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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.

Join us tomorrow at the Children's Creativity Museum for the Creativity Festival! We are excited to be creating LEGO prints with all those who come. ... See MoreSee Less
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For 250 years, America has been called the "land of the free," but who has that freedom truly been extended to? While the First Amendment guarantees free speech, not all voices have been heard. America’s history of censorship dates to back before 1776. Books have been banned, burned, and censored to control ideas. This special exhibit opens May 16th and examines that history and why they were banned. We're teaming up with the San Francisco Public Library for a Banned Book Club! Each month we'll read and discuss a fiction or non fiction book which has been banned in the United States. Stay tuned, details to come soon. ... See MoreSee Less
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Today is National Donate a Book Day! Donate a Book Day promotes improving access to books by donating books to libraries and museums. Have a book or collection you want to share with future generations? Donate it to the museum! The ABM provides for the long-term preservation, security, and accessibility of its collection and follows museum preservation best practices and procedures. Support the ABM's mission to provide long-term access to the art and craft of bookbinding by sharing your book or collection.Animal Farm by George Orwell, Published by St. James Park Press, Donated to ABM by Howard Kistler ... See MoreSee Less
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Whether you’re a writer, painter, sculptor, or binder, ABM understands that great work takes time. Handmade books are crafted not just for the sake of the final product–but to strengthen the experience of creation. Even after the story is published, the painting hung, the sculpture erected, or the book bound, Slow Art Day urges us to take our time experiencing the product. Next time you visit the museum take the time to examine each book looking at its hinges, endbands, and marbled edges carefully.Who knows what you’ll discover when you allow yourself to slow down and see the details hidden in plain sight.#SlowArtDay #ABM #AmericanBookbindersMuseum #ArtAppreciation #Museum #SlowYourRoll #Breathe #ArtMatters #Introspection ... See MoreSee Less
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April 10th is National Bookmobile Day! Bookmobiles are traveling libraries that carry books to our rural and urban communities lacking library access. The movement started in the early 20th century by way of horse-and-carriage, and perseveres into today’s digital age. Sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and many libraries across the nation. #NationalBookmobileDay #Books #Outreach #Library #Community #SFPL #SanFranciscoPublicLibrary #BayArea #AmericanBookbindersMuseum #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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