Ely the book artist experiments with rare, obscure materials in a quest to render the invisible lyra kilston october 6, 2016 2 min read. In march, participants will learn drum leaf binding in soft and hard cover. They open pretty flat which makes them great for artists books and have no stitching. Alisa golden also has a great step by step article in her blog from 2007. Linda germain fun with gel prints and the drum leaf binding. Because a drum leaf book is made of singlesided folios, not signatures, the complexities of imposition are not necessary when laying out text. Perfect binding is used in paperback books and notebooks like mujis. These books turn out similar to the abc cardboard books that we all have known as children. The drum leaf binding is the perfect structure for printmakers, photographers, or anyone who desires to present visual narratives with no sewing thread to interrupt the flow of imagery. The drum leaf binding is an elegant, hard cover book, and an ideal structure for artists and designers. I had so much fun learning the drum leaf binding with todd pattison at maine media workshops, rockport, me this past weekend. It is perfect for an image that spans the gutter of two pages in a folio. In this workshop we will create two books using the drum leaf binding structure, which uses adhesive instead of thread to attach singlesided folios.
This drumleaf book is a simple glued structure that lays incredibly flat and eliminates the need to print on the front and back of a sheet of paper. Take a drumleaf binding workshop taught by visiting artist nicole pietrantoni, whose work will be featured in the kimballs main gallery nicole pietrantoni. The drumleaf binding is a wonderful structure for artists. Participants must attend both march and april classes.
This is how i put the digital version of open road together. Students will learn the properties of book materials, how to bind pages together, and how to create both a paper and leather softcover that drop out of. Printed from photopolymer plates and linoleum on blotters using a vandercook press. Drum leaf binding, a relatively simple technique, is good for books of images where you dont want binding thread distracting from the images. This adhesive binding presents the full page with no sewing thread to interrupt the flow of imagery or text. It is also known as the sewn boards binding and there are also ways to put it together with no binding. Drum leaf binding road trip, oola and the artist on the road. These due in some part to the texture on the paper made beautiful covers. Vicki generously shared her knowledge, showing us both how to bind a book using the drum leaf binding method.
Each page was printed on lightwweight asuka paper, and needed heavy backing. Drum leaf bindingsewn boards binding with rhiannon alpers. I havent read it personally, but his instructions are always pretty straightforward and come with good illustrations of the techniques involved. Gogo getaway coptic book binding with niki rowland. Drum leaf binding, full leather, watercolor, dry pigments, gold and ink on paper. Drum leaf is an adhesivebased structure that allows for full page spreads. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Each book has flush edges and opens flat, which is ideal for. An introduction to the drum leaf binding with timothy c. Sobdb joint workshops 201920 the society of bookbinders.
I have been hearing about the drum leaf binding for a long time although i never attempted to make one until now. Aug 9, 2016 drum leaf binding san francisco center for the book stay safe and healthy. Drum leaf binding handmade books, book art tutorial. Similar in makeup to a childrens board book, it utilizes minimal amounts of adhesive, avoiding issues of expansion and contraction. The binding is a novel and exciting variant on the drum leaf structure. This type of binding can be found documented in an article by timothy ely in bonefolder magazine. The drum leaf binding is an unsewn book that uses a minimum of glue to bind pages into a book that opens flat. I got my dimensions mixed up when i was cutting the paper, though. Once learned, the structure can be made easily and quickly. The sewn boards binding is gary frosts elegant, modern adaptation of an ancient method of board attachment. Ely born february 9, 1949 is a contemporary american painter, graphic artist, and bookbinder, known for creating singlecopy handmade books as art objects ely was born in snohomish, washington in 1949. Book design, letterpress printing, linocuts, and drum leaf binding by amy pirkle.
Because it is assembled by adhering folded sheets of paper, this book can be made directly from prints, drawings, or photographs. August 1819 book structures for prints and photographs north bennet street school, boston, ma. It is a great book form to show off gelatin prints. The advantages of this binding are specific to a binding situation where you desire your page spreads to be a continuous sheet with no stitching in the fold. The drum leaf binding is a structure of many names and versions. The sewn board binding uses thread and glue to bind the pages and the drum leaf binding uses adhesive alone. In 1995, while looking at a very rare and wonderful book in special collections at the university of utah marriott library, tim ely was moved by prints, circular in form and not interfered with by the binding in any way. Saturday, may 26th 2018 drum binding this adhesive binding is a perfect structure for printmakers, photographers, or anyone who wishes to present visual narratives with no sewing thread to interrupt the flow of. The drum leaf binding is an elegant, hard cover book. The book arts guild of vermont was established in 2005 to offer learning opportunities in and around the field of book arts. This adhesive binding is a perfect structure for printmakers, photographers, or anyone who desires to present visual narratives.
If you were willing to eschew sewing based structures, i would recommend a drum leaf or stiff leaf binding. Because a drum leaf book is not laid out in signatures but made of singlesided folios, the complexities of text layout are avoided. Board and drum leaf bindings andrew huot this course will cover the sewn board and drum leaf bindings, contemporary book structures that are influenced by historic bindings. Fun with gel prints and the drum leaf binding linda germain. This adhesive binding is a perfect structure for printmakers, photographers, or anyone who desires to present visual narratives with no sewing thread to interrupt the flow of imagery. Prints and drawings into the book form saltgrass printmakers. The drum leaf binding, developed by tim ely, has features in common with preexisting eastern and western binding structures. Stiffened outer signatures sewn along with the text block function as the books boards.
You can present your artwork and photography in a book other than an accordion. The drum leaf binding was developed by master bookbinder tim ely. The folios were made up in the usual way after scanning for other digressions. Drum leaf binding while i was decorating pages for the accordion books, i used my pan pastels, versamark and poppy stamp and decorated a second sheet of printmaking paper. Drum leaf binding sewn boards binding with rhiannon alpers. This type of hard cover case binding is constructed of thick pages glued together leaving a continuous page across the gutter. Students will learn the properties of book materials, how to bind pages together, and how to create both a paper and leather softcover that drop out of the way to allow a flat open surface. Bound within the pages of this drum leaf structure the viewer is given a disjointed look at the painting. New patterns in old style sara langworthy oxford, ia. April 15, 2019 linda germain artist book i just had a wonderful weekend at maine media workshops in rockport maine. Popular with printmakers, photographers, and artiststhe beauty of this binding is the uninterrupted page spread and the ease of collating pages. Drum leaf binding san francisco center for the book. This twoday class will present students with three different bindings that are ideal for artists working with printmaking, photography, and collage. How to lose it all at once features excerpts from a longer piece of nonfiction by my twin sister, sara pirkle hughes, about the experience of losing all of her hair while going through chemotherapy at age 33.
Fabric binding may, 2020 wire edged binding june 10, 2020. I took a 2 day class with todd pattison on drum leaf binding. In april, the drum leaf structure will be adapted to create an exquisite corpse flip book featuring words and images created by participants. Its sibling, the drum leaf binding is akin to a board book and is perfect for images. This allows for fullpage spreads that open flat with no sewing in the centerfold to distract from images or text. Variations on the drum leaf and sewn boards bindings guild. The drum leaf binding, developed by bookbinder and artist, tim ely, is an adhesive book structure made up of single folios attached back to back. Drum leaf binding postponed the society of bookbinders. Although each spread creates an appealing and what appears to be finished painting, a sense of belonging quickly creeps into the narrative. Kieth smith has a book on single sheet bindings, which might be useful. For this book, i bound a set of monoprints that i had done a while ago.