Bound to be Different Reception
Opening Reception We are celebrating Private Presses and handbound books. Join us for food, drinks and great conversations. Meet some of the press owners and mingle with like-minded collectors and book lovers. Saturday February 3 4:30pm RSVP
The American Bookbinders Museum is pleased to present: “Bound to Be Different, Hand Bindings from Private Presses“, showcasing a range of fine bindings crafted by eleven private presses. Each press has a unique approach to the aesthetics of printing and binding. Included are books from William Morris’s Kelmscott Press, founded
Marbling Fine Bindings
Join bookbinder–and marbler–Deborah V. Thomson of Echo Art Bindery for a look at marbling techniques on fine bindings. Deborah has a diploma in fine binding from the American Academy of Bookbinding where she studied with Don Glaister, Peter Geraty and Monique Lallier. She learned marbling with Regina St. John of
SF in SF with Rick Wilbur, E. Lily Yu, and Chaz Brenchley
Join us on November 12 for SF in SF, when writers Rick Wilbur, E. Lily Yu, and Chaz Brenchley come to read and talk with Bay Area writer and moderator Cliff Winnig. Rick Wilber is an award-winning writer, editor, poet, and professor; the author of four novels, four short-story collections,
The Ghostly Tale of Old Book
A young man leaned against an old elm tree and wept for the man whose grave he had just dug. This was his habit upon each interment at the Peoria State Hospital, a mental institution in Bartonville, Illinois. The young man was an inmate at the hospital and its resident
Moscone Visitiors’ Center
American Bookbinders Museum The Story of the Book Audio, Group, Guided & School Tours Exhibits, Lectures, Events The only museum in North America dedicated to preserving and promoting the art and history of bookbinding. See how books were bound by hand until the 19th century; marvel at the first machines
A Beginner’s Bindery in a Hide-Away Box
“When I started bookbinding, I always felt limited by the tools I had. 30 years later I have all the best tools imaginable. Yet the bench where I make DAS Bookbinding videos is tiny and 90% of what I do is done with the tools hanging on a small wall