Book Restoration, Print, Publish, Thesis, Tuition

Wooden Bookbinding Workshop a Success

Marysa — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:40:23 +0000

Our recent bookbinding workshop with Royston Hayward of the British Library was a great success. We learned to do an Ethiopian Codex style of binding, using Cedar Wood boards and plaited leather clasps, and by the end of the weekend everyone had a completed book to go home with.

Wooden Board Bookbinding

Marysa — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:14:47 +0000

In a first for The Otter Bindery, Marysa de Veer has produced a fine wooden board binding in partnership with her partner Marcus Sly. Marcus is a cabinet maker, and together they have made a binding for The St Brides Notebook (printed by the Incline Press) using a combination of contemporary and traditional Coptic techniques.

The book is sewn on leather tapes using the link stitching method - otherwise known as French sewing. Because the spine is exposed, the book is able to lie flat at whichever point it is opened. The wooden boards have been prepared by chamfering the spine edge to take account of the swell of the book and thereby fit the book perfectly. The tapes are fed through sunken in channels in the wooden boards and are then fixed in place. The endpapers are made with green suede and Dutch recycled guilder notes. The wooden boards are made of quartersawn brown oak with a shellac finish.

For more pictures click here.

Crafts Beautiful Magazine

Marysa — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:37:24 +0000

Crafts Beautiful Magazine July 2009 article:

OPEN AFTERNOON Saturday 1 August 2009 3.30 pm - 5 pm

Marysa — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:15:07 +0000

Come and find out more about bookbinding, learn a little about our Saturday workshops, make a concertina binding for free.

Richard and Judy Book Club

Marysa — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:40:00 +0000

Ten books were bound for the Producer of the popular Richard and Judy Book Club show. The books were re-bound from off the shelf ready bound books. The newly bound books were given hand marbled endpapers, over cast sewing, gilt edges and full leather covers with marker ribbons and headbands. The finished books then had slip cases made especially to fit each book.

Marysa de Veer Binding Highly Commended

Marysa — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:27:26 +0000

November 2008 Marysa's binding of Daphne du Maurier's 'Don't Look Now and Other Stories' was "highly commended" in this year's Society of Designer Bookbinders competition. It is on exhibition at the John Rylands Library until the end of January 2009.

You can see more pictures of this book here.

Book Bound for Queen

Marysa — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 13:14:19 +0000

Commissioned by the Middle and Inner Temple to commemorate the four hundredth anniversary of the handing over of the temples by the royal family. Blue Morrocco binding with gilt edges, silk flyleaves, silk lined box and gold tooled decoration. The book was presented to her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on 25th June 2008.

Prize for Restoration

Marysa — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 12:55:00 +0000

Marysa wins second prize for restoration of book in Society of Bookbinders Competition. www.societyofbookbinders.com