In this video, I create a leatherbound spellbook, journal, or tome, showcasing a sewing method that uses cords in the spine ...

Few items in the home are as ubiquitous, and as unexamined, as the bindings around our books. We line books up on a shelf, pile them on the nightstand, arrange them for display on coffee tables. But ...

IN recent years there has been considerable dissatisfaction with the quality of leather used for bookbinding; although many old books have their bindings still in good condition, others more recently ...

“Nature of the Book,” a new exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in D.C., dives into an offbeat history of books, focusing on long-ago artisans’ use of natural items such as ...