The American Bookbinders Museum
The American Bookbinders Museum explores and celebrates the craft, culture, and tools of bookbinding.
Technique: made with parchment paper. Exposed seam with Murano glass and silver. 8 x 12 cm 2005
Huipil of Paper ““Of Matter.” Technique: Rebozos and huipil woven with thread and paper, which are conceived as poetic writing supports. It is a confluence between textile art and bookbinding. Made on a four-frame floor loom. Natural cotton an [...]
Rebozos of Paper ““Of Matter” (2). Technique: Rebozos and huipil woven with thread and paper, which are conceived as poetic writing supports. It is a confluence between textile art and bookbinding. Made on a four-frame floor loom. Natural cott [...]
Rebozos of Paper ““Of Matter” (1). Technique: Rebozos and huipil woven with thread and paper, which are conceived as poetic writing supports. It is a confluence between textile art and bookbinding. Made on a four-frame floor loom. Natural cott [...]
Project that combines poetry with flexible expression on an eggshell as a support. 2019
The Beetle. One of four textile pieces made with cotton thread on cardboard and glue, with the technique of “The thread of life”. The signature thread has been dyed with blood. 42.5 x 40 cm, 2014.
One of four textile pieces made with cotton thread on cardboard and glue, with the technique of “The thread of life”. The signature thread has been dyed with blood.43 x 34 c 2020
One of four textile pieces made with cotton thread on cardboard and glue, with the technique of “The thread of life”. The signature thread has been dyed with blood. 38.5 x 48 cm 2013
The Spider, One of four textile pieces made with cotton thread on cardboard and glue, with the technique of “The thread of life”. The signature thread has been dyed with blood. 45 x 43.5 cm, 2019.
L’étranger (The Stranger, original French edition), by Albert Camus. Prepared for the International Competition of the 15th World Biennial of Art Binding, held in Paris, France, in 2019. Bound in paper and thread. The cover has been painted wi [...]
L’étranger (The Stranger, original French edition), by Albert Camus. Prepared for the International Competition of the 15th World Art Bookbinding Biennial, held in Paris, France, in 2019. Technique: cloth binding, hemp thread and amate paper. [...]
Le lion (The Lion, original French edition), by Joseph Kessel Prepared for the International Competition of the 16th World Art Bookbinding Biennial, held in Paris, France, in 2022. The design of the bookbinding refers to the mystery of the Afr [...]
L’art d’être grand-père (The Art of Being a Grandfather, original French edition), by Victor Hugo Prepared for the International Competition of the 14th World Biennial of Art Bookbinding, held in Paris, France, in 2017. Technique: the cover of [...]
Pedro Páramo, by Juan Rulfo Prepared for the exhibition “Pliegues de la Memoria” presented at the “Juan Rulfo” Bookstore, of the Fondo de Cultura Económica, in Madrid, Spain, in May and June 2018. Technique: the construction of the shawl, that [...]
Vendredi ou la vie sauvage (Friday or the Wild Life, original French edition), by Michel Tournier Prepared for the International Competition of the 13th World Art Bookbinding Biennial, held in Paris, France, in 2015. Technique: bound in “chagr [...]
The Tin Drum by Günter Grass. Technique: bound in “shagreen” goatskin. Edges painted with acrylic. Two stainless steel plates have been embedded in the cover flaps and the cover of the original edition has been used on the front cover. The des [...]
Selma by Jutta Bauer Technique: “felting”, made by the textile designer Mariel Andrea Tapia Luna. Bound in handmade cloth, felted with carded, dyed and raw wool, 100% Mexican. Sewn with cotton thread. Edges carved and stained with acrylic. 11. [...]
Opinions of a Clown, by Heinrich BöllTechnique: bound in goatskin (morocco), with an embossed leather flap on the spine. Hand-painted endpapers and edges painted with acrylic. Cardboard lids with holes allude to a Gothic temple with its staine [...]
The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka Technique: bound in “shagreen” goatskin. Three superimposed and sculpted skins. Sewn with cotton thread and scartivanas on the spine. Carved edges. The image alludes to the transformation of man into an insect [...]
Thus Spoke Zarathustra, by Friedrich Nietzsche Technique: bound in “shagreen” goatskin. With gold titles and cotton thread details on the covers. Edges carved and stained with acrylic.18.5 x 12 cm 2015
The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann Technique: bound in “shagreen” goatskin. Edges carved and painted with acrylic. Marble dust and oil. Details in different materials.The image alludes to what can, among many other things, be found on the mount [...]
Original French edition by Jean de la Fontaine. Prepared for the International Competition from the 11th World Art Bookbinding Biennial, held in Paris, France, in 2011. Technique: bound in “shagreen” goatskin, with a classic structure. On the [...]
L’aiguille creuse (The Hollow Needle, original French edition), by Maurice Leblanc Prepared for the International Competition of the 12th World Art Bookbinding Biennial, held in Paris, France, in 2013. Technique: bound in cloth and hemp thread [...]
The Mariage of Figaro, edición original en francés, de Pierre Caron de Beaumarchais Prepared for the International Competition of the 10th World Art Bookbinding Biennial, held in Paris, France, 2009. The book presents the two theater masks a [...]
Japanese Binding (3), Three exercises in traditional Japanese bookbinding carried out in the workshop of Mtra. Eiko Nakao, in the City of Osaka, Japan. 16 x 21 cm., 15.5 x 20.5 cm and 16 x 16 cm 2010
Japanese Binding (2), Three exercises in traditional Japanese bookbinding carried out in the workshop of Mtra. Eiko Nakao, in the City of Osaka, Japan. 16 x 21 cm., 15.5 x 20.5 cm and 16 x 16 cm 2010
Japanese Binding (1), Three exercises in traditional Japanese bookbinding carried out in the workshop of Mtra. Eiko Nakao, in the City of Osaka, Japan. 16 x 21 cm., 15.5 x 20.5 cm and 16 x 16 cm 2010
Erotic Block,Block for intimate use with personal data sheets, envelope for condoms, birth control pills and security spring. Interior details alluding to the user according to gender. Cover drawing by Elisa Luna. 12 x 8.5 cm 2002
Diary, Technique: bound in leather spine and amate paper, with detail made with skin shavings. 23.5 x 18 cm, 2007.
Technique: bound in full leather, sheep, with detail in cotton thread. 17.5 x 11.5 cm, 2006.
Cases made for facsimile and explanatory book of the Codices published by the Fondo de Cultura Económica. 15,000 copies made by hand. Technique: made with jute cloth and amate paper. 29 cm x 30.5 cm, 31 x 30.5cm, 1990 - 1996.
Technique: made of goatskin (morocco) and embossed. The image alludes to the first and last letter of the Greek alphabet, which symbolizes the beginning and the end of all things in ancient medieval tradition. 17.5 x 12.5 cm 1996
Technique: Notebook and explanatory book, joined together, with box. Made in Italian fabric. 24 x 17.5 cm 2004
Technique: made with parchment paper. Exposed seam with Murano glass and silver. 8 x 12 cm 2005
Technique: made with parchment paper. Exposed seam with Murano glass and silver. 8 x 12 cm 2005
Technique: Two newspapers linked together with exposed seam and details of Swarovski crystal. 24 x 18 cm 2006
Diary. Technique: goatskin (moroccan) with embossed details, irregularly shaped. Record with metal thread, and French guards. 23.5 x 16.5 cm 1993
Prepared for the course-workshop of Introduction to Bookbinding, for children. 26 x 17.5 cm 2002
Technique: Made of cloth and amate paper with a pre-Hispanic symbol. 24 x 16cm 2007
Technique: marbled sheepskin leather and Ingres Fabriano paper, bound in the Spanish style and hand-painted endpapers. 26 x 17.5 cm 2002
Technique: made of cotton fabric and Ingres Fabriano cardboard. 16.5 x 3.2 cm (closed) 2002
Diary Technique: Pigskin with sheepskin mosaic and embossing; the edges are carved and painted, hand-painted guards and metal register. 18x12 cm 2002.
