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You can devide the craft of bookbinding in regular work and the applied art form.
The applied art form of bookbinding will give the binder the challenge to make a unique design, binding and decoration to make something special. The experiment is a important part in this work.
When you have a commission by a collector or booklover who wants to have a special binding and design for a book it takes time to develop ideas and sometimes new techniques.
3D printed cover , Dirck de Bray’s ‘Kort onderweijs van het boeckenbinden’ Sewn on stubs, Dos Rapporté binding (developed by Benjamin Elbel) 3D printed white plastic, Zaansch bord spine Design inspired by image of a gravure in the book with tools, here as a ‘kit’ Published by Atelier – Ganzenweide.nl In the collection of the Royal Library in The Hague and private collection Limited edition: 4
Detail cover
Detail of spine opening of the 3D printed book Stub binding and Dos Rapporté
Reynaert de Vos Sewn on vellum tapes on a vellum wrapper Wegné wood cover, lasered parts to hold the vellum tapes, own development In private collection
Box for Reynaert de Vos Covered with wood veneer
Box for Reynaert de Vos Covered in wood veneer Tailor made inlay for cd in the bottom of the box
Meander binding revisited, own development Cover in paste paper Titel turned into blocs Sliding box with lid, envelop for cd All in paper In private collection
‘Knitted’ book, first design by me in 2002 Sewn on three ropes Paper Edition: 1 In 2021 we made a tutorial of this special Knitted Boards Binding together with Benjamin Elbel of Elbel Libro See: Bookbindingoutofthebox.com
Example Knitted Boards Binding made for the tutorial
Two design bindings for bibliophile edition Dos rapporté binding as developed by Benjamin Elbel Buffalo leather, personalised dessin on covers In private collection
Shakespeare, Sonnet XVIII Paper version with titel lasered in coveredges Dos rapporté binding in a special version developed by Benjamin Elbel This edition is forwarded by Benjamin Elbel, commisioned by bindery Wilgenkamp In collection of the Royal Library The Hague and private collections Edition: 65
Detail on the endpapers with lasered edges
Shakespeare, Sonnet XVIII in binary code by Societé Anonyme Stub binding and longstitch binding Padoek wood and Ingres paper, titel in lasercutting Second International Competition Designer Bookbinders In collection of Royal Libary in The Hague and private collections Edition: 5
Shakespeare, Sonnet XVIII in Binary code
Diary Coptic binding Monotype, embroidery, linen ribbons
Photo album, set of two volumes Sewn on stubs Photographs are removable and can be displayed as single images The title is lasered in black hardboard with coloured letter inlays Paper, leather tapes and grey hardboard In private collection
Spine detail of Stub Binding
Simplified binding, spine in four parts Inlayed embroidery on front and backside Gaze, black yarn
I remember Extreme Oriëntal binding Paper and grey hardboard, printing, inlays Design inspired by the typographics of the book International Xe F.I.R.A, International forum for artbooks Organised by ARA Belgica in Brugge – Arabelgica.be
I remember Soft slip cover of 100% wool felt, International Xe F.I.R.A International forum for artbooks Organised by ARA Belgica in Brugge – Arabelgica.be
De Stijl Star binding Experiment in paper
Il Cantico delle Creature by Franciscus of Assisi Mixed media, paper Seconda Mostra Internazionale di Rilegatura d’Arte in Italia Maestro Rilegature
Solander box with closure for Il Cantico delle Creature
Ouverture au monde Star-binding with photo’s of letterboxes in different countries, sewn on leather tapes Cover with magnets, bookclosure inpired by an envelope Participating Délires de Livres
Spine detail Ouverture au monde
Jonge Helden Jean the Gonet binding Leather, paper, mixed media Competition to honour 650 year city of Hoorn Organised in collaboration with author André Nuyens, the Westfries Museum and Westfries Archive 3e prize
Uit de schaduw Symplified binding, text underlayed in personal technique Paper and threads Initiative by “Mooie Boeken” in collaboration with publisher ‘de Buitenkant’ and Museum Meermanno, The Hague In private collection
Diary Monotype, closure with leather rope
Open diary, closure is also decoration
Catalog of Mikhail Karasik Sewn on leather tapes in combination with coptic binding Leather, paper, carborundum Design inspired by Karasiks handwriting and colours Exhibition ‘Karasik’ in Bibliotheca Wittockiana, Brussel In coöperation with Studio Clavettes
Spine detail catalog Mikhail Karasik
On passe à la période? Paper, museum board Design inspired by the drawings in the book and used as underlayed reliëf Bound for the Koopman collection, commissioned by the Royal Library in The Hague
Decoration cover is inspired by the content
Mille e tre – cinq Lignées Paper, stitchings Design inspired by the drawings in the book Bound for the Koopman collection, commissioned by the Royal Library in The Hague
Chante pour Titine 1990, ex.nr.79/100 by Albert Woda Mixed media and paper Design inspired on the first line in the book, the music notes and the girls look Pointe de Paris, Librairie Blaizot, Parijs, – Librairieblaizot.com
Water Mixed media, paper, white 100% felt slipcover Design inspired by the rain falling down on a window First International Competition by Designer Bookbinders, Engeland – Designerbookbinders.org.uk Incline Press Award- Inclinepress.com
Okaeri-project, Japan Photoalbum sewn on stubs Leather and paper Design inspired by the Japanese word for photo, relief under the leather Collaboration of the members of ARA Belgica and lots of bookbinding societies around the world With support from Signalo.nl
214 pictures in 9 leporello’s with passe-partouts on both side Collage of handmade and nature paper with stitches inspired by the pictures Chemise for every leporello with paper label Wooden box by Jilles, cabinetmaker in Blokker, https://www.jillesmeubelmaker.nl/