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The American Bookbinders Museum
The American Bookbinders Museum explores and celebrates the craft, culture, and tools of bookbinding.
“Dianne Feinstein Doesn’t Care Who You Sleep With as Long as You’re in Bed by 11 O’Clock” is a book made by book artist Colleen Mullins for #HBC53. An exhibition now on view at the American Bookbinders Museum.![]()
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“As a native San Franciscan, I grew up seeing Feinstein as a champion of women’s rights. She was a face that mirrored the unimaginable grief of our city after the assassination of Moscone and Milk. She was the first to many milestones, not the least of which an almost unblemished record of support for the gay community. As an adult, however, I have come to see the nuanced calculus of politics and the many needles she threaded to get to all those firsts, while sometimes using her schoolmarm persona to caution the very community whose votes she whipped, saying “too much” (bathhouses) and “too soon” (gay marriage). Ultimately, though, both she and the gay community rose from the relationship. It is that which Paul and I have collaborated to depict.” ![]()
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Learn more about books like these this Saturday at Bound with PRIDE, a panel discussion featuring Amanda Andonian, Bridget McGraw, Erica Taketa, and Paloma Lucas, moderated by Insiya Dhatt., Discover how each artist approached the task of honoring the flag’s legacy while pushing the boundaries of book art.![]()
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#Pride #Queer #MuseumswithPride #Webinar #ABM #Bookbinding #HBC #SFCastro
Bookplates like this one are used to identify a book’s owner through a memorable image in a small space. This bookplate, belonging to Tamas Havasi of Hungary, features a father with two kids on a biking trip. ![]()
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The celebration of Father’s Day began with Sonora Smart Dodd of Spokane, Washington. On June 19, 1910 Dodd delivered gifts to handicapped fathers, while ministers gave homilies on fatherhood. The event was publicized across the country, and Father’s Day would be informally celebrated on the third Sunday of June. Newspapers ran ads for possible gifts, as well as advice on how fathers could be part of their children’s lives. Despite widespread recognition and the introduction of a bill to make it a national holiday in 1913, Father’s Day would not become a federal holiday till 1972.
Grimoires are historic spell books revolving around a personal narrative. Grimoire: New Scottish Folk Tales, poems by Robin Robertson, is a poetic perspective on this centuries-old traditional story. Members from the Hand Bookbinders of California were given hand-letterpress versions of this text to interpret into fine bindings. These spellbinding editions feature motifs symbolising metamorphosis, shadows, and personal connections to the text. ![]()
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Books made by: ![]()
Lucia Farias Villarreal![]()
Colleen Curry![]()
Pamela Wood @rareharecreations![]()
Karen Hanmer![]()
Vanessa Hardy![]()
Samuel Feinstien ![]()
Robin Brandes![]()
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#grimoire #spellbook #hbc53 #finebindings #ABM #exhibition
10 Years of Sharing the Story of the Book! The American Bookbinders Museum’s collection includes historic machines, tools, books, periodicals, and ephemera. We also host three free special exhibits a year, from book conservation to highlighting the bindings of different communities.![]()
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#ABM10 #Donation #Museums #Museum #SupportMuseums #Thankyou
While pamphlets have been around since the 12th century, one of the most common pamphlet binding methods, the wire stitch, did not come around until the 19th century. Wire stitchers were one of the only machines used by women. The roles of women in binderies included folding, collating and sewing, none of which included heavy machinery until their jobs were replaced by machins themselves. Today most people have a version of wire stitching in their homes, the humble stapler.![]()
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Image:“Single section pamphlets, being carried along the rail, receive a wire stitch to secure them. This photo from the 1930’s is one of many showing employees of different races working side by side. In this period area in GPO outside the production floor were, like most Federal Agencies, segregated.” (Borrowed from the Government Printing Office Picturing the Big Shop: Photos of the U.S. Government Publishing Office 1900-1980)![]()
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#NationalSewingMachineDay #WireStitch #WomensRights #19thCentury![]()
Image: “Single-section pamphlets, being carried along the rail, receive a wire stitch to secure them. This photo from the 1930’s is one of many showing employees of different races working side by side. In this period area in GPO outside the production floor was, like most Federal Agencies, segregated.” (Borrowed from the Government Printing Office Picturing the Big Shop: Photos of the U.S. Government Publishing Office 1900-1980)re stitching in their homes, the humble stapler.r.
Fan Notebook
Technique: made of cotton fabric and Ingres Fabriano cardboard. 16.5 x 3.2 cm (closed) 2002
Beatriz
Diary Technique: Pigskin with sheepskin mosaic and embossing; the edges are carved and painted, hand-painted guards and metal register. 18x12 cm 2002.
Elisa
Elisa. Journal made with red and black suede, carved edges and details that come from the seam, French endpapers and separator with suede details. Year 2002. Dimensions 19x12.5 cm.
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 [...]
