Bookbinding-2000 From the
Rochester Institute of Technology
Bookbinding-2000 drew an international audience of binders
and bibliophiles to commemorate the lifework of Bernard C.
Middleton, whose collection of books on bookbinding is now held
at RIT’s Cary Graphic Arts Collection.
These DVD bookbinding instructions are available
individually or as a set, the videos present the lectures and
demonstrations delivered at the conference, and offer insight
into the diverse and stimulating work taking place in
bookbinding studies.
An extraordinary collection of specialist bookbinding
knowledge from the Bookbinding-2000 proceedings.
Louise Genest
The Exposed Spine
Binding
There are many kinds of exposed spine structures and/or exposed
sewing techniques. Many such alternative structure bindings
have been popularized for artists’ books. This demonstration
will focus on techniques for producing an exposed spine binding
in full leather for a multiple-section text block. The process
will be shown from beginning to end.
Michael Wilcox
Traditional Gold
Tooling
Viewers will be treated to a thorough explanation and
demonstration of the egg-glaire technique for gold tooling. The
use of handle letters, lines, and various tools will be
explored in order to show how these may be arranged to form
titles, textures, and other images suitable for designs on
leather bindings.
Don Etherington
Fully Dressed in Leather - Conservation Style
As he covers a book in full leather, Don Etherington will
demonstrate the often unappreciated principles of sound
forwarding and discuss various aspects of techniques designed
to achieve a more durable binding.
Monique Lallier
Edge-to-Edge
Doublure
Using leather or paper, the edge-to-edge doublure is a refined
and exquisite finish for the inner boards of a designer binding
and, if so desired, may be made to continue on the fly leaves.
A successful and smooth result depends on the careful
preparation of the surface underneath the doublure, through the
use of special lining and sanding techniques.
Anthony Cains
A Decorative Leather
Covering Technique
Encouraged by Edgar Mansfield, his teacher at the London School
of Printing during the late 1950s, Anthony Cains adopted his
technique of moulding and manipulating the leather during the
covering process to produce a more or less spontaneous design
statement. Probably the best known example of Cains's work
using this technique is illustrated in Philip Smiths book New
Directions in Bookbinding (1974) and again in Eric Burdett's
The Craft of Bookbinding; A Practical Handbook (1975). This
covering method will be thoroughly demonstrated here.
James Brockman
The Concave Spine: Rigid
Flexibility
This demonstration will explore the historical evidence that
book spines naturally adopt a concave shape. There will be a
detailed demonstration and explanation of the structure and an
examination of the function of the concave spine.
An extraordinary collection of specialist bookbinding
knowledge.
6 DVD Set.
Approximately 10 hours 80 minutes running time.
DVD NTSC format, playable in any region.
£173.00 including registered
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