Category Archives: bookbinding

Third Time’s a Charm (sort of)

Posted on June 4, 2023 by Byopia Press

The idea of a double-tabbed nonadhesive joint for assembling book pages continued to niggle at me last week, so I made another attempt at a workable version. The image below shows the successful iteration.

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How to Make a Tabbed Accordion

Posted on May 28, 2023 by Byopia Press

The latter part of the week I spent playing with tabbed accordions.

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In Praise of the Binder Clip

Posted on May 21, 2023 by Byopia Press

I like stores that sell tools and materials: art supply stores and fabric stores and hardware stores and stationary stores. One of the often overlooked treasures in the last-mentioned is the humble binder clip.

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Waiting for glue to dry …

Posted on May 7, 2023 by Byopia Press

The major book arts project this week was finally constructing a wrapper for Recomp, a work that I started in 2015. (You can read about it here and here.) Recomp is mounted in a box that has hinges and a … Continue reading →

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Another Band Closure for Books (and other things)

Posted on April 9, 2023 by Byopia Press

As a demonstration that this structure works for things other than books, I’ll begin with an image of a wrapped present —without any plastic tape— held closed with today’s band.

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Hither and Thither

Posted on March 19, 2023 by Byopia Press

A number of things were accomplished this week but the biggest project was selecting the images for my upcoming Zoom presentation for the Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild.

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Friday Night Flicks: Tauba Auerbach

Posted on March 10, 2023 by Byopia Press

You may have encountered the work of Tauba Auerbach before. Her Colorspace Atlas did the rounds on all the major art/design sites when it was released in 2011. (You can read more about it and see more images on this … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Flicks: Beetle Mania

Posted on March 3, 2023 by Byopia Press

Tonight’s flick is another from the Artist’s Books Unshelved series hosted by Yuka Petz, and featuring works from the Cynthia Sears Collection. (There is a thirty second intro that you can easily skip if you have watched episodes from this … Continue reading →

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Heart-In-Hand

Posted on January 29, 2023 by Byopia Press

My maternal grandfather was Pennsylvania Dutch, so it is possible that he made a papercut valentine or, perhaps, a heart-in-hand love token for my grandmother.

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Byopia Press Advent Calendar 2022: The Index

Posted on December 26, 2022 by Byopia Press

In the hope that this will make it easier for you to find things that you remember seeing in this year’s Advent Calendar, here is an Index. Clicking on the title will take you to the post. ***** Byopia Press … Continue reading →

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