{"id":2373,"date":"2011-11-07T02:52:15","date_gmt":"2011-11-07T07:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/svmedaris.wordpress.com\/?p=2373"},"modified":"2011-11-07T02:52:15","modified_gmt":"2011-11-07T07:52:15","slug":"my-first-leather-bound-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marketweightpress.com\/here\/my-first-leather-bound-book\/","title":{"rendered":"My first leather-bound book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/svmedaris.com\/2011art\/front.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"front of aquatic-themed leather-bound book\" src=\"http:\/\/svmedaris.com\/2011art\/front.jpg\" alt=\"thick, small leather-bound book with vintage fish illustrations in it\" width=\"250\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a>From the <em>Bookbinding II<\/em> class at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centerforbookarts.org\/\">The Center for Book Arts<\/a> in NYC, we learned how to make a leather-bound book. Here&#8217;s my first try, a fairly small (5 1\/2in square), thick (1 3\/4in) journal, covered in leather (binding) and aquatic-themed paper purchased from <a href=\"http:\/\/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com\/2011\/10\/16\/printer-reboots-glad-he-is-cranking-out-ink-on-paper\/\">Bowne &amp; Company Stationers<\/a>, a print shop at the South Street Seaport Museum in Lower Manhattan (learn more about Bowne at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Friends-of-Bowne\/193849200648544?sk=wall\">Bowne and Co&#8217;s Facebook page<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>We learned how to work with leather&#8211;how to pare it down so it&#8217;s thin enough to fold, how to handle the material and moisten the &#8220;grain side&#8221; of the skin prior to adhering with rice paste&#8230;. And so much more! It was a fantastic class, with a fantastic instructor: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.susanmillsartistbooks.com\/\">Susan Mills<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anyway, it&#8217;s a great material to bind with, and I look forward to making more leather-bound books.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/svmedaris.com\/2011art\/bk_open.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"vintage illustrated fish decorates end papers of leather-bound book\" src=\"http:\/\/svmedaris.com\/2011art\/bk_open.jpg\" title=\"open book reveals fish illustrated paper\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"420\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/svmedaris.com\/2011art\/back.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/svmedaris.com\/2011art\/back.jpg\" title=\"back of aquatic-themed, thick, leather-bound book\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"420\" height=\"376\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/svmedaris.com\/2011art\/spine.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"leather spine of book\" src=\"http:\/\/svmedaris.com\/2011art\/spine.jpg\" title=\"leather spine of book\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"420\" height=\"198\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Bookbinding II class at The Center for Book Arts in NYC, we learned how to make a leather-bound book. 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