My education in bookbinding was not complete until I spent eight years working with Craig Jensen in Austin, Texas, from 1987 to 1995, at Jensen Bindery and BookLab, Inc.

In April, I had the pleasure to handle and review many of the fine book and box editions bound during those years at the Jensen home outside San Marcos, Texas, which now houses Craig’s bindery, BookLab II. In a few days we prepared catalog text to accompany selected editions being displayed in the exhibition: Craig Jensen, Master of Fine Edition Binding, opening June 24 at the Museum of Printing History in Houston.


I was both awestruck and gratified to see the quantities and the details of the book editions we bound at these binderies, some done over 20 years ago and with a crew that grew to over 30 employees.

It was grounding to return to my own bindery in New Mexico, where I immediately taught a class in Clamshell Boxmaking, realizing that it is now my turn to educate others in the skills of bookbinding. This class completed my series of Winter/Spring classes. Future classes will be scheduled to begin September 2010.

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