A Bookbinder’s Compendium: Workshop Handouts 2001-2025 by Karen Hanmer
Coming soon through Colophon Book Arts Supply.
This collection includes instructions on thirty four topics across six categories, arranged in the order they were written.
Historical Structures and Traditional Binding
Paper Cases and Modest Structures
Book Arts Structures
Notes on Materials
Decorative and Luxury Features
Professional Practices
Most of the material here was written as a supplement to, not a replacement for, an in person or online class. Still, handouts for many of the topics are detailed enough to guide those with basic forwarding skills in making the structure described. Most include a detailed tool and supply list.
Available in unbound sheets, shipped unfolded and flat.
Twenty-four sections, five folios each, 462 pages total.
unfolded page size (short grain) 14 × 8.5”
folded text block: 8.5 × 7 × 1.25”
laser printed onto bright white 70 lb text.
Most of this material is available for free download as individual documents
A Bookbinder’s Compendium: Workshop Handouts 2001-2025 by Karen Hanmer
Coming soon through Colophon Book Arts Supply.
This collection includes instructions on thirty four topics across six categories, arranged in the order they were written.
Historical Structures and Traditional Binding
Paper Cases and Modest Structures
Book Arts Structures
Notes on Materials
Decorative and Luxury Features
Professional Practices
Most of the material here was written as a supplement to, not a replacement for, an in person or online class. Still, handouts for many of the topics are detailed enough to guide those with basic forwarding skills in making the structure described. Most include a detailed tool and supply list.
Available in unbound sheets, shipped unfolded and flat.
Twenty-four sections, five folios each, 462 pages total.
unfolded page size (short grain) 14 × 8.5”
folded text block: 8.5 × 7 × 1.25”
laser printed onto bright white 70 lb text.
Most of this material is available for free download as individual documents
