Standards History and Handouts

• Brien Biedler: "Finishing Tool Making: An Economical Approach."
• Steph Rue: "Paper, Books, Art, Community: My Journey with Hanji"
• Gabby Cooksey: "Tattooing on Leather, a Journey into a New Decorative Technique"
• Jeff Peachey: "Fifty Ways to Reattach Your Boards."

• Monique Lallier: "50 years of creativity, experimentations, challenges, frustrations and pure joy. My life as a bookbinder."
• Beatrice Coron: "Cut Stories."
• Erin Fletcher: "Stitching Through History: Embroidered Bindings from the 14th Century to Today."
• Cathleen Baker: "Adhesives for Book Artists and Conservators."

• Jeff Peachey: "17th Century Book Binding Tools"
• Karen Hanmer: "The Even More Simplified Binding”
• Jerushia Graham: "A Venue for Books: Robert C. Williams Museum"
• Radha Pandey: "Indo-Islamic Papermaking"
• Peter D. Verheyen "Fish Skin Binding: [Re]introducing this distinctive material for unique bindings

• Julia Miller: "Modeling Ambiguity – Lessons Learned"
• Rebecca Chamlee,: "The Art of Nature Printing”
• Graham Patten: "The Continuously Convoluting Carousel"
• Jeff Altepeter: "Metal Working for Book Workers"

• Shawn Sheehy: Bringing a Structure to Life with Pop-ups
• Jana Pullman: "Hand Tooling on Books with Foils and Leather Inlays”
• Gaylord Schanilec: The Art of Wood Engraving
• Jim Croft: The History of Paper

• Aimee Lee: Make and Use Hanji: Applications for Korean Paper
• Suzanne Moore: Much Ado about Nothing: Concept, Design & Techniques in Editioning “Zero: Cypher of Infinity”
• Gabrielle Fox: Covered and Visible: Protected Multi-section Pamphlet Stitch Structure
• Don Glaister: Gold Tooling in the 21st Century

• Cheryl Jacobsen: Calligraphy
• Chela Metzger and Erin Hammeke: Pennsylvania Liturgical Bindings
• Betsy Palmer Eldridge: Conservation Treatments Revisited
• Deborah Evetts: Herrnhutter Paste Papers

• Andrea Peterson: The Paper Has Been Shipped!
• Christina Amato: The Devil is in the Details
• Bill Minter: The Meeting Guard: Its Use Historically and Its Use in Fine Binding, Conservation and Artist Books
• Discussion Sessions: Book Arts, Bookbinding, and Conservation

• Emily Martin: Romeo and Juliet Carousel Book (Handout 1) (Handout 2)
• Jana D'ambrogio: Historical Letterlocking: The Art and Secrecy of Letterwriting (Video 1) (Youtube Channel) (MIT TechTV)
• Peter Geraty: Parchment Over Boards
• Renate Mesmer: Traditional Medieval Girdle Book

• Eric Alstrom: Traditional Bindings, Untraditional Books: Japanese MSS Bindings and Boxes
• James Reid-Cunningham: Leather Rebacking (also available in .docx)
• Don Glaister: Covering a Book in Full Leather, Apply Leather Hinges & Board Lining
• Karen Hanmer: Variations on The Sewn Boards & Drum Leaf Bindings

• Daniel Kelm: Binding Structures Featuring Removable Pages (Handout 1) (Handout 2)
• Steve Miller: The Sandragraph Approach
• J. Franklin Mowery: A Conservator’s Journey Through History
• Pamela Smith: Marbling -Traditional and More

• Katherine Beaty: Islamic Bookbinding
• John DeMerritt: Edition Binding - A Hybrid Approach
• Daniel Essig: Scratching the Surface - Disguising and Embellishing Wood
• Todd Pattison: Conservation of 19th Century Publisher’s Bindings

• Michael Burke: Byzantine Binding
• Nancy Ruth Leavitt: In Search of Content - The Joys and Challenges of Creating in the Book Form
• Martha Little: Book Forensics - Interpreting Evidence of Structure
• Jefffery S. Peachey: Late 18th Century French Binding Structures

• Carolee Campbell: Methods of Approach for Artists Books
• Tom Conroy: Tool Repair
• Tatiana Ginsberg: Dyeing Handmade Papers
• Dominic Riley: The Art and Science of Cloth Rebacking – Some Useful Techniques Shared

This year's Standards was co-hosted by the Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild (CBBAG).

• Martha Cole: Contemporary Applications of Wheat Paste on Cloth
• Betsy Palmer Eldridge: Sixty Sewing Structures
• Don Etherington: Alum Tawed Bindings
• Claire Van Vliet: In Love with Paper
• Michael Wilcox: Finishing Tools

The format of this year's Standards was different from previous years. There was the optional Foundation's session before the Seminar began. There were three presentations which all participants attended. Finally, there were three "Roundup" Sessions, of which everyone picked two.

• Stuart Brockman: Gold Leaf Tooling on Leather
• Roberta Lavadour: Original Binding Structures and Decorations
• Chela Metzger: Creating Medieval Stationer's Binding Structures

Roundup Sessions

• Catherine Burkhard: Plain-Jane Restoration - Making Books Functional
• Catherine Burkhard: Basic Cloths Used in Construction of Books
• Keith Owens: Design Principles and the Book
• Priscilla Spitler: Behind the Design
• Kitty Maryatt: Foundations Workshop on Practical Strategies for Editions

Friday Forum

• Karen Hanmer: Jacob's Ladder Construction

Centennial Celebration

There was no Standards Seminar held in 2006. Rather, the Guild held a celebration honoring our organiziation's 100th birthday. The focus was "The Art of the Book in America" and included a two day conference on the history of the Guild and bookbinding in the United States; the opening of the Guild's 100th Anniversary Members Exhibition and Retrospective Exhibition; a dinner cruise around Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty; and many other exciting events. Pictures and reviews are available in the December 2006 and February 2007 GBW Newsletter.

• Paul Delrue: Lacunose (An Artistic Invention of Leather)
• Timothy Ely: The Drumleaf Binding
• Hedi Kyle: Wunderkabinette: Architectural Book Environments
• Renate Mesmer: Edelpappband (Paper Binding)
• Peggy Skycraft: Traditional Marbling on Paper, Cloth and Leather
• Inge Bruggeman: Foundations Workshop on Letterpress Printing by Handset Metal and Photopolymer Plate

Friday Night Forum:

• Betsy Palmer-Eldridge: Sharpening Tips

• Peter Geraty: Edge Decoration Techniques (Revised 2014)
• Mark Andersson: Half-leather Trade Binding
• Kiyoshi Imai: Japanese Pouch/Four Hole Binding
• Adam Larsson: Medieval Limp Vellum/Leather Structure
• Nancy Southworth: Conservation of Historic Bindings Using Adhesive and Non-adhesive Methods
• P.J. Saine: Foundations Workshop on Photographing Your Artwork

Friday Night Forum:

• Betsy Palmer-Eldridge: Hand Trimming Book Edges
• Betsy Palmer-Eldridge: Binding Folio Images: Maps and Art Work

• Richard Baker: Spring Back Ledger Bindings
• Julie Chen: Presentation Considerations in the Design and Creation of Artist's Books
• Mark Esser: Covering in Leather
• Tini Miura: Incorporating 3-Dimensional Objects into Cover Design
• Claire Maziarczyk: Getting the Look: The 4 "P's" Of Pastepaper Patterns
• Craig Jensen: Foundations Workshop on Box Making

Friday Night Forum:

• Donia Conn and Peter Verheyen: A Select Bibliograpy of Historic Endbands
• Betsy Palmer-Eldridge: Finishing Without Finishing Tools
• Sharon Long: The Painted Clamshell with a Plate Inclusion

• Bridget O'Malley: Paper Making Before and After: Pulp, Paper & Beyond
• Dennis Ruud: Illumination
• Monique Lallier: Chemise & Slipcase
• Olivia Primanis: Historical & Contemporary Album Structures
• Cindy Haller: Foundations Workshop on The History of Western Lettering
• Carol Marrin: Keynote Speaker (Saint John's Bible Project)

Friday Night Forum:

• Pamela Barrios: Incorporating Original Spine Fragments into Repair Material
• Donia Conn: The Molded Paper Spine
• Betsy Eldridge: The Checkerboard Album Structure
• Barbara Korbel: 3D Objects on Book Covers
• Monique Lallier: Chemise & Slipcase
• William Minter: Tool Time
• Brenda Parsons: Two Tool Jigs
• Elaine Schlefer: Board Attachement for Leather Bound Books
• Priscilla Spitler: Jurying for Exhibitions
• Peter Verheyen & Donia Conn: The Springback Binding
• Edna Wright: Starting Your Own Business

• Jiri Vnoucek: Romanesque Bindings
• Christine Smith: Paper Repair
• Peter Verheyen: Vellum Binding
• S.A. Neff Jr.: Leather Decoration
• Suzanne Moore: Traditional Foundations Of Non-Traditional Artwork
• Martha Cole: Foundations Workshop on Color Theory and Practical Tips on Coloring Paper and Cloth
• Willman Spawn: Speaker at the Opening Reception
• Will Noel: On Illuminated Manuscripts at the Banquet

• Pamela Spitzmueller: Girdle Bindings
• Gabrielle Fox: Miniature Bindings
• Terry Buckley: Medieval Binding Techniques
• Karen Zukor: Adhesives
• William Minter: Tool Time! Sharpening Knives & Other Useful Ideas
• Joy And John Tonkin: Speakers
• Betsy Palmer Eldridge: Foundations Workshop on Leather (bibliography is online).

• Maureen Duke: Action on the Case
• Jesse Munn, Terry Boone & Mary Wooton: Know Your Endpapers!
• Daniel Kelm: Wire-Edge Binding
• Scott Kellar: Rounded Leather Drop-Spine Boxes
• Audrey Niffenegger: Speaker
• Studs Terkel: Speaker
• Betsy Palmer Eldridge: Foundations Workshop On Paste, Paper And Cloth

• Carol Barton: Paper Engineering & Pop-Ups
• Anthony Cains: On The Ellesmere Manuscript - Preparing For Facsimile & Repair
• Linda Hohneke: Decorative Papers
• Linda Blaser & J. Franklin Mowery: English & German Style Leather Paring
• William Ballinger: Speaker

• Pamela Spitzmueller: Long & Link Stitch Binding
• Dag-Ernst Petersen: How To Treat Wooden Boards
• Donald Glaister: Gold Tooling
• Nancy Jacobi & Donald Etherington: Japanese Papers - Identifying & Using
• Jan Van Der Marck: Speaker

• Jan Sobota: Cuir Cisele or Leather Schnitt
• Richard Horton: Opening Up Photo Album Possibilities
• Louise Genest: Exposed Spine Binding
• Terry Buckley: Dyeing & Staining Leather
• Monsiegnor Weber: Speaker

• Elaine Schlefer: Rx for Sick Books from NYAM
• Mindell Dubansky & Priscilla Spitler: Contemporary Edition Binding
• John Hyltoft: Danish Millimeter Binding
• John Mitchell: Edge Gilding
• Speaker: Colin Franklin

• Timothy C. Ely: Design Applications & Possibilities.
• Robert Espinosa: Modified Limp Vellum Binding
• J. Franklin Mowery: Mending Vellum Bindings
• Eleanore Ramsey: In Search of Elegance: Board Edges Redefined
• Decherd Turner: Speaker

• Betsy Palmer Eldridge: Sewing Variations
• Sun Evrard: Simplified Binding Structure
• Claire Maziarczyk: Pastepaper - Traditional & Contemporary
• William Minter: Using the Hot Stamping Press

• Daniel Kelm: Boxmaking
• Bernard Middleton: Rebacking a Leather Tight-Back Book
• Jan Sobota: Box & Sculptural Bindings
• Claire Van Vliet: The Making Of A Book - Bone Songs

• Hedi Kyle: Special Enclosures
• David Bourbeau: The Refinements of Case Binding
• Donald Glaister: Binding Design & Unusual Materials
• Donald Etherington: Conservation Treatments

• James Brockman: Rebacking Leather Bindings
• Monique Lallier: Edge-To-Edge Doublures
• Tini Miura: French Onlay Technique & Gilding
• J. Franklin Mowery: Techniques & Logic Of German Bookbinding
• Deborah Evetts: Speaker

• Betsy Palmer Eldridge: Basic Paper Conservation
• Donald Guyot: Suminagashi: Japanese Marbled Paper
• Jim Croft: Making Foredge Clasps and Other Tools
• Peter Fisher: Archival Portfolio Books for Photographs
• Mary Lou Florian: Speaker

• Kay Amert: Letter Forms in Bookbinding Design
• Cathy Atwood: Japanese Side-Sewn Bindings
• Silvia Rennie: Gouge-Less French Onlay Techniques
• Pamela Spitzmueller: Western Through-the-Fold Sewing

• Jenny Hille: Headbands - Historical & Contemporary
• Bruce Levy: Rebacking Leather Bindings
• Richard-Gabrielle Rummonds & Craig Jensen: Collaboration Of Printers & Binders
• Barbara L. Meierjames: Paper Mending

• William Anthony: Doublures, Endpapers, & Leather Hinges
• Paula Gourley: Paper Marbling on Gouache
• Scott Kellar: Book Enclosures
• Michelle Rome-Hyacinthe: French Sewing & Forwarding Techniques

• William Anthony: Covering Fine Bindings in Full Leather
• David Brock: Tool Sharpening
• Jerilyn Davis: Rebacking Cloth Bindings
• Hedi Kyle: Expandable Piano Hinge Album

• Donald Etherington: Paring Leather Covers
• Hugo Peller: Edge Gilding & Gauffering
• Heinke Pensky-Adams: Covering with Vellum Over Stiff Boards
• Michael Wilcox & Donald Glaister: Gold Tooling and Using Gold Leaf
• Tini Miura & Hugo Peller: Lecturers

• Samuel Ellenport: Materials - Leather & Cloth
• Jean Gunner: Materials - Paper & Adhesives
• Donald Etherington: Guarding and Endpaper Construction
• Deborah Evetts: Binding Styles
• Peter Waters & J. Franklin Mowery: Sewing Structures

• Thomas Albro: Conservation Binding
• William Anthony: Restoration Binding
• David Bourbeau: Limited Edition Binding
• Hedi Kyle: Artists' Books
• Heinke Pensky-Adams: Designer Binding

• Gary Frost: Paper Cover Case Construction
• Silvia Rennie: Half Vellum Over Stiff Boards
• Michael Wilcox & Gerard Charriere: Gold Tooling Using Gold Leaf