"Grain, grit, and bookbinding glory. 🖤
Welcome to BOOKFORGE in raw black & white—because sometimes color just can’t handle the chaos. 📖⚡️

This is Part 1 of our four-frame mischief reel. Stick around, it only gets weirder…”

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1870 Venice glued out, rounded and shouldered, in the job backer!

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Before and after images of rodent chewed book board restoration from the 19th-century.

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Morning is hard.

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Late night Honey Badger Binder action!

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A little photo session fun with Freyja (cat) and Sharon, The Bookbinder's Apprentice!

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Running late today...Sharon, the Bookbinder's Apprentice, continues to punch holes for sewing stations on this music composition journal.

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Just one more addition to the BOOKFORGE Etsy shop before bed time. If you have a moment, check it out.

https://thebookforge.etsy.com/listing/1896118779/purple-gold-pocket-sized-blank-notebook

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Just another day at the bookbinder's workbench!

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Sharon Smith, the Bookbinder's Apprentice here at BOOKFORGE, has completed her first Drumleaf (photobook) style binding using her hand-pulled decorative paste paper from a previous exercise.

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