Wooden Book Bindings
Whether you are looking to create a Wedding album, Guest book, presentation or portfolio this binding method stands out for it's sheer simplicity and beauty of the natural materials used in the making.
Early books before the dawn of printing were often bound in wood. The binding below is a contemporary twist on an age old method. There are several ways to bind in wood. Some bindings have a leather spine and others such as the example below are completely exposed to show off the wood. If this is something that might interest you please contact us
Due to our collaboration with cabinet maker Marcus Sly we are now one of very few binderies able to offer both contemporary and traditional wooden board bookbindings.
There are many different creative options available from very plain and simple designs to covers featuring intricate marquetry or inlay. We can combine beautiful timbers, papers and leather or suede to create something really special and unique. If you would like to discuss the available possibilities please get in touch.
Here are some recent examples of wooden bindings we have produced
Three Men in A Boat
Marcus and Marysa have just completed a collaborative veneered bookbinding project for a customer who wanted to have his book bound to evoke the era of Victorian boating on Henley-Upon-Thames.
The book has been pulled, re-sewn on tapes, guillotined, edge sprinkled, polished with bees wax, handsewn with silk headbands, with a leather spine. The boards have been made from thin MDF chamfored to a fine edge and veneered with Mahogany. The boards have recesses for the leather and the brass plaques. The box was made out of a matching maroon book cloth and a recess made at the front of the box to complement the book.
When the box is opened, a padded lining is revealed which emulates that of a Henley Regatta stripped blazer.
Ebonised Veneer and Suede Flexible Binding
With gold-embossed title
The St Bride Notebook Caroline Archer • Robert Harling With wood engravings by Eric Ravilious
Bound in Brown Oak sewn on laminated leather strips.
Traditional Coptic Bindings
A Selection of Veneer and Suede Bindings
At a recent workshop participants made a wooden binding during a two day workshop. Ethiopian style coptic sewn wooden bookbindings such as the one featured here are also available to order.