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Bind25, Workshops & other News

I know I know, it’s been an incredibly long gap between updates but on the bright side we do not fill your inbox up with unnecessary junk.

The BIG news is the Bind25 bookbinding conference is to be held in September in Auckland New Zealand this year. A great opportunity to combine a holiday with bookbinding and you don’t have to sit on a plane for 24 hours!

In conjunction with Bind25 Andersen’s Bindery is pleased to announce that we will be hosting classes with Coleen Curry.  Coleen is an award-winning contemporary design binder and book artist. Her aim is to craft technically evocative books that evoke a visual, sensual, and tactile experience. You will be able to read more about Coleen in our News, “In Focus” article soon. This year Coleen will be teaching two classes on consecutive weekends which will tie together beautifully. 

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A woodworking legacy

The craft of bookbinding relies heavily on the tools we use and no one made wooden bookbinding equipment better than Frank Wiesner. Before Frank died, we talked about how we could continue to provide the quality handmade tools in this country that he had tirelessly made for so many years. Now it is my pleasure to introduce you to Matthew Dwight.

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