Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The art of bookbinding is a slow and meditative process. It’s a wonderful skill to learn, giving you total control over the ...

Working right from home you can bind books in small quantities and repair antique books. Bookbinding equipment is very inexpensive to purchase and there are even construction plans available that will ...

Think HGTV, but for books: A novel gets torn apart, its cover ripped away. Then, in mere minutes — with some glue, a utility knife, cardboard and cloth — it gets a spiffy new look. Inspired by process ...

Enthusiasts are customising their favourite works and being rewarded with wide social media following The videos often begin with every bibliophile’s nightmare: a person ripping the covers off a book.

Dominic Riley has spent decades designing and creating new covers for special volumes, and teaching others how to do it, too. Dominic Riley, at work in his studio in England, has been binding books ...

Teen readers can do more than just crack open a book this summer with a new workshop offered by Laredo Public Libraries that introduces the art of Japanese bookbinding. Students will have the ...

Made to Last is a series of profiles of Regina-area artisans who have a passion and talent for hands-on jobs creating or repairing unique, high-quality pieces that require time and personal care.

Effective May 1 BindTech has added Grand Rapids based Dekker Bookbinding to its manufacturing arm. Dekker has been the leading bookbinder in Michigan for decades making the acquisition an easy ...

Graphic Arts now holds a 2012 Teaching Set of Historical Bookbinding Models, thanks to Iowa Book Works, a small enterprise founded by Joyce Miller and Gary Frost that ...

At his studio in Beijing, artist Zhang Xiaodong layers hundreds of sheets of thin paper on top of one another until they form a complete and impeccable image. When the chapters of his elaborate books ...

In January of 1869, Dr. John Stockton Hough stooped over an autopsy table to examine the emaciated corpse of Mary Lynch. When Dr. Hough opened Lynch's chest cavity to inspect her tuberculosis-wracked ...