Bookbinding Tapestries

Bookbinding is a hobby where stacks of paper sheets are folded together into sections called signatures to create books or a codex. A great pastime for creating or improving and customizing your favorite book and cover.

Some bookbinding tools

If you know a bookbinder, they're probably not TOO upset that COVID means fewer holiday invites. "Oh, rats... well, I'll be in my workshop! See you next year!"

Bookbinding Retirement Design that reads: "Bookbinding Is My Retirement Plan". That's just right for a Bookbinder who just retired.

Bookbinding is My Therapy Brush of Bookbind Hobby Bookbinder Loves Sketchbook

Bookbinding Awl (Classic Gold) - Book Binding Tools for Sketchbook Making. Orange bookbinding awl reminds of being a bookbinder,for bookbinders who are in love with book making craft.

C'mon... if you've ever used one of these things, you know you've thought about this!

Bookbinding Awl

The imposing home of the Bronte sisters entirely collaged in marbled bookbinding paper. It gives a bit of an impressionistic feel.I've tried to give a sense of light coming from the house against the backdrop of a bleak day in Yorkshire. The front door is white now, but was dark when the Bronte's lived there. I've kept the door dark so the eye is drawn and it invites the viewer in.

A handbound book is a piece of art. Those that make them: artists!

A portrait of Jane Austen made entirely from bits of marbled paper. This is based on Cassandra's portrait of her literary sister so should hopefully have a good likeness and I have given her a regency style garland frame.

Barbara Pym, the forgotten face of mid Twentieth Century British Literature collaged in marbled bookbinding paper. Philip Larkin said he would rather read a new Barbara Pym than a new Jane Austen and yet she fell out of print in her lifetime.

The eminent Victorian novelist Charles Dickens entirely collaged in bookbinding marbled paper. He was apparently quite a dapper gentleman,although his beard is quite bonkers. This is based on a photograph from around 1865.

This design is based on the centuries-old technique of paper marbling.

Retro Antique Vintage Bookbinder Typography Press

The only job title I've ever used that meant anything to me. I bet plenty of you out there feel the same way!

Vintage Retro Antique Bookbinder Typography Press

A word cloud design of a heart made from words that only someone who works as a Bookbinder can understand. Perfect for Valentine's Day or for someone in your family who does a job as a Bookbinder.

If that was the answer you got to "What would you like for Christmas?", remember that was the answer that person gave everybody. Buy them a t-shirt instead!

Hand marbled paper with a quote from Antony Powell. Volume 10 in the series 'A Dance to the Music of Time'

Digital cut of hand marbled paper

Digital cut of hand marbled paper

Hand Marbled paper with text overlay

Text cut out from hand marbled bookbinding paper

Cut out of hand marbled paper.

Hand marbled paper

I'm not advocating Christmas skull-crushing, but book presses are legitimately fun.

Deconstructed stab bound book. For your favourite book binding enthusiast!

Makers take what inspired them and use that to create the things that inspire others.

Makers take what inspired them and use that to create the things that inspire others.

Deconstructed case bound book. For your favourite book binding enthusiast!

Deconstructed coptic bound book. For your favourite book binding enthusiast!

Bookbinding isn't just a hobby or profession. It's an IDENTITY.

The cyclical nature of the bookbinder is a thing of beauty.