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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.

What is your New Year’s Resolution? This year visit more museums and rediscover your love of books! Join the American Bookbinders Museum Member's Guild! For only $25 become a Book Lover and receive free in-person museum admission or a free webinar and 10% off in our museum gift store. Let our webinars inspire your next project or learn about the history of the craft through the museum's exhibits.#ABMGuild #MuseumMembership #Learning #ABM #AmericanBookbindersMuseum #SupportMuseums ... See MoreSee Less
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Back in stock Book Restoration Unveiled by Sophia Bogle!Book Lovers: Learn what can be done and what should be avoided to preserve a book's value.Book Collectors: Discover how to identify restorations, facsimiles, sophistications, and even fraud.Book Dealers: Get the information you need to decide whether or not it is worth it to have a book restored.Book Conservators: Help your clients communicate with book anatomy diagrams and terminology.Librarians: Have at your fingertips the answer to: “Where can I go to get my book restored?” #ShopHighlight #Shop #Museum #ABM #BookRestoration ... See MoreSee Less
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The wire-edge binding is a hyper-flexible, single leaf binding. It allows books to be manipulated into unique, often sculptural structures. Join designer Daniel Kelm in a discussion of the wire-edge technique. Find out how the binding was developed, and get tips and tricks from the inventor himself. Sign up today!This webinar will be recorded and distributed to ticket holders following the event. January 17th 11:00am PST ... See MoreSee Less
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Back by popular demand! Learn a series of basic binding styles to create 4 single and double signature pamphlet books in this beginners workshop. Choose from pre-printed short stories and poetry, or lined and blank text blocks. January 24th12:00 - 3:00pm ... See MoreSee Less
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Before modern artist zines, the zines of the punk movement, and early queer magazines, there were the fanzines of the 1930s. These self-published works were created to discuss theories and opinions about published works of science fiction and to publish short stories of science fiction. The Comet is often considered to be the first fanzine. This movement continued to thrive through the 1940s and published authors such as Issac Asimov and Ray Bradbury. #NationalScienceFictionDay #books #zines #ABM ... See MoreSee Less
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Ángel and Aurora
Ángel and Aurora

Diary Technique: parchment with carved edges and exposed seam. 18 x 10 cm  2001  

Fan Notebook
Fan Notebook

Technique: made of cotton fabric and Ingres Fabriano cardboard. 16.5 x 3.2 cm (closed)  2002

Ángel
Ángel

Diary Technique: leather spine, embossed, and hand-painted paper. 12 x 8.5 cm  2000

Beatriz
Beatriz

Diary Technique: Pigskin with sheepskin mosaic and embossing; the edges are carved and painted, hand-painted guards and metal register. 18x12  cm  2002.

Inés
Inés

Journal. Technique: Made with cotton thread and inlaid beads.16x10 cm  2004

Elisa
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.

Alejandro
Alejandro

Alejandro. Portablock with thread detail on the cover. Year 2006. Dimensions 12x8.5cm.  

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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