Sunday
Apr172011
Half Leather Binding
Full gilt gold leaf spined, with leather labels on a half calf binding with hand-marbled paper sides.
Hand sewn silk headbands.
Traditional Fine Book Binding
Do you want a fine, traditional leather binding to re-cover an old book, or to set off a new one with style? At the otter bindery we take pride in our traditional craft bookbinding skills. We use only the finest leather, papers, silks and gold leaf to create beautiful books which are a pleasure to touch, read and display.Various options are available depending on the style required and your budget. Please contact us to discuss the possibilities.
"Both Ken and I are very pleased with the work on sewing and binding and blocking. Many thanks." Peter Johnson
"They were delighted with the book. Thank you very much for all your efforts." Regards Philip
"Thank you so much for doing such a lovely job on my book and, more importantly, for being patient, flexible, and understanding!" Roxanne
Here are some examples of our previous work
Wednesday
Mar092011
Gold-Leaf Tooled Binding
A half-calf binding with marbled sides and traditional gold-leaf tooling
Wednesday
Aug132008
Chambers Russian Wars
This is a re-bind in red morocco goatskin with hand marbled papers by Ann Muir.
Tuesday
Aug122008
Blue Morrocco Binding for Presentation to EIIR
This book was presented to Her Majesty by the Middle Temple in 2008. Typesetting, photo restoration and printing were all done in house. The sections were folded and sewn in traditional style, then edge gilt. Watered silk fly-leaves were prepared for the front and back with leather joints. A box covered in blue Arbelave buckram book cloth was made to house the book and lined on the inside with padded watered silk .
You will be pleased to hear that the Royal visit went off excellently. I asked our Under Treasurer what the Queen thought of your album and he reported back that she spent a good deal of time leafing through it and made a complimentary comment about it so all your hard work was especially noted. Best wishes Hannah
The book was covered in Royal Blue morocco leather and decorated in 28ct gold leaf to a design as approved by the Middle Temple.
Tuesday
Aug122008
Full Calf Binding
Above is an example of a book which was bought in to be rebound. We used a full calf skin binding and dyed it to give an antiquarian look. The original boards are in the back ground. The binding has a full gilt back with simple gold line borders.
Tuesday
Aug122008
Binding commissioned for Nigella Lawson by her Agent
For this project we produced a full morocco-red leather binding with gold tooled decoration.
Inside are french marbled papers, hand sewn silk headbands and edge gilt pages.