Peter D. Verheyen
@peterdverheyen.bsky.social
Bookbinder, conservator, librarian.
Pressbengel Project Blog | https://pressbengel.blogspot.com
The Book Arts Web | https://www.philobiblon.com
Fritz Otto Buchbinder | https://www.instagram.com/fritzottobuchbinder/
Pressbengel Project Blog | https://pressbengel.blogspot.com
The Book Arts Web | https://www.philobiblon.com
Fritz Otto Buchbinder | https://www.instagram.com/fritzottobuchbinder/
Fritz Otto's cutaway springback ledger binding is done, the other one will be before lunch. Still springs too, even after covering. 😉 www.instagram.com/fritzottobuc...
July 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Fritz Otto's cutaway springback ledger binding is done, the other one will be before lunch. Still springs too, even after covering. 😉 www.instagram.com/fritzottobuc...
Been a very intense couple of weeks in the bindery, including working on these two beasts ...
More at www.instagram.com/fritzottobuc...
More at www.instagram.com/fritzottobuc...
May 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Been a very intense couple of weeks in the bindery, including working on these two beasts ...
More at www.instagram.com/fritzottobuc...
More at www.instagram.com/fritzottobuc...
Reposted by Peter D. Verheyen
Join me and @gettymuseum.bsky.social curator Elizabeth Morrison for an online conversation about the #Voynich Manuscript! June 13 at 3 PM EDT. Click here for more information and to register: www.getty.edu/calendar/art...
Art Break: Cracking a Medieval Code | Getty Events
Attempt to decode the unknown alphabet and mysterious drawings of this centuries-old enigmatic manuscript with our experts.
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May 19, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Join me and @gettymuseum.bsky.social curator Elizabeth Morrison for an online conversation about the #Voynich Manuscript! June 13 at 3 PM EDT. Click here for more information and to register: www.getty.edu/calendar/art...
Some time ago I was given a package of Icelandic cod doggie chew snacks by a friend. Those chews looked gnarly, and I wondered if they could be processed into parchment or leather. Long story short, YES they can. Full illustrated report on my blog at
pressbengel.blogspot.com/2025/05/dog-...
pressbengel.blogspot.com/2025/05/dog-...
Dog Chew Cod Parchment
Some time ago I was given a package of Icelandic cod doggie chew snacks by a friend. Those chews looked gnarly and I wondered if they could ...
pressbengel.blogspot.com
May 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Some time ago I was given a package of Icelandic cod doggie chew snacks by a friend. Those chews looked gnarly, and I wondered if they could be processed into parchment or leather. Long story short, YES they can. Full illustrated report on my blog at
pressbengel.blogspot.com/2025/05/dog-...
pressbengel.blogspot.com/2025/05/dog-...
Fritz Otto working on a new binding. Can anyone guess what type of structure it will be? More, including the next steps, at the link below
www.instagram.com/p/DIZRl-HJrH...
www.instagram.com/p/DIZRl-HJrH...
April 18, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Fritz Otto working on a new binding. Can anyone guess what type of structure it will be? More, including the next steps, at the link below
www.instagram.com/p/DIZRl-HJrH...
www.instagram.com/p/DIZRl-HJrH...
Ok book people, time for a pop-quiz that was shared by a friend. Enjoy!
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Test Yourself on the History of How Books Were Made (Gift Article)
Try this short quiz on the material side of reading.
www.nytimes.com
April 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Ok book people, time for a pop-quiz that was shared by a friend. Enjoy!
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
In the beginning, there was a library conservation lecture series. April 2nd marked the 20th event. A beautiful hand-crafted bone folder made by @shannaleinohandbuilt was selected. My part of the gift was a custom display stand and box.
pressbengel.blogspot.com/2025/04/pres...
pressbengel.blogspot.com/2025/04/pres...
April 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
In the beginning, there was a library conservation lecture series. April 2nd marked the 20th event. A beautiful hand-crafted bone folder made by @shannaleinohandbuilt was selected. My part of the gift was a custom display stand and box.
pressbengel.blogspot.com/2025/04/pres...
pressbengel.blogspot.com/2025/04/pres...
Another find ...
1984, or is it? We're (with @groovegoujah) watching you ...
Binding on 1984 by @richard.minsky.
"When you hold the book you see yourself on the screen."
From the @guildofbookworkers 100th Anniversary Exhibit. More at bit.ly/4l1njau.
1984, or is it? We're (with @groovegoujah) watching you ...
Binding on 1984 by @richard.minsky.
"When you hold the book you see yourself on the screen."
From the @guildofbookworkers 100th Anniversary Exhibit. More at bit.ly/4l1njau.
March 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Another find ...
1984, or is it? We're (with @groovegoujah) watching you ...
Binding on 1984 by @richard.minsky.
"When you hold the book you see yourself on the screen."
From the @guildofbookworkers 100th Anniversary Exhibit. More at bit.ly/4l1njau.
1984, or is it? We're (with @groovegoujah) watching you ...
Binding on 1984 by @richard.minsky.
"When you hold the book you see yourself on the screen."
From the @guildofbookworkers 100th Anniversary Exhibit. More at bit.ly/4l1njau.
Sanity is the playground of the unimaginative[, and overrated].
I wholeheartedly concur with this vibe.
Found while going through the detritus of a professional life - mine.
I wholeheartedly concur with this vibe.
Found while going through the detritus of a professional life - mine.
March 25, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Sanity is the playground of the unimaginative[, and overrated].
I wholeheartedly concur with this vibe.
Found while going through the detritus of a professional life - mine.
I wholeheartedly concur with this vibe.
Found while going through the detritus of a professional life - mine.
Mood! From Roy Kent to a primal scream, this covers a multitude of sentiments.
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March 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Mood! From Roy Kent to a primal scream, this covers a multitude of sentiments.
www.pureproductsusa.com?srsltid=AfmB...
www.pureproductsusa.com?srsltid=AfmB...
Here's Fritz Otto folding endsheets. As a Stift (1st year) apprentice I spent days doing this until I could do it in my sleep. They would be trimmed to size with the books and then double-fan adhesive bound or tipped-on as part of a recasing. More from him at www.instagram.com/fritzottobuc...
March 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Here's Fritz Otto folding endsheets. As a Stift (1st year) apprentice I spent days doing this until I could do it in my sleep. They would be trimmed to size with the books and then double-fan adhesive bound or tipped-on as part of a recasing. More from him at www.instagram.com/fritzottobuc...
Note all the parallels ...
The Far Right Is Rising in the Land of ‘Never Again’ www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/o...
The Far Right Is Rising in the Land of ‘Never Again’ www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/o...
Opinion | Germany’s Far-Right Comeback (Gift Article)
Germany’s attempts to “remember away” its Nazi past has instead paved the way for an extremist resurgence.
www.nytimes.com
February 20, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Note all the parallels ...
The Far Right Is Rising in the Land of ‘Never Again’ www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/o...
The Far Right Is Rising in the Land of ‘Never Again’ www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/o...
Essential reading for our dystopian times!
History and Its Harsh Lessons Give These Graphic Novels Their Material
www.nytimes.com/2021/10/25/b...
History and Its Harsh Lessons Give These Graphic Novels Their Material
www.nytimes.com/2021/10/25/b...
History and Its Harsh Lessons Give These Graphic Novels Their Material (Gift Article)
In Hillary Chute’s Graphic Content column, she looks at Nora Krug’s graphic adaptation of Timothy Snyder’s “On Tyranny” and Dash Shaw’s “Discipline.”
www.nytimes.com
February 20, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Essential reading for our dystopian times!
History and Its Harsh Lessons Give These Graphic Novels Their Material
www.nytimes.com/2021/10/25/b...
History and Its Harsh Lessons Give These Graphic Novels Their Material
www.nytimes.com/2021/10/25/b...
Don't be weak! Go crazy!
@kennedyprints
@kennedyprints
February 14, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Don't be weak! Go crazy!
@kennedyprints
@kennedyprints
Retired from Syracuse University Libraries after 3+25 years and 7 months! 🥳
Turning off the lights for the last time ...
Turning off the lights for the last time ...
February 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Retired from Syracuse University Libraries after 3+25 years and 7 months! 🥳
Turning off the lights for the last time ...
Turning off the lights for the last time ...
On this Holocaust Memorial Day it is important to resist from the onset and not normalize cruelty... As one says in German, "wehret den Anfängen". If we learned from the past we can , we must do better.
www.slowtravelberlin.com/places-of-re...
www.slowtravelberlin.com/places-of-re...
Berlin’s Most Unsettling Memorial
Two Berlin artists talk about their controversial memorial in Schöneberg’s Bavarian Quarter. on Slow Travel Berlin
www.slowtravelberlin.com
January 27, 2025 at 12:23 PM
On this Holocaust Memorial Day it is important to resist from the onset and not normalize cruelty... As one says in German, "wehret den Anfängen". If we learned from the past we can , we must do better.
www.slowtravelberlin.com/places-of-re...
www.slowtravelberlin.com/places-of-re...
Just one more week until retirement after 3+25 years and 7 months at Syracuse University Libraries. I'm looking forward to getting back to the bench for some bookbinding and other long neglected projects ...
www.instagram.com/fritzottobuc... is getting everything ready for me.
www.instagram.com/fritzottobuc... is getting everything ready for me.
January 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Just one more week until retirement after 3+25 years and 7 months at Syracuse University Libraries. I'm looking forward to getting back to the bench for some bookbinding and other long neglected projects ...
www.instagram.com/fritzottobuc... is getting everything ready for me.
www.instagram.com/fritzottobuc... is getting everything ready for me.