Big River Bindery
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The Bookbinding and Printing studio of Andrew Huot in Toronto, ON. We conserve, bind, box, and print books and paper items. Find out more at bigriverbindery.com
This book had broken threads, so needs to be completely disbound for repairs and resewing. #bookconservation #bookrepair #bookbinding #bookarts
April 5, 2025 at 12:54 AM
This book had broken threads, so needs to be completely disbound for repairs and resewing. #bookconservation #bookrepair #bookbinding #bookarts
I’m putting together a tray for a new clamshell box. The interior is made of solid binders board, but will be covered in cloth and paper when done. A good clamshell box protects rare and fragile books. #bookconservation #bookbinding #clamshellbox #bookarts
March 29, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I’m putting together a tray for a new clamshell box. The interior is made of solid binders board, but will be covered in cloth and paper when done. A good clamshell box protects rare and fragile books. #bookconservation #bookbinding #clamshellbox #bookarts
Cutting down boards for a bookbinding workshop this week. I love the board shear for speeding up the process. But not quite this quick. #bookbinding #bookarts #cuttingboard #boardshear
March 24, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Cutting down boards for a bookbinding workshop this week. I love the board shear for speeding up the process. But not quite this quick. #bookbinding #bookarts #cuttingboard #boardshear
Spent the day making cases for an artists’ book. It’s nice to do the same operation and to get into a groove. #bookbinding #bookarts #editionbookbinding
March 23, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Spent the day making cases for an artists’ book. It’s nice to do the same operation and to get into a groove. #bookbinding #bookarts #editionbookbinding
I’m cutting down paper for a workshop. The guillotine makes quicker work of the process. #bookarts #bookbinding #cuttingpaper
March 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I’m cutting down paper for a workshop. The guillotine makes quicker work of the process. #bookarts #bookbinding #cuttingpaper
I love using my Scharf-Fix to pare down leather for hinges on a book. Makes it quick and easy. #bookbinding #leatherbinding #finebinding #bookarts
March 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I love using my Scharf-Fix to pare down leather for hinges on a book. Makes it quick and easy. #bookbinding #leatherbinding #finebinding #bookarts
I had to cut strips of 10 point board for a preservation enclosure workshop. Thank god my board shear is just big enough for the roll. #bookbinding #bookconservation #cuttingmaterial
February 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I had to cut strips of 10 point board for a preservation enclosure workshop. Thank god my board shear is just big enough for the roll. #bookbinding #bookconservation #cuttingmaterial
Finally made this clamshell box for my copy of Laura Russell’s artists’ book while teaching a private student in the shop. #bookbinding #bookarts #clamshellbox
January 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Finally made this clamshell box for my copy of Laura Russell’s artists’ book while teaching a private student in the shop. #bookbinding #bookarts #clamshellbox
This new tissue hinge gets feathered onto the book. The paste used to adhere it reactivates when you use the water pen to loosen the fibres of the tissue.
January 22, 2025 at 11:38 AM
This new tissue hinge gets feathered onto the book. The paste used to adhere it reactivates when you use the water pen to loosen the fibres of the tissue.
Doing a little paper repair on these book pages. Next they’ll go back in the book.
January 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Doing a little paper repair on these book pages. Next they’ll go back in the book.
We made pressure prints with friends in the shop yesterday. A quick easy process to make images on the letterpress. #letterpress #bookarts #printmaking #pressureprint
January 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
We made pressure prints with friends in the shop yesterday. A quick easy process to make images on the letterpress. #letterpress #bookarts #printmaking #pressureprint
I finished the week by casing in a set of books. Adhering the cover to the text block is the last step of the binding process. #bookbinding #bookarts #caseboundbook
December 21, 2024 at 5:21 PM
I finished the week by casing in a set of books. Adhering the cover to the text block is the last step of the binding process. #bookbinding #bookarts #caseboundbook
If a broken book has damaged thread inside, we will take it apart and resew the text block. It’s satisfying to have it strong and secure again. #bookconservation #bookbinding #bookart
December 7, 2024 at 12:35 PM
If a broken book has damaged thread inside, we will take it apart and resew the text block. It’s satisfying to have it strong and secure again. #bookconservation #bookbinding #bookart
I had a great time at the Bound Book Arts Fair on Sunday. So many great artists sharing their work. #bookbinding #letterpress #printmaking #bookarts
December 4, 2024 at 12:51 AM
I had a great time at the Bound Book Arts Fair on Sunday. So many great artists sharing their work. #bookbinding #letterpress #printmaking #bookarts
I’m removing the old glue and acidic paper from this bible. Once clean, I can reline the spine with new and better materials. #bookconservation #bookrepair
November 20, 2024 at 1:16 PM
I’m removing the old glue and acidic paper from this bible. Once clean, I can reline the spine with new and better materials. #bookconservation #bookrepair
Here are the demo paste papers I made for the Helen Hiebert Paper Year workshop. #pastepaper #bookarts
November 17, 2024 at 2:30 PM
Here are the demo paste papers I made for the Helen Hiebert Paper Year workshop. #pastepaper #bookarts