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View fullsize I think California is best summed up for me by this glorious painting by Richard Mayhew @sfmoma Bigger, brighter, bolder. It’s really been too much to take on board but here are a few highlights. Firstly all the wonderful people @codexfoundatio
View fullsize Stand all set up at Codex. Come and say hi. And I’m right next to the bar and the best views across the bay. What could be better. Stand 203. @codexfoundation #codex2022 #codexbookfair #bookbinder #bookbinding #sanfrancisco #cranewaypavillion
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View fullsize Today I have been mostly tooling. Edge to edge doublures of @jhewitsons Pentland goatskin with backpared onlays of @harmatanoakridgeleather fine goatskin. Adding dots with 23c gold foil. Embellishing with blind tooling. Sealing edges of backpared onl
View fullsize A busy day of solander box making at Central Saint Martins @csm_printmaking_centre with students, technicians and teachers from Printmaking, Publications and Art and Science departments. This workshop was funded by @printingcharity through @db_bookbi
View fullsize Top tips for glueing out when covering with leather. 1. Paste out skin within the turnins. Aloo looks to dry. Re paste. 2. PVA along spine and joints area. 3. PVA spine and joints of book. 4. Place book on skin accurately at corner and joint marks.
View fullsize Something for the weekend? The latest 2022 workshop dates are up on my revamped website and I'm offering 10% early bird discount on all workshops booked before Easter (18/04/22). Enter SALE10. Beginners - 20/6-24/6. Intermediate - 19/09-21/09. Advanc
View fullsize Idly scrolling I find this memento of my last visit to @codexfoundation bookfair in California. Binding of the first edition of Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov. London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson. 1959. Adapted Bradel binding with pink goatskin, printed pap
View fullsize Some of the books I'll be taking to @fpbassociation Oxford bookfair this weekend. A combination of bindings and my own publications. Look forward to seeing you there. Nonesuch Press edition of John Milton's 'Paradise Lost' and 'Paradise Found' with i