Water
the Book: the Competition: the Exhibition
12 June - 31 August 2009

Eighteen months after we posted sheets of Water to binders who had entered Designer Bookbinders International Competition 2009, the winning bindings will be announced at the opening of The Bodleian Library's Summer Binding Exhibition. Bound for Success will display over one hundred competition bindings alongside historic bindings from the Bodleian's collections in the Bodleian's Exhibition Room.

Our own edition of Water is bound in stunning paste papers specifically designed for the book by Mark Walmsley, making each copy unique. Inside a pleasing mix of poetry and illustrations all around this same theme. Copies are still available at £96.00.

More information about Water

The Art of Binding

Jenna Pullman is a book conservator, bookbinder and book artist. She is also proprietor of Western Slope Bindery in Minneapolis, Minnesota. On her blog, About the Binding, Jenna has written a detailed account of designing and binding her copy of Water. The text and illustrations reveal her design process, including fore-edge painting, covering the boards, and foil stamping.

We still have sets of sheets of Water available, why not try to bind one yourself? Or if you fancy having a designer-bound book, we will be happy to provide some names of binders who specialize in such things.

Out and About with Incline Press in 2009

Until 21st August Bound for Success: Exhibition of Designer Bookbinders International Competition
Bodleian Library, Oxford

August 20th to 23rd Society of Bookbinders Conference
Warwick University
While the Conference is on we'll have a stand at the Trade Fair each day

November 7th & 8th Fine Press Book Fair
Oxford Brookes University
This biennial event includes the widest display of traditional private press books in the UK

We are sorry that there will be no Oak Knoll Book Fest this year. Bob Fleck has decided that the Fest will be an Biennial event--so look for us in New Castle in October 2010!

A tale of two Mice

We have had a mouse in the workshop since last winter. Despite filling the humane trap with cheese and peanut butter, we've failed to catch the little rascal, who is probably making nests out of paper and weeing in a typecase somewhere. Managing on bread crumbs and coffee, she is sleek and fat. Now that summer is here we've started making a concerted effort to get her out, but she seems quite settled. Time for a new workshop dog!

A more pleasant mouse altogether came to visit the workshop towards the end of April. A phone call from Chetham's Library meant a visit from a few of the staff who haven't been here before. We always enjoy showing enthusiastic visitors what we do, but today we relived the visit through the eyes of one of our visitors when we found the blog: Mouse: a little notebook of thoughts about life and creativity. We love the photos, we love what she says about us, and we love the way she writes about books, hand crafts and life in general. Thank you!