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Bound for a fashion student

Bound for a fashion student's end of year show in white buckram with a square cut out of the front board and end paper to reveal the image behind a sheet of glasseine

White buckram binding

embossed with lettering in gold

Barlow's Journal

Rebound in cloth. These were two volumes that had been found by the owner and re-united. One of the volumes was shorter than the other so a box was made to fool the eye into thinking the both books were the same size.

Barlow's Journal

The old covers next to the new covers.

Red box

The client requested that some old architectural drawings be bound into a book. Because the papers were old and creased, a solution was created in the form of a box to house them instead.

Wimbledon

Bound as gifts for the players and presented to them individually by the All England Tennis Club.

Red box

On the shelf the box looks like a book and has the title stamped in foil on the spine.

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Shakespeare box

Occasionally, the bindery receives non-book commissions such as this one. The box containing a set of Shakespeare volumes had been damaged and required re-assembling and repairing.

Shakespeare box

The repaired box opened to display the books.

Sweet Thames Runs Softly

with engravings by the author. Published by J M Dent & Sons 1942. Bound using split boards with a purple vellum spine and handpainted sides to reflect the wood engravings withiin the book. The book is housed in a specially made drop back box.

A paperback solution

A novel way with paperback novels! This method was passed on to me by Sun Evrard and is a way of holding a paperback together using elastic thread. In this picture suede is used, but the same method could just as easily be employed using card or any thin material that can give a tight fold. This can be as simple or as sophisticated as the client requires.

A paperback solution

The paperback bound. The front and back are floppy covers and a wooden skewer is used to create some weight. This gives the book a very tactile feel.

Suede

This book was made as an experiment with suede, leather and card strips glued underneath the front cover to create depth. Black foil was embossed after the book was bound to create texture.

Message Ends

The client had her own leather for this project which was an antique soft hide. She wished for the book to open and close easily and flat. The title was embossed blind on the front.

Mesage Ends

Because the binding is non-adhesive it opens very flat. The front and back covers have wooden skewers to create weight. It also makes the binding more of a tactile object as well as being practical in helping to protect the text block.

Mesage Ends

An easy flat opening book.

Reproduction

The client requested as close a match to the original as possible.

Soft Bound Thesis

This was bound for an art student who had the creative idea of binding the book with white and black foil.

Wooden venner binding

Recently the bindery has started making books using veneer. Strips are cut for the spine to increase flexibility so the book can open and close. These were made at a recent bookbinding workshop held here at the Otter Bindery.

Wooden veeer Bindings

The books were lined with suede on the underside and marbled papers facing.

Book bound in Brown oak

A collaborative project with Marcus Sly, maker of fine furniture. See his website for further details

Bood bound in brown oak

Because of the nature of this binding, the book is flexible and opens flat.

Brown oak boards

The outer boards of the book.

Brown oak book

The boards were shaped especially to mould with the book block.

Case bindings

These books were bound in buckram and gold lettered. The files were sent as PDF's and printed in-house.

Leather case bindings

The client requested the bindery to print and bind his work. It was printed on a good quality 100gsm cream paper.

Wine Notes

Printed in house. The client requested a landscape book to be bound in a good quality cream paper as a gift for her husband.

Wine Notes

Book bound in leather goatskin spine and corner with linen sides and foil lettered with the recipients name.

Wine Notes

The completed project.

Victorian Style album

These can be bound to any size and specification. If you would like to commission a photo album like this or any other style, please contact us.

Welsh Bible

This was re-bound in a quarter leather in a style that closely reflects that of the year it was printed. Marbled papers were used in the style of the time and the spine blind tooled with the title in gold on the spine.

A bespoke printing job

This was a diary that had been scanned by the client. The scans were tidied up and formatted and printed in house before being bound in green buckram with marker ribbon and gold tooled on the front cover.

Scanned and printed pages

the scanned and printed pages.

Thesis and report binding

Single sheets bound together to make a book. These are dissertations, but this method can equally be used for any printed single sheet documents. If you would like A4 printed sheets bound, please look on our thesis page for options and prices.

Suede book

This was bound in grey suede and decorated with small pieces of leather. Strips of card underneath the outer suede create depth. A box was made to house the book.