What does it mean for a book to be well made? Machine-made books, while fast and eco­nom­i­cal, are unlikely to endure even casual use. A hand-sewn bind­ing, high qual­ity mate­ri­als, and care­ful atten­tion to struc­tural details are the mark­ings of both a beau­ti­ful and durable binding.

There are many bind­ing struc­tures and styles and I can help you find a bind­ing that best reflects what you are look­ing for. I very much like the col­lab­o­ra­tive process and make a cus­tom bind­ing that is unique and fits your needs. I am also avail­able to work with artists, authors, print­ers and authors to make lim­ited edi­tions and gift edi­tions of their books.

Below are exam­ples of dif­fer­ent bind­ing styles for jour­nals, sketch­books, photo albums and guest books. I use a vari­ety of cov­er­ing mate­ri­als, includ­ing leather, cloth and dec­o­ra­tive papers. Addi­tional fea­tures may include: cloth or sewn end­bands, gold tool­ing, machine stamp­ing, and dec­o­ra­tive endpapers.

Cus­tom Bind­ing Examples

A Cop­tic bind­ing with ply­wood cov­ers. Cop­tic bind­ings make won­der­ful sketch­books because they open com­pletely flat, allow­ing one to draw over the inside mar­gin.

Photo Book Edi­tion: Set of five Christ­mas albums with pho­tographs doc­u­ment­ing the family’s past year. These albums were gifts to mem­bers of the extended fam­ily. I used dec­o­ra­tive Japan­ese paper on the cov­ers and black Fab­ri­ano Tiziano paper for the inte­rior pages.

Photo Book Edi­tion (inte­rior): The pho­tographs were attached to the pages by cut­ting a slit at each cor­ner and slid­ing the pho­to­graph in place.