A Bookbinder’s Compendium: Workshop Handouts 2001-2025 by Karen Hanmer.
Glenview, IL: Karen Hanmer Book Arts, 2025.
Illustrations of tools used in traditional bookbinding by Henry Maron, inkjet-printed onto limp case of Hook cotton and linen case paper, lacing straps of Cave paper. Roma handmade paper endsheets.
8 ¾ x 7 ¼ x 1 ¾ “
Text is an anthology of thirty-three workshop handouts written by the binder on topics including fine binding, a range of historical and contemporary structures, notes on materials, and professional practices.
In the future I may make this text available in printed, unsewn sheets. Please contact me if you are interested.
A Bookbinder’s Compendium: Workshop Handouts 2001-2025 by Karen Hanmer.
Glenview, IL: Karen Hanmer Book Arts, 2025.
Illustrations of tools used in traditional bookbinding by Henry Maron, inkjet-printed onto limp case of Hook cotton and linen case paper, lacing straps of Cave paper. Roma handmade paper endsheets.
8 ¾ x 7 ¼ x 1 ¾ “
Text is an anthology of thirty-three workshop handouts written by the binder on topics including fine binding, a range of historical and contemporary structures, notes on materials, and professional practices.
In the future I may make this text available in printed, unsewn sheets. Please contact me if you are interested.
