• Introduction
• Wooden Board Binding
• Paper Cover Case Binding
• Sewn Boards Binding
• Conclusion

Priscilla flipped her home page!. The life of a bookbinder in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. Really.

BibliOdyssey

Available in print too!

One of BookLab II’s upcoming projects is the binding of Sylvæ, published by Gaylord Shanilec at his press, Midnight Paper Sales. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel had an article with a slide show of the press and some of the work in process. Check it out:
Artist’s books leave impression: Printer carves his own plates, prints valuable volumes by hand by Annysa Johnson

Slideshow

More about the press and Sylvæ can be found at the Midnight Paper Sales website.

BookLab II is excited to be both attending and exhibiting at the First Biennial Book Fair & Symposium — The Fate of the Art: The Handmade Book in the 21st Century.

Forbes does a major feature studying the question: Books edited by Michael Maiello and Michael Noer

Don’t miss Gary Frost in the article Stop Worrying About Copyright by Jonathan Enfield

BookLab II congratulates photographer Dave Anderson on the publication of his book, Rough Beauty. BookLab has been fortunate to be able to work with Dave on the production of the deluxe editon for Rough Beauty, a double tray box with a nitrile rubber cover featuring a hand cast glass window inset in the cover with a view of book inside. More about the deluxe edition and how you can acquire one can be found here.

To learn more about the trade edition of the book and how you can get a copy go to the Rough Beauty website.

To learn more about Dave Anderson go to his website.

Publishers’ Bindings 

Publishers’ Bindings Online 1815 - 1930: The Art of Books

Two guys in a garage 

In 1984 I left my job as a book conservator at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center to start my own business. In the early days of Jensen Bindery, which later became BookLab, Inc., I operated out of my garage in Austin, Texas and my first employee was my good friend Gary McLerran. He worked with me for about 2 years until he and his wife Connie Brooks moved to New York state and later to California where they both have been working at Stanford University–Connie as head of Stanford University Libraries Preservation Department and Gary as Head of Preservation Services at the Hoover Institution.

I am very excited to announce that Gary McLerran, his wife Connie Brooks and their son Michael will soon be moving to San Marcos and beginning September 1, Gary will be joining me as my business partner here at BookLab II.

New page added to BookLab II 

I have moved the main site links to the column on the right and have added two new pages describing BookLab II limited edition binding and library conservation services.

Changes planned for the future include an expanded portfolio of images of Jensen Bindery, BookLab, Inc. and BookLab II projects for viewing.