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Five paper craft exercises need no press and no studio at all
Five projects with no press and no studio: two papers, hand burnishing, dampening, a paper registration jig, and one process followed end to end.
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Archival standards for handmade books at the bench
Archival standards for handmade books, turned into bench choices: alkaline paper, linen thread, reversible paste, lignin-free board and a materials sheet.
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What a conservation lab inspection checks on a handmade book, in order
A fixed order for inspecting a handmade book: text block, sewing, boards, adhesive and pH, then housing, plus what a condition report should list.
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Quebec bookbinding terms and the French-language resources worth owning
Bookbinding in French Quebec means learning terms like couture and reliure d'art, plus guilds, manuals and letterpress traditions in Montreal and Quebec City.
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6 short exercises that turn bookbinding mistakes into deliberate lessons
Six short bench exercises that each make one failure happen on purpose, so grain, tension, adhesive and time stop being things you read about.
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4 points on handmade journal ideas that matter
Eleven journal formats from an evening to a weekend, plus how folding decides the format and why paste paper is the easiest cover to make yourself.
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Cutting what bookbinding actually costs: fix the specification, not the supplier
Bookbinding supply costs options: change the specification rather than the supplier, make what only needs to be strong, and cut waste at the layout stage.
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6 book arts projects, each one built to teach a single skill
Six small book arts projects, each built to isolate a single skill: folding, sewing, casing, sheet forming, mounting and pressing to a flat result.