What’s Happening in the Shop

We’re working hard and having fun in the shop. See some of what we’ve been doing here.

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Today we’re concentrating on the big family bibl

Today we’re concentrating on the big family bibles in the shop. It will be nice to have all that shelf space back when they’re done. #familybibles #bigbibles #bookconservation #bookrepair #biblerepair #bookbinding #bookarts #atlantabookarts

We’re excited to have Andrew teaching at the Foc

We’re excited to have Andrew teaching at the Focus on Book Arts Conference in Oregon this summer. Check out his and the other great workshops offered.

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Posted @withregram • @focusonbookarts We are excited to announce our instructors and provide sneak peeks for the 2022 Focus on Book Arts Conference in Forest Grove, Oregon! FOBA 2022 will take place Friday-Tuesday, July 15-19, 2022.

Andrew Huot
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Andrew Huot is a book artist and bookbinder in Atlanta, Georgia. He operates Big River Bindery, a studio for bookmaking and letterpress printing, book repair, and design. He has a Masters in Book Arts from the University of the Arts and teaches workshops in his bindery and across the country. He exhibits his work widely and it is held in over 50 university library collections. His artwork takes his everyday life and uses the patterns, lines and shapes to create work that is playful and strikes a familiar chord with the viewers.

Andrew Huot returns to us by popular demand, with a modern twist on a 16th century pierced vellum binding and archival boxes and enclosures to house a variety of types of collections and fragile objects.

The FOBA workshop catalog will be available in March 2022 and registration for workshops will open in April 2022.
#focusonbookarts #foba2022 #bookarts #bookartsconference #bookartsworkshop #bookartist #bookart

Some days it’s all about putting the tabs back i

Some days it’s all about putting the tabs back in place on a Bible. All the tabs were torn and folded under or completely detached. A combination of repair papers and adhesives are getting it in shape and ready for a new cover. #biblerepair #bookconservation #bookbinding #bookrepair #bibletabs #bookarts #atlantabookarts

When the light is on, the stamping press is warmin

When the light is on, the stamping press is warming up. We’re catching up on stamped labels and covers today in the shop to deliver finished books and boxes before Thanksgiving. #goldstamping #biblecovers #bookconservation #bookrepair #bookbinding #clamshellbox #atlantabookarts

Perhaps we should have #titlepagetuesday for this

Perhaps we should have #titlepagetuesday for this book. You got a lot for six pence in 1765. #historicbook #bookconservation #bookrepair #bookbinding #bookarts #atlantabookarts

The Bible treatment is complete so now we can move

The Bible treatment is complete so now we can move to making a clamshell box for it. We make our boxes custom fit for each book, so they have to wait for their turn. #clamshellbox #bookbinding #bookconservation #bigbox #atlantabookarts

Some days you spend all day sewing a Bible back to

Some days you spend all day sewing a Bible back together. Well, we do. This Bible needed paper repair, guarding, and we’re finally to sewing it back together. Once the spine is glued up, we can get working on the new leather cover. #bookbinding #bookconservation #bookrepair #sewnbook #atlantabookarts

Things are never quiet at the shop. Tonight Andrew

Things are never quiet at the shop. Tonight Andrew is filming a lesson in making a Nag Hammadi Binding for his online course at @bookpaperthread. The cover is pressing and he’s showing off his brick collection while the glue dries. #bookbinding #onlineworkshop #bookarts #naghammadibinding #bookartsworkshop

It almost feels like Cairo here in the shop. We’

It almost feels like Cairo here in the shop. We’re cutting down some papyrus for the upcoming online workshop on the Nag Hammadi binding. Papyrus was an early writing surface, used before paper was invented. If you want to join us, the link is in the bio. #bookartsworkshop #bookbinding #naghammadi #historicbinding #bookarts #bookbinding

These scrapbook pages are now all safe in their My

These scrapbook pages are now all safe in their Mylar sleeves. We practice encapsulation, not lamination, in the shop. A stable pocket hold the original pages. It allows us to remove them if necessary and no adhesive is used that can damage the originals. #preservationenclosure #mylarencapsulation #scrapbook #bookconservation #bookrepair

The completed pile of paper repairs and guarding i

The completed pile of paper repairs and guarding is almost as big as the sections to be dealt with. Paper repair takes time, especially on an atlas like this. We’ll get it all stable and ready to be resewn soon. #bookconservation #bookrepair #paperconservation #japanesetissue #guardingsignatures #bookarts #atlantabookarts

We’re planning our next set of online courses fo

We’re planning our next set of online courses for after the new year. Should we bring back some favorites: Preservation Enclosures, Hard Cover Books, or The Clamshell Box? Is there something else you’re itching to learn? #bookartsworkshop #bookarts #clamshellbox #sewnboardbinding #caseboundbook #tuxedobox #preservationenclosures #bookbinding

There’s still room in Andrew’s online workshop

There’s still room in Andrew’s online workshop Long and Link stitch Books, starting November 8. Learn this historic binding method to decorate your book spines while attaching the pages. See more at our website, link in the bio. #bookbinding #bookarts #longstitchbook #longandlinkstitch #historicbinding #atlantabookarts

It’s not so sunny here in Atlanta, but we’re s

It’s not so sunny here in Atlanta, but we’re still seeing lots of burns in the shop. It looks like a newspaper article was stored in the book, and the acids affected the paper surrounding to it. #bookconservation #bookrepair #bookbinding #acidburn #inherentvice #paperconservation

Seven years ago I took a leap and started Big Rive

Seven years ago I took a leap and started Big River Bindery, leaving behind my university conservator position and going out on my own. It’s been a wild ride but I’m still glad I did it. Two locations, piles of books treated, and so many great workshop students. Looking towards at least 7 more. #bookbinding #bookarts #bookconservation #myownshop #davenport #atlanta

Here at the bindery, we work on big books and smal

Here at the bindery, we work on big books and small books. On the bench now are 4.5” and 19” tall books. #bookconservation #bookrepair #bigbooks #smallbooks #bookarts #bookbinding #atlantabookarts

This copy of Gone With The Wind must have been a p

This copy of Gone With The Wind must have been a page turner. We’ll remove the old adhesive and get the spine back to a convex shape instead of concave so it works better. Tara will be back again soon.
#bookconservation #bookrepair #gonewiththewind #bookbinding #bookarts #atlantabookarts

We’re loving seeing the books at the @roselibrar

We’re loving seeing the books at the @roselibraryrarebooks Instagram account and we can’t wait for more. It’s good having a great special collection library just down the street. #emoryroselibrary #atlantagem #atlanta #specialcollectionslibrary
……………… Posted @withregram • @roselibraryrarebooks Bram Stoker’s Dracula, 1897.
Housed at Rose Library, Emory University recently acquired the largest known collection of Bram Stoker materials, amassed by Dublin, Ireland collector John Moore. Stay tuned for vampires and more! #bramstoker #dracula #emoryuniversity #roselibrary

Sometimes an art book gets bigger than the binding

Sometimes an art book gets bigger than the binding can handle. These boards have split the endsheet and come away. We’ll replace the endsheets and make sure they binding is sound again. #bookconservation #bookrepair #endsheet #bookbinding #bookarts #atlantabookarts

These children’s books just came into the shop.

These children’s books just came into the shop. They have more damage than many books we see, but we’ll get them back on working order to be safely flipped open by little hands. #bookconservation #bookrepair #childrensbooks #bookbinding #bookarts #atlantabookarts

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