Biblio tech : reverse engineering historical and modern binding structures with a focus on board attachment

Creator

Hanmer, Karen

Date

• 2013

Publisher

Glenview, Illinois: Karen Hanmer

Summary

• COLOPHON: "These binding models are constructed with text blocks from the French Paper Company, paper-backed book cloths, archival-quality boards, and sewing supports of a variety of natural fibers. The wooden boards are cedar and birch, the leathers and vellums are goat or calf.
• Thanks to Dorothy Simpson Krause and Monday Editions for their 2009 invitation to present a variety of options for cover attachment. That lecture was the genesis of the Biblio Tech binding models and workshops. Thanks also to Mark Arend, Robert Hanmer, Kathy Lechuga, Jana Pullman and Peter Verheyen for reviewing this document, to Amy Rabas for page design, and to Ann Poe for editing.
• I am forever grateful to my ongoing technical support team: Eric Alstrom, Head of Conservation and Preservation at Michigan State University Library; Scott Kellar, Scott K. Kellar Bookbinding and Conservation, Chicago; and Peter Verheyen, Head of Conservation and Preservation at Syracuse University Library."
• This reference set of binding models is based on Karen Hanmer's popular workshop "Biblio tech: reverse engineering historical and modern binding structures". The models remain uncovered and only partially completed so methods of board attachment, sewing, spine lining, and endsheet construction are visible. Each model measures approximately 13 x 9 x 1 cm.
• Includes a set of twelve binding models with leather and various papers and sewing supports, wooden boards, museum board.
• Each set is accompanied by a 45 page illustrated booklet outlining key structural features of each binding, and providing numerous references for further study.
• Includes bibliographical references (pages 43-44).
• Signed by the artist.
• Number: 12.