WELCOME TO BOOKFORGE
Home Of the Honey Badger Binder
BOOKFORGE [LIVE!]
Join the Honey Badger Binder weekly for BOOKFORGE [LIVE!]
Every Sunday, at 2 PM EST, Edward goes LIVE for a candid look into the goings on in the bindery studio. You can watch the LIVE stream on our Patreon page.
OUR SERVICES
What We Do Best
BOOK RESTORATION & REPAIR
Historical & Functional
BOOKFORGE offers full-service functional and historical book restoration, emphasizing non-intrusive and invisible repairs. Services range from simple rebacking and paper repairs to full restoration complete with hand-sewing the textblock.
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Contact BOOKFORGE for more information on book restoration and repair.
BOOK & DOCUMENT CONSERVATION
Services & Products
One of the simplest, most direct, and non-invasive methods to conserve your books and other paper collectibles is to give them a protective enclosure to limit exposure to the damaging effects of the sun, dust, and handling. BOOKFORGE offers a variety of custom tailor-fit clamshells, folios, and slipcases with protective slide sheaths.
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Contact BOOKFORGE for more information on book restoration and repair.
FINE & DESIGN BINDING
The Book Trade Elevated to Its Finest; Custom Leather Inlay, Onlay & Media
Bookbinding is a trade. When this trade is transformed into an art form, it becomes Fine Binding or one step further, Design Binding. Taking an antiquarian or collectible book and giving it a one-of-a-kind binding, setting it apart from all others, in any collection in the world, makes your book inherently unique.
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Contact BOOKFORGE for more information on our Fine & Design Binding services.
BOOKBINDING & LIMITED EDITIONS
Maintenance Is Key
BOOKFORGE binds custom-designed limited-edition book runs as well as one-off bindings of your work. Working with your text, Designer & Bookbinder Edward Patrick Kranz uses the finest leather, vellums, cloths, and papers from around the world to create exquisite bindings for your project.
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Contact BOOKFORGE for more information on our Fine & Design Binding services.
BOOK OBJET D'ART
The Book As Fine Art
BOOKFORGE is also a book Art Atelier with an emphasis of book object d’art. The next series of book art pieces by Edward Patrick Kranz will revolve around Books: Historical & Futuristic concepts and how they have been and will be utilized.
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Contact BOOKFORGE for more information on our pending Book Objet d’Art offerings and showings.
Upcoming Events
Bookbinding 101 – Case Bound Book (Journal)Date and time is TBD10 | 20 Collective
Japanese Stab Binding WorkshopDate and time is TBD10 | 20 Collective
Single Section Sewn Notebook WorkshopDate and time is TBD10 | 20 Collective
Photobook – Drumleaf Binding WorkshopDate and time is TBD10 | 20 Collective
Modern Coptic Binding WorkshopDate and time is TBD10 | 20 Collective
Secret Belgian (Crisscross) Binding WorkshopDate and time is TBD10 | 20 Collective
Intro to Artist Books & Bookbinding WorkshopDate and time is TBD10 | 20 Collective
Decorative Paste Paper for Bookbinding WorkshopDate and time is TBD10 | 20 Collective
CONTACT
BOOKFORGE
3850 Trask Ave
Erie, PA 16508
By Appointment Only
1+ (814) 218-3872
