We Make | bookbinding | Activity https://wemake.co/crafts/bookbinding-all/ Activity feed for the group, bookbinding. Mon, 06 Apr 2026 22:12:13 -0700 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.20.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 b412254f4d33f540b2ae94df82d0a5a6 bigriverbindery posted an update in the group bookbinding: The Radish Magazine in Moline, Illinois and the Quad […] https://wemake.co/activity/p/2856/ Sun, 11 May 2025 18:36:28 -0700 The Radish Magazine in Moline, Illinois and the Quad Cities awards community members an award each year, and instead of a plaque or certificate, it commissions a local artist to make artwork for the winners.

This book is a carousel book, with images of the topics the magazine covers: Healthy living, the outdoors, and local community. The… Read more

]]> 1 afffd5202e76f0b037c21373da241fa1 shadowbindery posted an update in the group bookbinding: A case-binding rebind of Erin Morgenstern's Night […] https://wemake.co/activity/p/2827/ Sat, 03 May 2025 21:17:19 -0700 A case-binding rebind of Erin Morgenstern's Night Circus. The spine is purple goatskin with faux bands and gold tooling. The labels and endbands are also leather. Gold and black paper line the covers with a ribbon down the edge of the spine leather piece. Inside endpapers are hand-marbled. The book edges are decorated with purple and gold ink.

]]> 1 33f42c4e9c2dbd11921179bc1615dc89 shadowbindery posted an update in the group bookbinding: First Edition copy of The Stand by Stephen King rebound […] https://wemake.co/activity/p/2826/ Sat, 03 May 2025 21:12:04 -0700 First Edition copy of The Stand by Stephen King rebound in black goatskin with leather inlays mirroring the original cover artwork. Matching custom box in white leather with faux black suede also crafted to match. Hand-marbled endpapers with inset of King's signature on the front inside cover. Custom remarque artwork added to the front of the… Read more

]]> 0 1337ae19e824c4609e1c48be8e0e5e9a shadowbindery posted an update in the group bookbinding: Recently finished custom typeset, printed, and bound […] https://wemake.co/activity/p/2825/ Sat, 03 May 2025 21:06:47 -0700 Recently finished custom typeset, printed, and bound book for a family member. Done in a modern take on traditional English style. Bound in brown goatskin, hand tooled cover and spine, leather labels, and hand-marbled accents + endpapers. Endbands are hand-sewn silk and the head of the book is gilt with 22k gold.

]]> 0 db69521c6d72868e4fa4746d4b32c0d7 bigriverbindery posted an update in the group bookbinding: Monday Morning came about while walking the dog in […] https://wemake.co/activity/p/2697/ Thu, 27 Mar 2025 17:15:30 -0700 Monday Morning came about while walking the dog in my neighborhood in Normal, Illinois, where I discovered the unfamiliar in my familiar landscape. Monday was garbage day and the city provided trash containers for each resident. Although the cans are all the same, they appear different when staged in front of the various houses in… Read more

]]> 0 ca0de6c3d7d5e31e60b7cc6b15fb230e bigriverbindery posted an update in the group bookbinding: Letterpress printed and colored paper with hand-cut […] https://wemake.co/activity/p/2383/ Fri, 31 Jan 2025 23:43:21 -0800 Letterpress printed and colored paper with hand-cut holes, bound in cloth-covered boards.

Sometimes it’s not the stars that guide you. This book uses city names to make the constellations used to guide the artist’s family to their next destination. A carousel book that spans over 8 feet when open, the dark blue paper and cut holes reveal… Read more

]]> 0 22eb4710f62e984240d2c6d2d0190978 bigriverbindery posted an update in the group bookbinding: Unique binding of volume P of the UPPERCASE Encyclopedia […] https://wemake.co/activity/p/2382/ Fri, 31 Jan 2025 23:37:05 -0800 Unique binding of volume P of the UPPERCASE Encyclopedia of Inspiration: Print/Maker, published in 2018.

Simplified Binding structure with hand sewn pages, letterpress printed endsheets and covering cloth. Spine made with red vegetable tanned leather.

]]> 3 703d5425c3cea02123f4b9315ff1c352 bigriverbindery posted an update in the group bookbinding: This book chronicles two weeks of daily walks with my dog […] https://wemake.co/activity/p/2213/ Fri, 06 Dec 2024 14:26:04 -0800 This book chronicles two weeks of daily walks with my dog in our Philadelphia neighborhood, marking the routes and occurrences on the way. The city is reduced to line, shape and color, and transparent papers reveal the echoes of yesterday and an allusion to tomorrow.

Relief, letterpress, and pochoir printing on Sekishu japanese paper.… Read more

]]> 2 86484829d6559ca406c81542a82ed063 bigriverbindery posted an update in the group bookbinding: Collaboration with members of the Southeast Chapter of […] https://wemake.co/activity/p/2212/ Fri, 06 Dec 2024 14:20:19 -0800 Collaboration with members of the Southeast Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers. Each member made two prints based on the prompt: Cause / Effect. Pages were distributed then sent back to the makers for a unique binding.

French Door Book using the Drum Leaf binding method. Pages folded and adhesive bound to the adjacent pages. Cloth… Read more

]]> 3 5096112a12dde1d4ca2e17b461d281ea bigriverbindery posted an update in the group bookbinding: Pierced vellum binding over hard boards. Colored […] https://wemake.co/activity/p/2211/ Thu, 05 Dec 2024 23:52:10 -0800 Pierced vellum binding over hard boards. Colored areas painted on board before vellum applied to the book.

]]> 2 8659d5bcf0bc3c795227147f243cd277 louise-bescond posted an update in the group bookbinding: https://wemake.co/activity/p/982/ Tue, 09 Apr 2024 09:49:16 -0700 0 a8af0d2caebbda2483f0e800d93d17b9 louise-bescond posted an update in the group bookbinding: https://wemake.co/activity/p/980/ Tue, 09 Apr 2024 09:36:54 -0700 3 96fab4ed89d7e676681047a6cbfd815e nantmaker posted an update in the group bookbinding: All types of books from books for your pocket to […] https://wemake.co/activity/p/897/ Wed, 03 Apr 2024 07:38:52 -0700 All types of books from books for your pocket to large sketchbooks. I screen print my designs onto cloth and paper or use repurposed kimonos for binding my books.Commissions welcome.

]]> 0 bad392131cf7c50535fc52ab3b704bf2 bhbeidler posted an update in the group bookbinding: A book I bound as part of a fundraiser for the […] https://wemake.co/activity/p/863/ Fri, 29 Mar 2024 01:39:35 -0700 A book I bound as part of a fundraiser for the Penland School of Craft.

]]> 4 4c828ca01b6a04621fbdf35a498af766 bhbeidler posted an update in the group bookbinding: Each one has just under 400 pages and feels like quite […] https://wemake.co/activity/p/861/ Fri, 29 Mar 2024 01:28:47 -0700 Each one has just under 400 pages and feels like quite the hefty tome. I really like seeing the twisty impressions of the thread (on either side of the bands) that was used to tie up the book right after covering. Those lil sneaky details that reveal a bit of the process always get me. Blue paper made by Hook Pottery Paper.

]]> 0 117715d7f015585df96eab834f7a5876 bailemorbooks posted an update in the group bookbinding: Gothic style binding with boards fashioned from staves […] https://wemake.co/activity/p/754/ Sun, 17 Mar 2024 18:25:51 -0700 Gothic style binding with boards fashioned from staves of whisky cask; repurposed vellum land deed, hemp cord sewing supports, dyed linen sewing thread and headbands. Clamshell box with tweed interior cushions.
Winner Best Creative Binding in 2022 Elizabeth Soutar Competition. Permanent collection at National Library of Scotland.

]]> 0 6ae7233f7416891a5cab154dcf71d28e bhbeidler posted an update in the group bookbinding: https://wemake.co/activity/p/465/ Sat, 24 Jun 2023 16:16:50 -0700 0 6ea020542343ab946ca76a77916d4375 bhbeidler posted an update in the group bookbinding: Nothing like the soft light of a quiet afternoon to […] https://wemake.co/activity/p/383/ Wed, 14 Jun 2023 19:37:18 -0700 Nothing like the soft light of a quiet afternoon to bring out the beauty of gold tooling on a hand made book.

]]> 8 af193188ea0f1112af91214c3cd1c1b6 bhbeidler posted an update in the group bookbinding: A recent binding I did of Herbs for the Medieval […] https://wemake.co/activity/p/360/ Mon, 12 Jun 2023 21:39:44 -0700 A recent binding I did of Herbs for the Medieval Household, which is a mid-20th century text full of reproductions of woodcuts and descriptions common herbs and other plants used for food and medicine in medieval Europe. Hopefully obvious, the tooling on the front cover is intended to allude to the imagery in the book, and was created… Read more

]]> 6 cd29e5fbb27cb4a2a9244684f1483ac3 bhbeidler posted an update in the group bookbinding: https://wemake.co/activity/p/312/ Mon, 05 Jun 2023 04:44:59 -0700 1