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The American Bookbinders Museum
The American Bookbinders Museum explores and celebrates the craft, culture, and tools of bookbinding.
Learn how magnets are used to create interactive book experiences. Book artist Jim Frazer creates morphing patterns in his books using magnets. Jim will provide an overview of the materials and tools needed to create these effects as well as how to source and install them. ![]()
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Ready to bring this “attract”ive element to your bindings? Sign up for this webinar today!![]()
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October 25th![]()
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11:00am PDT![]()
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This webinar will be recorded and sent to ticker holders following the event.
On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we recognize Native practices that have shaped bookbinding history. For centuries, Indigenous communities in North America have used a process called brain tanning to preserve animal skins, typically deer, using the animals’ brain. While most pre-1900 European bindings used vegetable-tanned leather and other processes to preserve skins, records of trade between Indigenous groups and Europeans suggest that brain-tanned leather was also used in bookbinding, though often misidentified. Recent research has brought to light the possibility that brain-tanned skins were used in book production, highlighting the connections between Indigenous knowledge and the history of the book. #IndigenousPeoplesDay #BookBinding ![]()
Source: Brain-Tanned Leather for Bookbinding: History, Use, and Identification Author: Katherine S. Kelly, Lydia Aikenhead, Dan Paterson, and Frank Trujillo Source: Book and Paper Group Annual 41, 2022 (AIC Publication)
October’s Collection Highlight: The Fun of Saving Up ![]()
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A unique children's book designed to teach children the habit of saving in a fun and educational way. Children save coins by pressing them into pre-sized slots for various denominations. When filled, the child would have saved $5.00 and learned how to bring their savings to the bank
Stella Patri was an accomplished bookbinder and conservator. She participated in the vanguard of modern conservation practices, volunteering as a Mud Angel in Florence after the Arno flood of 1966. As a member of the Hand Bookbinders of California, American Institute for Conservation, and Western Association of Art Conservation, she influenced many binders and conservators of today. ![]()
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Celebrate Stella Patri Day with us at an opening reception for our new exhibit: Stella Patri: A Binder's Life (1896-2001). Saturday November 1st, from 5:00-7:00 pm, please RSVP!
Happy Donor Advised Fund (DAF) Day! Donate and Double Your Impact with #HalfMyDAF.![]()
A DAF is a charitable investment account to let you easily direct donations to the causes you support. Learn how you can unlock a matching donation! ![]()
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Make a donation and commit to spend down half the money in your DAF. Submit grants to as many nonprofits as you’d like. The more submissions you make the higher your chances of receiving a match. ![]()
When you have your grant confirmation (usually downloadable from the fund sponsor’s website, or you can take a screenshot), complete the commitment form and attach the DAF grant confirmation(s). bit.ly/1-2mydaf![]()
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Your support helps the ABM continue its preservation practices, programming, and more! ![]()
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The American Bookbinders Museum's EIN is 26-3235193.![]()
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#DAFDay #HalfMyDAF #ABM10 #Donation #Museums #Museum #SupportMuseums #Thankyou
Maria
María. Italian fabric diary with cotton thread details, handmade bridles and painted edges. Year 2003. Dimensions 24x18 cm.
Blanca
Blanca. Collage with sheepskin on both sides. Cuts in the inner sheets and registers of henequen thread. Year 2003. Dimensions 24x18 cm.
Violeta
Violeta. Journal bound in Valencian dyed sheepskin leather, with carved edges, the journal covers in turn form the protection box, French endpapers, bridles and nail details. It was sewn on a loom with linen thread. Year 2003. Dimensions 18x12 [...]
