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A reference guide on bookbinding types by BoekBindBoetiek, journal
A reference guide on bookbinding types
A reference guide on bookbinding types
When I tell people I'm a bookbinder they often think I make only one type of book; the library kind. That, however, is only one of the many ways an artist can create a book. For me, it's a fun challenge to pick the right binding style to go with the purpose of the book. Whether it is a novel that needs to look really classy or medieval, a sketchbook for a graphic novelist or a paper about connections that lets me show the binding. In this article I'm going to tell you a little bit about all the types of bookbinding that I know. I'm not going into details but, if possible, I will link to images and tutori
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Buckets
i.
before I'm 30
I want to die—
to be buried
Jewish
even with the decorations
& bodily equations
laid out over my skin
like tapestries of
thought
to have "Edge" read
by a woman who leapt
over the edge of sanity
first
but held out her hand
to help me across the
greatest divide
to leave my body
to the science of
nature
& all the crows that
followed me from
home to home,
never asking why.
ii.
before I'm 30
I want to not die—
to lick the condensation
from the window
of my life
& see the world clearly
for the first time,
to be reborn
to hear a song
that tastes better than
a cigarette
& all the time I'v
