Aspects of running a bookbinder's supplies company as a family business Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynUZozrlMbc ? Support iBookBinding! Become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding Pledges start at only $1 / €1 / £1 per month. This summer, we had a chance to visit the headquarters of @Schmedt - The World of Bookbinding -- a well-known German producer and distributor of all things related to book craft! One of the reasons for our visit was to kickstart a partnership between iBookBinding and Schmedt. From now on, you can buy a selected line of iBookBinding tools in ..read more

There's still time to send your binding! ? Support iBookBinding! Become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding Pledges start with only $1 / €1 / £1 per month. We discuss the upcoming International Competition with two people in charge of it: Amy Kitcherside and Talitha Wachtelborn, book professionals from the UK. You still have time to make a book and join the competition until the beginning of May. Watch this episode on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/yKbN0iwaOdM Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com You can ask our futu ..read more

Come over to Sint-Niklaas on the 10th of April! ? Support iBookBinding! Become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding Pledges start with only $1 / €1 / £1 per month. This time on Bookish Talk, we discuss the upcoming Boekbindbeurs België with Tanja Rakic from the Dutch seller of all sorts of bookish stuff Boektotaal. They have picked up the bookbinding fair in Sint-Niklaas from the previous organizer late in 2019 but haven't had a chance to run it since. So that's the first time for them and the 24th time for the Belgian fair! Please come over to Sint-Niklaas on the 10th of April if yo ..read more

Clay book, book on wheels, a book inspired by Andrei Sakharov, and more! ? Support iBookBinding! Become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding Pledges start with only $1 / €1 / £1 per month. Pavel and I had a great opportunity to visit the library of the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow and talk to its director Valerij Ledenev. He showed us some of the objects related to the history of the artist's books in Russia and walked us through the library's collection of modern artist's books. Including the objects from their Single Copy project, which aims to foster the development ..read more

We return to Angaea Cuna for a workshop tour and to talk about more bookish things! ? Support iBookBinding! Become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding Pledges start with only $1 / €1 / £1 per month. We have already published two videos with our talks with Angaea Cuna, a bookbinder of Filipino descent who's residing and working in Hawaii. In this video, we discuss chemicals, bioarchitecture, the balance of life and death, and, yes, Angaea takes us for a tour of her studio. You can find this and the previous episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/c/iBookBinding/search?query=Angaea%20C ..read more

The tour of Kate Holland's amazing studio and more! ? Support iBookBinding! Become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding Pledges start with only $1 / €1 / £1 per month. In the second part of our talk with Kate Holland, we discussed education for bookbinders and the influence of art and craft on the economy. But most of the time we spend going around Kate's workshop and discussing tools, materials, and techniques. You can watch the video of this episode on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKPuwxUTxkM Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorial ..read more

We return to Tom McEwan to discuss the state of bookbinding in Scotland! ? Support iBookBinding! Become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding Pledges start with only $1 / €1 / £1 per month. Watch the video version of this episode on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/49HZssNznBY Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com You can ask our future guests questions on: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/ibookbinding/ Discord — https://discord.gg/TJY5FeS Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/iBookBinding/ Follow Tom's projects: Insta ..read more

We continue our Booker Prize bindings series with Tom McEwan ? Support iBookBinding! Become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding Pledges start with only $1 / €1 / £1 per month. This time we return to our Booker Prize bindings series to discuss the binding of A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam which was created by Tom McEwan. Tom is an award-winning bookbinder and the first Scottish guest on our podcast. It was a great pleasure to discuss his creative process. We have also recorded another episode of the podcast with Tom where we discuss his career and some aspects of being a bookbi ..read more

Do some experimental bookbinding! ? Support iBookBinding! Become a patron (and get more content): https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding Pledges start with only $1 / €1 / £1 per month. We return to Ben Elbel to talk about experimental bookbinding and unusual book structures. While this episode was recorded a while ago, it stays absolutely actual. Especially as Ben was named one of the most inspiring bookish people of 2021 by the guests of our podcast! Watch this episode on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB4KPoBnsKE Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and t ..read more

Designer Bookbinders UK Competition is well known all over the world ? Support iBookBinding! Become a patron (and get more content): https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding Pledges start with only $1 / €1 / £1 per month. This time we invited Kate Holland, an award-winning bookbinder from the UK, who is also one of the people in charge of the Designer Bookbinders UK Competition. Watch this episode on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCSGL6QI9Js Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com You can ask our future guests question ..read more