Below a sample of Peka-Spritz-Papier made by Hübel & Denck in Leipzig from the article "Das Spritzverfahren in der Buchbinderei" by Paul Klein in the Buchbinderlehrling, 1928. I shared other papers using this technique by Hübel & Denck from their Monatsblätter in this earlier post.
Steifbroschure (stiffened paper binding) by Amy Borezo on Ernst Collin's Bone Folder from the 2012 Bind-O-Rama, More examples including historical ones can be found by clicking on the steifbroschure label. Just scroll down.
Amy wrote a short post on how she made the paper for Bonefolder Extras here. The second edition text of Ernst Collin's Bone Folder can also be freely downloaded laid out for binding using the link in the left sidebar.
Sunday, November 10, 2019
Saturday, November 2, 2019
Decorated Papers from Kersten's Exakte Bucheinband
Swatches of decorated papers and other materials were regular features of German bookbinding publications, whether books or journals. Below the swatches included with Paul Kersten's Der Exakte Bucheinband (1923), one of the iconic manuals focusing the Franzband (Extra binding with 90 degree joint and laced-on (usually) boards. The text appeared in multiple editions with the 1909 available in HathiTrust. Swatches there start on page 223.
Notice how the vendors for the papers are listed with/below the swatches, as well as what the paper the swatches are mounted on. This is allows the binder for whom the publications were written to know exactly where to procure them.
Notice how the vendors for the papers are listed with/below the swatches, as well as what the paper the swatches are mounted on. This is allows the binder for whom the publications were written to know exactly where to procure them.
Title Page |
Vorsatz (endpaper) and Überzug (covering paper). |
Marbled papers. |
More marbled papers of various kinds. |
More endpapers. |
Thursday, October 24, 2019
A Bookbinder’s Journey 2 - Video Online
A Bookbinder’s Journey: My analog and virtual life in the book arts
48th Susan Garretson Swartzburg ’60 Memorial Book Arts Lecture
Lecturer: Peter D. Verheyen
Thursday, Oct. 17th, 2019
Wells College, Aurora, NY
Lecturer: Peter D. Verheyen
Thursday, Oct. 17th, 2019
Wells College, Aurora, NY
Details at:
https://wellsbookartscenter.org/48th-susan-garretson-swartzburg-60-memorial-book-arts-lecturer-peter-d-verheyen/
Video below. Slides with notes here
https://wellsbookartscenter.org/48th-susan-garretson-swartzburg-60-memorial-book-arts-lecturer-peter-d-verheyen/
Video below. Slides with notes here
Friday, October 18, 2019
Salmon Parchment Tests at UICB
A short video of the testing process on my salmon parchment conducted recently by Tim Barrett at the University of Iowa Center for the Book Research and Production Paper Facility.
So, how did the tests go? Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Bookbinding Materials wrote, "salmon skin is strong. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly strong it is."
TESTING REPORT
University of Iowa Center for the Book
Research and Production Paper Facility
October 17, 2019
P. Verheyen provided samples of goat skin parchment and fish skin parchment, both of about the same thickness. An MIT Folding Endurance tester and an Elmendorf Tear tester were used to gather the reported data, although both are designed for evaluating the mechanical properties of paper, not parchment. The two related TAPPI standard procedures used were T 511 and T 414. The following important exceptions to the specified steps occurred during the tests:
1: https://www.tappi.org/content/SARG/T511.pdf http://grayhall.co.uk/BeloitResearch/tappi/t414.pdf
So, how did the tests go? Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Bookbinding Materials wrote, "salmon skin is strong. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly strong it is."
TESTING REPORT
University of Iowa Center for the Book
Research and Production Paper Facility
October 17, 2019
P. Verheyen provided samples of goat skin parchment and fish skin parchment, both of about the same thickness. An MIT Folding Endurance tester and an Elmendorf Tear tester were used to gather the reported data, although both are designed for evaluating the mechanical properties of paper, not parchment. The two related TAPPI standard procedures used were T 511 and T 414. The following important exceptions to the specified steps occurred during the tests:
- None of the specimens were pre-conditioned or conditioned nor was testing done in a temperature and humidity controlled room. RH varied between 30 and 42%.
- Only two strips of both parchments were subjected to fold tests and 13mm wide strips were tested rather than the specified 15mm wide strips.
- One ply of each parchment was used for the tear testing.
- Three fish skin parchment tear tests were attempted and all were disqualified because the required tears across the full width of the specimen were not possible due to the strength of the material.
Material
|
Test
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Tests
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Final Averages
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Fish Parchment
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Fold
|
2
|
79,338 folds
|
Tear
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3, Disqualified
|
NA (Did not tear across full width due to strength)
|
|
Goat Parchment
|
Fold
|
2
|
12,015 folds
|
Tear
|
6
|
784 gr/cm
|
|
UICB Flax Papercase Paper,
circa 1992
|
Fold
|
60
|
4501 folds[1]
|
Tear
|
60
|
828 gr/cm[2]
|
[1] Average from test strips cut in both the chainline and the cross-chainline directions.
[2] Average from test strips cut in both the chainline and the cross-chainline directions.
1: https://www.tappi.org/content/SARG/T511.pdf http://grayhall.co.uk/BeloitResearch/tappi/t414.pdf
Book Arts arts du livre Canada (Vol 10., Nr. 2, 2019)
"Fish Tales, experiments with fish skin for bookbinding
The New Bookbinder: Journal of Designer Bookbinders (2020)
"Fish Tales, experiments with fish skin for bookbinding
The New Bookbinder: Journal of Designer Bookbinders (2020)
Saturday, October 12, 2019
Latest Salmon Parchment
Used my last piece of salmon parchment to have it tested for fold and tear strength, so had to make a new one. Note the translucency! So glad Wegman's has salmon fillets in a family size. Good to have Fritz Otto around to hold it up for photography...
Friday, October 4, 2019
Thank you Bookbinder Barbie
Very glad to have had @bookbinderbarbie visit this summer – THE highlight in my studio.
Don't stop learning and binding, and keep in touch.
Don't stop learning and binding, and keep in touch.
Honored to have won "Most bookbindery photo?" The NBSS knit hat will keep me toasty during our brutal Syracuse winters and in the slightly warmer studio.
Sunday, September 29, 2019
Fritz Otto Gets Ready for the Week
Fritz Otto says a professional always makes sure their Kittel (lab coat) is clean and crisply ironed to start the week... This tacking iron is almost the right size, still need a proper ironing board though.
Below, the workshop of the Kunstgewerbeschule Hamburg under the direction of Professor Kurt Londenberg, former student of Ignatz Wiemeler. From the December "Bilderbeilage" of the Allgemeiner Anzeiger für Buchbindereien, [after 1957]. Note the nice crisp lab coats.
Fritz Otto washes, bleaches, and irons his lab coat every weekend, well almost every weekend. |
Below, the workshop of the Kunstgewerbeschule Hamburg under the direction of Professor Kurt Londenberg, former student of Ignatz Wiemeler. From the December "Bilderbeilage" of the Allgemeiner Anzeiger für Buchbindereien, [after 1957]. Note the nice crisp lab coats.
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