Drum leaf binding

SFCB is a bookbinding and letterpress studio offering workshops, events, and exhibitions that promote traditional book arts and experimental book forms.

This virtual workshop takes place on Zoom on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday June 13–17, from 1pm–3pm: Monday, June 13, 1–3pm Wednesday, June 15, 1–3pm Friday, June 17, 1–3pm Please Note: Registration for this workshop closes on Monday, June 6 at…

A student brought in the book Book + Art: Handcrafting Artists' Books last semester, and as I flipped through it (best for its aest...

Somebody (I forgot who and couldn't find it again) posted a photo of a journal made at a workshop using the "drum leaf binding" method. It's relatively new in the centuries old bookbinding craft. It was developed to bind large maps in a two-page spread so that bits of the image wouldn't get hidden in the valley created by binding. I read what I could find on it and it was intriguing. It's a no-sew method where all the signatures are simply glued to each other in sequence and then to the…

First book I ever made! Made in class for book arts. Cialux italian bookcloth cover in rust color, oaktag text block, french groove pressed. ph neutral pva glue used. 14 sheets, 28 pages. Approx. 4…

Today’s project can be either a flutter book —a traditional Japanese binding— or if you do more gluing, a drum leaf binding. (The latter was developed by Timothy Ely.) The model is a miniatur…

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Last week, a workshop with Sarah Bryant at LCBA , learning drum leaf binding , in which single sheets are folded and glued together at spi...

Case is variation on Gary Frost style board binding.