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The American Bookbinders Museum

The American Bookbinders Museum

The American Bookbinders Museum explores and celebrates the craft, culture, and tools of bookbinding.

Nicoline Meyer started working at the American Bookbinders Museum as a volunteer before a formal internship while completing an MA in Museum Studies in 2017. Following her graduation, Meyer joined the museum full-time as a Museum Coordinator and Collections Manager. During that time, she worked on numerous exhibitions, the museum's audio tour, and transitioned the museum's collections to a new software platform. A long-time hobbyist binder, she found her calling creating floor models for the museum. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she decided to become a full-time bookbinder. This passion moved her to the East Coast, where she attended the North Bennett Street School. Today, Meyer works out of her studio, Silver Ocean Studio, in upstate New York, completing production bindings, selling books at craft fairs, and creating custom-commissioned books.Find her books at: silveroceanst#Internshipi#bookbindingo#ABMn#BookBA#bookbindersmuseumdersmuseum ... See MoreSee Less
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Learn to alter bookbinding reality and bend the minds of readers with the help of stage magic. Join bookbinder Keri Miki-Lani Schroeder this Saturday and experience bookbinding like never before, when this magician reveals her secrets. Grab your ticket today before its too late!Saturday May 24th11:00am PST $15Webinars are recorded and sent to ticket holders following the event.#Bookbindersmuseum #Bookbinding #ABM #Smoke&Mirrors #webinar #Magic #TheBookWorldsaStage ... See MoreSee Less
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Celebrate International Museum Day with the American Bookbinders Museum. Explore a new technique with one of our webinars, view our online exhibits to gain a deeper understanding of bookbinding history, or peruse our virtual collection of bookbinding manuals and try your hand at a new binding style from home. There are so many ways to celebrate! #bookbindersmuseum #ABM #InternationalMuseumDay #virtualcollection #bookbinding #OnlineExhibit #museum #happybindings ... See MoreSee Less
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Opening next Saturday, The Hand Bookbinders of California’s 53rd Members Annual Exhibition. This year, the exhibition features: Books bound using a section of the Pride flag from San Francisco's historic Castro districtSet book: Grimoire – New Scottish Folk TalesSet book: A Clockwork Diorama, a love story told in three-line versesRecent work by members. Join the artists in a reception on June 7th to view the exhibition and enjoy light refreshments. Learn more about some of the books bound with the Pride flag in: Bound with PRIDE, a panel discussion and virtual webinar on June 21st. Love the books and want to see some of them up close and personal? Join us in person for Between the Covers on August 23rd. #Exhibition #Bookbinding #HBC #Bookbindersmuseum #FreeSF #webinar #Pride #LGBT #BetweentheCovers ... See MoreSee Less
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If you’re folding folios for a book, don’t skip this step: check the grain direction! It makes all the difference in structure and longevity. #HandboundBooks #BookbindingTips #bookbindersmuseum #ABM #Bookbinding #AgainstTheGrain ... See MoreSee Less
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Maria
Maria

María. Italian fabric diary with cotton thread details, handmade bridles and painted edges. Year 2003. Dimensions 24x18 cm.  

Blanca
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

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 [...]

Miguel Hernandez
Miguel Hernandez

Miguel Hernandez, by Jose Luis Ferris. Prepared for the 1st International Art Bookbinding Exhibition, held by the “Llar del Llibre” Workshop in Alicante, Spain. Bound in natural sheepskin leather, with acrylic-tinted carved edges, amate paper [...]

Around the World in Eighty Days
Around the World in Eighty Days

Le tour du monde en quatre vingt jours/(Around the World in Eighty Days, original French edition), by Jules Verne Prepared for the International Competition of the 8th World Art Bookbinding Biennial, held in Paris, France, in 2005: “Un calendr [...]

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