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The American Bookbinders Museum
The American Bookbinders Museum explores and celebrates the craft, culture, and tools of bookbinding.
It’s Children’s Picture Book Day! Picture books welcomed many of us into the world of reading, and as we slung our books around and wildly flipped through their pages, it was the binding that was there for us. Here are some binding options for making a children’s picture book.![]()
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Saddle Stitch Binding: involves folding sheets of paper in half and stapling them along the spine. Great for books under 64 pages because it is lightweight, inexpensive, and allows a flat lay. ![]()
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Perfect Binding: glue sheets together and attach them to a soft or hard spine. Provides a more professional look and works with larger books, maintaining durability and decent flexibility.![]()
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Case Binding: glue the text block to a hardcover case. Expensive and heavier, but it is also the most durable and long-lasting.![]()
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Board Book Binding: the text block is made of thick paperboard and glued to a hard spine. Less cost-efficient, but the thicker boards can withstand being chewed and bitten more than other options. ![]()
Spiral Binding: pages are hole punched and attached to a metal or plastic spiral spine. Great for laying books flat, or if you simply enjoy the style, but their shelf-life can be short-lived.
Scribble the day away! Did you know that scribbling enhances young children’s intelligence, creativity, and social skills? Intelligence is linked to the nervous system, and scribbling activates a connection between bodily movement and brain activity. Creativity is fostered by utilizing imagination. By mindlessly scribbling, children use visual receptors to make connections in innovative ways. Social skills are formed by building confidence in communication. Parents can appraise and encourage their children about what they’ve created.![]()
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Do you or your children have a plethora of scribbles already? Curate your child’s creativity into a book to be captured for a lifetime! Join one of ABM’s bookbinding workshops to learn how.
The Apprentice membership level offers free in-person museum admission or a free webinar, 10% off in our museum gift store and 10% off group tours, and Book Enthusiast Socks. ![]()
The image is Apprentice Education Recommendations by Robert A. Hellman and Frank M. Sherman. This edition was printed in 1942. To learn more check out this periodical on our online catalog. Memberships help support every aspect of museum operations including collections care and curation. Become a member today!![]()
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Want to learn more about how a fine press moves from concept to a beautifully crafted finished edition? Join Paul Suntup and Art Director Rebecca Dornsife in April's webinar as they share behind-the-scenes insights into their design process. Webinar topics range from early ideas and material selection to binding structures, illustrations, and final production. Discover how multiple bindings for the same text are developed with distinct creative intentions—and gain a rare look inside the art of fine press publishing.![]()
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April 4th ![]()
11:00am PST![]()
This webinar will be recorded and sent to ticketholders following the event.
Do you want to start bookbinding OR do you want to expand your collection of bookish items? This year Grand Master members have an option: Free admission and supplies to two of our monthly bookbinding workshops OR Book Enthusiast Socks, Heartell Hand-carved Letterpress Cards, Good Grand Great Wonderful Journal, and a La Antigua Bindery Book Keychain. Both options include free year round in- person museum admission and online webinars.![]()
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Alejandro
Alejandro Diario Técnica: Portablock con detalle de hilo en la portada. 12 x 8.5 cm Año 2006
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María Diario Técnica: tela italiana con detalles de hilo de algodón, cabezadas hechas a mano y cantos pintados. 24 x 18 cm Año 2003
Blanca
Blanca. Diario Técnica: collage en piel de borrego por ambos lados. Cortes en las hojas internas y registros de hilo de henequén. 24 x 18 cm Año 2003
Violeta
Violeta Diario Técnica: encuadernado en piel badana teñida a la valenciana, con cantos labrados, las tapas del diario forman a su vez la caja de protección, guardas francesas, cabezadas y detalles de clavos. Cosida en telar con hilo de lino. [...]
