2013 bindings

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Fine bind­ing of Pri­mo Lev­i’s The Peri­od­ic Table in grey goat with rec­tan­gu­lar black onlays indi­cat­ing each chap­ter, and gold high­light­ed with sur­face gilding.
Graphite edge with gold chap­ter high­light­ed with gilt edge, stripe in end­band, and tooled head­cap. Black goat doublures.
  • Closeup of shaped wooden board with inset brass clasps
  • Gothic-inspired binding with shaped wooden boards, alum-tawed pigskin spine inset into board, and inset brass clasps, with fifth-scale model
  • Image showing spine edge of Gothic-inspired bindings, with double raised cords and endband sewing evident, and fifth-scale model on top.
Goth­ic-inspired bind­ing from work­shop with Jim Croft. Packed sewing over dou­ble raised cords, shaped wood­en boards with inset brass clasps, and alum-tawed pig spine.

  • Maroon goat binding with inset keyhole showing marbled endpaper offcut behind
  • Gilt edge in focused light
Maroon goat bind­ing of Alice in Won­der­land with inset key­hole on left board sewn over raised cords with gilt head and mar­bled end­pa­per off­cut behind binding.

Woven medieval longstitch bind­ing with wood­en spine stiff­en­er and parch­ment cov­ers with foredge flap.

Grey cloth case bind­ing of Asi­mov’s The Left Hand of the Elec­tron, with inset Feny­man dia­gram across boards and spine and sil­ver foil stamped spine.
Kore­an stab stitch bind­ing from work­shop with Minah Song, with yel­low paper cov­er and red stitch­ing, with gelatin and tis­sue sam­ple in front for parch­ment repair.

Edi­tion of case bind­ings com­mis­sioned by Sam Ellen­port with red cloth and red and yel­low stuck-on end­bands, made by stu­dents assem­bly-line style.