French Headband: Traditionally sewn around two rolled paper cores with three or more silk threads and a front bead. Basic two color endbands with a front bead: One is sewn on a triangular leather/vellum laminated core, the other on a round leather core. Conservation-style headband. Sewn with one thread (this one is linen) over a…
I've only tried this a few times so recently I decided to practice. I didn't photograph the first practice attempts! But I got a few books done with decent results. Although I'm not sure that I do it correctly, this is how it looks: And since I was in chain stitch mode, I made some itty bitty books too, but without the endbands:
For practicing and teaching endbands, I first started out with little sewn textblocks, then chopped up telephone books (remember those) or ...
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Remnants of a woven endband on a German binding from 1726. You might remember me posing a question in the last blog post that I wrote: "What is that fragment of textile at the head edge of the spine?" (or something like that). Well the awesome readers of this blog have spoken, in the delightful…
BookBinding and Brass handtools - Βιβλιοδεσίες και εργαλεία για τη βιβλιοδεσία
This nameless tool (see Fig. 1) was a revelation when trying to sew an endband with three colours, four threads and two cores. Fig. 1: Wooden tool (to the left of the photograph) holding the core that sits nearest the textblock. © Paula Steere courtesy of the College of Arms Library, London Salmon’s The History…
CABEZADAS IV LAS RÁPIDAS Hace tiempo que no utilizo cabezadas industriales desde que conocí esta forma de confeccionarl...
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Photo Gallery - 49 unusual ways to make endbands for your bookbinding project. Enjoy!
Flat back book with green chrysanthemum Chiyogami paper cover and hand-sewn silk endbands
Details of covering the book.Timings:Working the corners 0:8Working round the endbands 1:47Working the endband turn-ins and the fastening recesses 2:16Anchor...
This is my first time doing this style of #endband, but I think it’s the easiest of the “fancy” endbands I’ve done. #bookbinding #welcometothebindery #seattlebookarts #seattleartist #seattleartpost
Endbands (headbands and tailbands, if you describe elements at the top and bottom of the book block, respectively), are often overlooked by the ordinary book users. However, they are a very important element and can become a part of your design.
A recent commission, "The man who watched trains go by" by Georges Simenon in Greek translation. Case binding with handmade leather endbands. I had a somewhat restrictive timeframe for this binding which, along with some other reasons, led to this linear design with simple onlay work. To spice it up a bit I added a…
Bound in the French technique in maroon goat, montage sur onglets. Design elements include inlays and incised & painted lines on the cover, hand-sewn silk endbands, leather doublures, and suede flyleaves. Title hand-painted on cover. Bound in 2014. The barking dog and green inlay ovals are taken from Rower’s original artwork inside the book, which …
Bound in the French technique with a magnetic front ‘panel’ and various pieces of leather (mosaic technique). Design elements include hand-marbled pastedowns and flyleaves, hand-sewn silk endbands, hand-colored & tooled top edge, and thin bands of goat onlay. Titling is hand-tooled in gold in the interior “pop-up” of the front panel. Bound in 2007.
Bound in the French technique in grey goat, with colored inlays on cover depicting a cat. Design elements include hand-sewn silk endbands, natural edges, and leather hinges. Titled on front cover with onlays. Bound in 2010. A collection of proverbs, the reigning theme is “cats.” I decided to use this image, but (as always), it …
Bound in the French technique in black goat, with multiple onlays across the cover. Design elements include hand-sewn silk endbands, natural top-edge, leather hinges and French marbled endpapers. Hand-titled on front cover in palladium. Custom slipcase in leather and paper. Bound in 2008. This binding is an homage to Hidy’s design and the concepts presented …
French-style fine binding with laced-in boards. Bound in tan buffalo skin with back-pared embroidered onlays cut from handmade papers, buffalo skin and goatskin. Leaves accentuated with tooled lines. Quote in center embroidered with cotton floss. Leather wrapped endbands in olive green buffalo skin. Pink paper panel and flyleaves with handmade Galaxy paper from Hook Pottery Paper.
