helen Fragments by Koch Editions, tattooing purple eyes across the cover. The motif morphs into brass on the front and back, mimicking a textblock to remind the reader it is only a story. The book was on display earlier this year at the museum as part of OPEN.SET, and can be seen now at the University of Denver. ![]()
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