Boekbinden is een levend ambacht, volop in ontwikkeling en kent een grote verscheidenheid aan bindwijzen.
Hedi Kyle had a big influence in the developping of contemporary bookbinding since end 1970’s. As bookconservator she developped a lot of innovative and onconventional structures for designing, fabricating and a different way in looking to books as a piece of ‘architecture’. Her extensive knowledge of historical bookstructures is visible in
Meer - More ➔Nadine Werner did her apprenticeship in bookbinding in Hamburg and a further education as a handicraft designer at the Craft Academy for Design in Kassel. After working with various bookbinders in New Zealand she opened her own workshop in 2005 as a free-lance book and paper designer. Her fields of expertise are adhesive-free bindings, book
Meer - More ➔Paul Johnson has an international reputation for his pioneering work in developing literacy through the book arts. He is author of over fifteen titles including A book of One’s own, Literacy Through the Book Arts and Pictures and Words Together (all published by Heinemann, USA). Recent teaching tours include Sweden, South
Meer - More ➔Monica Langwe is one of the teachers in limpbindings. Monica Langwe was our guestteacher in 2014 en 2015. More information: Langwe.se All (Guest) teachers
Meer - More ➔Sün Evrard is a designer bookbinder. Her work can be found in many public and private collections in several countries. She has been teaching around the world the techniques she developed in book structures and also some of her innovative decoration techniques. She considers bookbinding as a permanent interaction between Form
Meer - More ➔Lori Sauer has a background in the arts with degrees in fine art and English literature. After working for a number of years in publishing she studied bookbinding at The City Lit in London.She has won various awards for her work over the years including the Silver Medal in the Bookbinding
Meer - More ➔Benjamin Elbel fell in love with bookbinding while studying art in Strasbourg, France. From the beginning his interest has been towards the experimental side of the craft; he embarked on a journey that took him to Switzerland (Ascona- Centro del bel libro- the inspiration for his company name), Germany (Göttingen- die Buchmanufaktur)
Meer - More ➔Saturday 1 June 2013. Benjamin Elbel will give a lecture/demonstration on Saturday 1 June 2013 at tyhe Donorsday of the Stichting Handboekbinden, organised in collaboration with Bindery Wilgenkamp. Benjamin Elbel is a young French binder who lives and works in London (since 2015 moved to The Netherlands, based in Haarlem).
Meer - More ➔We devote time to teach the craft of bookbinding in my bindery. We offer binding classes in weekly courses and workshops during one or more days. Since 2011 I organise master classes for which we invite reputable, international well known bookbinders and paper artists as guest teachers. These guest teachers
Meer - More ➔Box making is another skill of the bookbinder. For nearly every book or object a matching box, slipcase or other type of protection is available. Boxes can be made to: preserve or transport a new book hold photos to create a combination of the album and the box preserve old
Meer - More ➔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 of this way of working.
Meer - More ➔Single books and small editions Whatever your needs, whether you require the binding of a single book or small edition, your book project will come out specifically tailored for you. Following close consultation, we will work with you to ensure the book will be designed according to your own ideas
Meer - More ➔The SKOR Codex is a printed book which will be sent to different locations on earth in the year 2012. Bound by Marja Wilgenkamp, commissioned by La Société Anonyme. The SKOR Codex is a printed book which will be sent to different locations on earth in the year 2012. It
Meer - More ➔In 1996 a bookbinding competition was organised by papershop Damen and boxmakingshop Maria Klawer, both then based in The Hague. Everything in collaboration with museum Panorama Mesdag. It was the first competition I joined as starting bookbinder.
Meer - More ➔In 1999 a competition miniature bindings was organised by the bookbinding society (now: Stichting Handboekbinden). The prints were made by publisher Philip Elchers in Groningen. One book was bound with a free content and one was bound with a content that was given by the publisher. Here a picture of
Meer - More ➔Marja Wilgenkamp is a professional bookbinder based in Blokker, city of Hoorn in The Netherlands. Since 1997 Bindery Wilgenkamp has produced books for individuals, companies and professional organisations. Her studio also offers courses, workshops and since 2011 masterclasses taught by renowned and respected bookbinders from France, Germany, UK, Switserland, Spain
Meer - More ➔Bookbinding is a magnificent and challenging craft that gives you a lot of opportunities. To learn the elements of this metier the right way, a basic course is a must. Do you want to continue after the basic course? This course is the second follow-up after the basic course. In
Meer - More ➔After the basic and advanced course I, II, III and IV this is advanced course V. In advanced courses you will enlarge your knowledge and skills and we will work on refinement. We learn more structures and you learn how to make different boxes. Every advanced course has his own
Meer - More ➔A block book is a very good structure to collect pages who are printed on one side and a beautiful way to present the content. This construction is without sewing. You will make two variations of a blockbook. The first book will have a open spine of cloth and paper
Meer - More ➔The Meanderbinding is a very nice glueless structure with an refined exposed sewing. The originale structure is having loose threads on the spine of the cover which is a vunerable point. In this Meander Binding Revisited structure these threads are hidden in a clever way. This revisted and updated structure
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