BOOKFORGE
@bookforge.bsky.social
BOOKFORGE is a small family owned and operated traditional bindery studio in historic Erie, Pennsylvania!
New drop: Rag & Spark — Essay II Hangars, Tolerances, and the Bonefolder.
Loud systems. Quiet tools. Real tolerances. The cost of “close enough.”
Read the new essay, catch the full series from the top.
https://substack.com/home/post/p-182263545
#PHKAKI #Substack #BrandStrategy
Loud systems. Quiet tools. Real tolerances. The cost of “close enough.”
Read the new essay, catch the full series from the top.
https://substack.com/home/post/p-182263545
#PHKAKI #Substack #BrandStrategy
Hangars, Tolerances, and the Bonefolder
Rag & Spark — Essay II
substack.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:59 PM
New drop: Rag & Spark — Essay II Hangars, Tolerances, and the Bonefolder.
Loud systems. Quiet tools. Real tolerances. The cost of “close enough.”
Read the new essay, catch the full series from the top.
https://substack.com/home/post/p-182263545
#PHKAKI #Substack #BrandStrategy
Loud systems. Quiet tools. Real tolerances. The cost of “close enough.”
Read the new essay, catch the full series from the top.
https://substack.com/home/post/p-182263545
#PHKAKI #Substack #BrandStrategy
Some accidents feel like nothing: keys dropped, coffee spilled, a curse muttered and forgotten.
And then some accidents alter your perspective on the world.
Mine was a book.
https://open.substack.com/pub/phkaki/p/the-broken-spine
And then some accidents alter your perspective on the world.
Mine was a book.
https://open.substack.com/pub/phkaki/p/the-broken-spine
The Broken Spine
Rag & Spark — Essay I
open.substack.com
January 9, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Some accidents feel like nothing: keys dropped, coffee spilled, a curse muttered and forgotten.
And then some accidents alter your perspective on the world.
Mine was a book.
https://open.substack.com/pub/phkaki/p/the-broken-spine
And then some accidents alter your perspective on the world.
Mine was a book.
https://open.substack.com/pub/phkaki/p/the-broken-spine
Erie—help us build the salvage pile. Battery-powered noise toys only. SWITCHCRAFT LAB is coming. Donate now through January thirty-first. Email Edward to arrange drop-off.
Email: phkaki.creative.works@gmail.com
Email: phkaki.creative.works@gmail.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Erie—help us build the salvage pile. Battery-powered noise toys only. SWITCHCRAFT LAB is coming. Donate now through January thirty-first. Email Edward to arrange drop-off.
Email: phkaki.creative.works@gmail.com
Email: phkaki.creative.works@gmail.com
There are accidents that feel like nothing: keys dropped, coffee spilled, a curse muttered and forgotten.
And then there are accidents that change your posture in the world.
Read the full article I wrote on the PH'KAKI Substack (free):
https://open.substack.com/pub/phkaki/p/the-broken-spine
And then there are accidents that change your posture in the world.
Read the full article I wrote on the PH'KAKI Substack (free):
https://open.substack.com/pub/phkaki/p/the-broken-spine
The Broken Spine
Rag & Spark — Essay I
open.substack.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:40 AM
There are accidents that feel like nothing: keys dropped, coffee spilled, a curse muttered and forgotten.
And then there are accidents that change your posture in the world.
Read the full article I wrote on the PH'KAKI Substack (free):
https://open.substack.com/pub/phkaki/p/the-broken-spine
And then there are accidents that change your posture in the world.
Read the full article I wrote on the PH'KAKI Substack (free):
https://open.substack.com/pub/phkaki/p/the-broken-spine
Honey Badger Binder At Work
January 6, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Honey Badger Binder At Work
If I could introduce myself without the résumé, without the networking grin, without the polite “so what do you do?” small talk, this is how I’d do it:
Four essays.
Four pressure points.
One spine.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/rag-spark-four-147406243
Four essays.
Four pressure points.
One spine.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/rag-spark-four-147406243
January 5, 2026 at 10:31 AM
If I could introduce myself without the résumé, without the networking grin, without the polite “so what do you do?” small talk, this is how I’d do it:
Four essays.
Four pressure points.
One spine.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/rag-spark-four-147406243
Four essays.
Four pressure points.
One spine.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/rag-spark-four-147406243
I am not okay with this. Any of it.
January 3, 2026 at 5:09 PM
I am not okay with this. Any of it.
The sound of pages aligning?
Tap. Tap. Tap.
The Dryad Leicester opens like cathedral doors.
#KnockingUp #BookbindingTools #DryadPress
Tap. Tap. Tap.
The Dryad Leicester opens like cathedral doors.
#KnockingUp #BookbindingTools #DryadPress
January 3, 2026 at 5:03 PM
The sound of pages aligning?
Tap. Tap. Tap.
The Dryad Leicester opens like cathedral doors.
#KnockingUp #BookbindingTools #DryadPress
Tap. Tap. Tap.
The Dryad Leicester opens like cathedral doors.
#KnockingUp #BookbindingTools #DryadPress
Going live this Monday @ 1PM ET. Bookbinding, restoration, artist books & studio talk. Join us & help pick future [LiVE!] times.
🎥 Livestream: https://www.patreon.com/BOOKFORGE
#BOOKFORGELIVE #BookArts #CraftCommunity
🎥 Livestream: https://www.patreon.com/BOOKFORGE
#BOOKFORGELIVE #BookArts #CraftCommunity
January 3, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Going live this Monday @ 1PM ET. Bookbinding, restoration, artist books & studio talk. Join us & help pick future [LiVE!] times.
🎥 Livestream: https://www.patreon.com/BOOKFORGE
#BOOKFORGELIVE #BookArts #CraftCommunity
🎥 Livestream: https://www.patreon.com/BOOKFORGE
#BOOKFORGELIVE #BookArts #CraftCommunity
BOOKFORGE [LiVE!] returns.
One weekly bench session. One business-of-the-bindery deep dive.
First one’s Monday @ 1 PM ET. Help me pick the best times to stream this year. Let’s build it together.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/bookforge-live-147243606
#BOOKFORGELIVE #bookarts
One weekly bench session. One business-of-the-bindery deep dive.
First one’s Monday @ 1 PM ET. Help me pick the best times to stream this year. Let’s build it together.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/bookforge-live-147243606
#BOOKFORGELIVE #bookarts
January 2, 2026 at 4:35 PM
BOOKFORGE [LiVE!] returns.
One weekly bench session. One business-of-the-bindery deep dive.
First one’s Monday @ 1 PM ET. Help me pick the best times to stream this year. Let’s build it together.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/bookforge-live-147243606
#BOOKFORGELIVE #bookarts
One weekly bench session. One business-of-the-bindery deep dive.
First one’s Monday @ 1 PM ET. Help me pick the best times to stream this year. Let’s build it together.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/bookforge-live-147243606
#BOOKFORGELIVE #bookarts
What if a Lumbeck spine could shoulder a curve?
Turns out… it can.
Two bindings, one experiment.
Flat and round — both sawn-in, both alive.
#Bookbinding #Lumbeck #CraftIsResistance
Turns out… it can.
Two bindings, one experiment.
Flat and round — both sawn-in, both alive.
#Bookbinding #Lumbeck #CraftIsResistance
January 1, 2026 at 5:03 PM
What if a Lumbeck spine could shoulder a curve?
Turns out… it can.
Two bindings, one experiment.
Flat and round — both sawn-in, both alive.
#Bookbinding #Lumbeck #CraftIsResistance
Turns out… it can.
Two bindings, one experiment.
Flat and round — both sawn-in, both alive.
#Bookbinding #Lumbeck #CraftIsResistance
I need your help. Yes, yours! You decide which world we open: geometry, void, horizon, silence, or flesh.
Vote in the poll. The winning design will become the next BOOKFORGE binding!
https://www.patreon.com/posts/complete-fiction-140672850
#designbinding #bookbinding #bookarts
Vote in the poll. The winning design will become the next BOOKFORGE binding!
https://www.patreon.com/posts/complete-fiction-140672850
#designbinding #bookbinding #bookarts
December 25, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I need your help. Yes, yours! You decide which world we open: geometry, void, horizon, silence, or flesh.
Vote in the poll. The winning design will become the next BOOKFORGE binding!
https://www.patreon.com/posts/complete-fiction-140672850
#designbinding #bookbinding #bookarts
Vote in the poll. The winning design will become the next BOOKFORGE binding!
https://www.patreon.com/posts/complete-fiction-140672850
#designbinding #bookbinding #bookarts
A year of apprenticeship, bound into a story.
Sharon Smith at City Gallery (Erie) • Dec 27, 6 PM • wine + Q&A.
Come see binding examples up close.
Sharon Smith at City Gallery (Erie) • Dec 27, 6 PM • wine + Q&A.
Come see binding examples up close.
December 17, 2025 at 1:11 AM
A year of apprenticeship, bound into a story.
Sharon Smith at City Gallery (Erie) • Dec 27, 6 PM • wine + Q&A.
Come see binding examples up close.
Sharon Smith at City Gallery (Erie) • Dec 27, 6 PM • wine + Q&A.
Come see binding examples up close.
2026’s festival map is still blank, and we want to chart it with your help. What art fairs, maker markets, or bookish bazaars do you never miss? Drop your favorites — we’d love to meet you there.
#BookArts #CraftInCommunity
#BookArts #CraftInCommunity
December 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
2026’s festival map is still blank, and we want to chart it with your help. What art fairs, maker markets, or bookish bazaars do you never miss? Drop your favorites — we’d love to meet you there.
#BookArts #CraftInCommunity
#BookArts #CraftInCommunity
The final article in the ATOTAL series has been dropped and primed from the PH'KAKI Creative Works Substack. Check it out and then read the full article!
https://open.substack.com/pub/phkaki/p/the-collapse-the-light-the-moment
#mediaart #art #ATOTAL #FEEDmediaArtCenter #Erie #EriePA
https://open.substack.com/pub/phkaki/p/the-collapse-the-light-the-moment
#mediaart #art #ATOTAL #FEEDmediaArtCenter #Erie #EriePA
The Collapse, The Light, The Moment: ATOTAL Live at FEED
Afterglow, field report, and what actually happened in the room...
open.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The final article in the ATOTAL series has been dropped and primed from the PH'KAKI Creative Works Substack. Check it out and then read the full article!
https://open.substack.com/pub/phkaki/p/the-collapse-the-light-the-moment
#mediaart #art #ATOTAL #FEEDmediaArtCenter #Erie #EriePA
https://open.substack.com/pub/phkaki/p/the-collapse-the-light-the-moment
#mediaart #art #ATOTAL #FEEDmediaArtCenter #Erie #EriePA
Erie, PA – Tonight & Tomorrow Only
Surrounded by 50+ makers, live music, warm food, good spirits, and the Psychic Parlor upstairs — this is more than a market. It’s a gathering of the hands and hearts that make Erie glow.
#HolidayBazaar #ErieArts #Bookbinding #HandmadeGifts #BOOKFORGE
Surrounded by 50+ makers, live music, warm food, good spirits, and the Psychic Parlor upstairs — this is more than a market. It’s a gathering of the hands and hearts that make Erie glow.
#HolidayBazaar #ErieArts #Bookbinding #HandmadeGifts #BOOKFORGE
December 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Erie, PA – Tonight & Tomorrow Only
Surrounded by 50+ makers, live music, warm food, good spirits, and the Psychic Parlor upstairs — this is more than a market. It’s a gathering of the hands and hearts that make Erie glow.
#HolidayBazaar #ErieArts #Bookbinding #HandmadeGifts #BOOKFORGE
Surrounded by 50+ makers, live music, warm food, good spirits, and the Psychic Parlor upstairs — this is more than a market. It’s a gathering of the hands and hearts that make Erie glow.
#HolidayBazaar #ErieArts #Bookbinding #HandmadeGifts #BOOKFORGE
The article I wrote about the ATOTAL event and its significance to Erie was featured in Issue Wire. The press release distribution network!
https://www.issuewire.com/why-erie-matters-a-global-work-in-a-local-context-1850780684216588
#Erie #ErieMatters #GlobalWork #MediaArt
https://www.issuewire.com/why-erie-matters-a-global-work-in-a-local-context-1850780684216588
#Erie #ErieMatters #GlobalWork #MediaArt
December 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
The article I wrote about the ATOTAL event and its significance to Erie was featured in Issue Wire. The press release distribution network!
https://www.issuewire.com/why-erie-matters-a-global-work-in-a-local-context-1850780684216588
#Erie #ErieMatters #GlobalWork #MediaArt
https://www.issuewire.com/why-erie-matters-a-global-work-in-a-local-context-1850780684216588
#Erie #ErieMatters #GlobalWork #MediaArt
Exercising a fresh spine. New traditional leather dateless bullet journals are here.
See them in person: Holiday Bazaar @ 10|20 Collective — Sat Dec 13, 11–4, 1020 Holland St, Erie.
#EriePA #Bookbinding
See them in person: Holiday Bazaar @ 10|20 Collective — Sat Dec 13, 11–4, 1020 Holland St, Erie.
#EriePA #Bookbinding
December 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Exercising a fresh spine. New traditional leather dateless bullet journals are here.
See them in person: Holiday Bazaar @ 10|20 Collective — Sat Dec 13, 11–4, 1020 Holland St, Erie.
#EriePA #Bookbinding
See them in person: Holiday Bazaar @ 10|20 Collective — Sat Dec 13, 11–4, 1020 Holland St, Erie.
#EriePA #Bookbinding
BOOKFORGE at the 10|20 Collective Holiday Bazaar
Friday, Dec 12, 2025 — 5–10 PM (Gallery Night + Bazaar)
Saturday, Dec 13, 2025 — 11 AM–4 PM
10|20 Collective, 1020 Holland St, Erie, PA 16501
Friday, Dec 12, 2025 — 5–10 PM (Gallery Night + Bazaar)
Saturday, Dec 13, 2025 — 11 AM–4 PM
10|20 Collective, 1020 Holland St, Erie, PA 16501
December 10, 2025 at 12:16 AM
BOOKFORGE at the 10|20 Collective Holiday Bazaar
Friday, Dec 12, 2025 — 5–10 PM (Gallery Night + Bazaar)
Saturday, Dec 13, 2025 — 11 AM–4 PM
10|20 Collective, 1020 Holland St, Erie, PA 16501
Friday, Dec 12, 2025 — 5–10 PM (Gallery Night + Bazaar)
Saturday, Dec 13, 2025 — 11 AM–4 PM
10|20 Collective, 1020 Holland St, Erie, PA 16501
Seating is limited, Erie! Want something new & exciting. Different and foreign to your senses. FEED will deliver this Saturday. Get your ticket now!
https://tickets.eriereader.com/events/atotal-sound-light-and-the-collapse-of-order-12-13-2025
#atotal #MediaArt #art #MediaPerformance #erie
https://tickets.eriereader.com/events/atotal-sound-light-and-the-collapse-of-order-12-13-2025
#atotal #MediaArt #art #MediaPerformance #erie
December 9, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Seating is limited, Erie! Want something new & exciting. Different and foreign to your senses. FEED will deliver this Saturday. Get your ticket now!
https://tickets.eriereader.com/events/atotal-sound-light-and-the-collapse-of-order-12-13-2025
#atotal #MediaArt #art #MediaPerformance #erie
https://tickets.eriereader.com/events/atotal-sound-light-and-the-collapse-of-order-12-13-2025
#atotal #MediaArt #art #MediaPerformance #erie
Whipstitches out, one by one. Clean blade. Steady hand. The goal: release the text block without scarring the paper grain. You’ll hear that tiny snap when a thread lets go—that’s progress.
https://www.patreon.com/cw/BOOKFORGE
https://www.patreon.com/cw/BOOKFORGE
December 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Whipstitches out, one by one. Clean blade. Steady hand. The goal: release the text block without scarring the paper grain. You’ll hear that tiny snap when a thread lets go—that’s progress.
https://www.patreon.com/cw/BOOKFORGE
https://www.patreon.com/cw/BOOKFORGE
12/12. 12/13. Bring pockets. Leave with stories.
#ShopSmall #ShopErie #GalleryNight #Handmade
#ShopSmall #ShopErie #GalleryNight #Handmade
December 4, 2025 at 1:31 AM
12/12. 12/13. Bring pockets. Leave with stories.
#ShopSmall #ShopErie #GalleryNight #Handmade
#ShopSmall #ShopErie #GalleryNight #Handmade
Two days. One address. Bring friends. Leave with stories.
December 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Two days. One address. Bring friends. Leave with stories.
Feel that? ▢ yep ▢ tell me more.
#MakersMarket #LocalArt #Journaling #GiftsThatLast
#MakersMarket #LocalArt #Journaling #GiftsThatLast
December 3, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Feel that? ▢ yep ▢ tell me more.
#MakersMarket #LocalArt #Journaling #GiftsThatLast
#MakersMarket #LocalArt #Journaling #GiftsThatLast
“Art has an address. We’re unlocking it soon.”
10 | 20 Collective. Community-minded tone.
#EriePA #ShopSmall #ShopErie #GalleryNight #1020Collective #HolidayBazaar #BOOKFORGE #Handbound #CoffeeCulture #Ezju #Brodur #BookishGifts
10 | 20 Collective. Community-minded tone.
#EriePA #ShopSmall #ShopErie #GalleryNight #1020Collective #HolidayBazaar #BOOKFORGE #Handbound #CoffeeCulture #Ezju #Brodur #BookishGifts
December 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
“Art has an address. We’re unlocking it soon.”
10 | 20 Collective. Community-minded tone.
#EriePA #ShopSmall #ShopErie #GalleryNight #1020Collective #HolidayBazaar #BOOKFORGE #Handbound #CoffeeCulture #Ezju #Brodur #BookishGifts
10 | 20 Collective. Community-minded tone.
#EriePA #ShopSmall #ShopErie #GalleryNight #1020Collective #HolidayBazaar #BOOKFORGE #Handbound #CoffeeCulture #Ezju #Brodur #BookishGifts