A few years ago, the Stichting Handboekbinden  posted the availability in sheets of Johann Denninger's De Bradelbinding  (The Bradel Bin...

In a world that is verSPINnert, ahem spinning, it's important to tell up from down, right from wrong, ... So too in bookbinding. That...

As many will know, fish skin for bookbinding, whether as parchment and tanned has long been an area of interest for me. This interest was sp...

In the beginning, there was a library conservation lecture series . I led that series for the first 8 years, something that was a terrific o...

It's scary when the hired help has a tidier studio than the "Meister" ... I better clean up my own studio before I start any p...

On July 1st, 1995, I began my career at Syracuse University Libraries. To me, it began as the ultimate work-study job because, 1) I was hire...

Been a rather busy and tense few months since "the Meister" decided to retire from his "day-job" at a large library effe...