News Archive - 2007
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News Archive - 2007 |
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| December 2007 |
Christmas and New Year Holidays Our Offices and Warehouse will be closing at 12.00 on Friday, 21st December and reopening on the Thursday, 3rd January. Last despatch date for Air Parcel Post is Tuesday, 18th December and for TNT overseas services, Wednesday 19th December. Last despatch date for UK carrier based deliveries is Thursday, 20th December. Although
our online shop is 'open' for taking orders, we regret that any orders
placed on our site between the 20th December and the 3rd January will
not be dispatched until after we return from our holidays. May
we take this
opportunity of wishing
you our compliments
of the season
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Edinburgh Bookcloth A brand new Bookcloth from J. Hewit & Sons is coming soon. Watch this space! |
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Paste Brushes A brand new range of Brushes from J. Hewit & Sons is coming soon. Watch this space! |
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| November 2007 |
Sheepskin Parchment Buffed Repair Sheepskin
Parchment. ph9-10 for repair of manuscripts. One side is abraded to aid
the adhesion of glue. The parchments are normally very thin 0.05-0.15mm.
They may have creases and some damage due to the difficulty of abrading
such skins. (subject to shipping and VAT charges where applicable) These new items to our range may be purchased online from our shopping cart by clicking here. |
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| October 2007 |
Ongoing UK Mail Strikes and disruption to Letter Post Services. During these annoying times, J. Hewit & Sons are open for business as usual. Post is getting through, albeit slower than we would all like. Most of our shipments can be sent via Carrier or Parcel Post (which is not affected by the strikes). Payments to us can also be made by BACS (Direct Bank Transfer), so please contact us if this is something you are interested in setting up. |
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Adhesive Dispensers
Available
in 3 sizes Replacement
Brushes: (subject to shipping and VAT charges where applicable) These new Adhesive Despensers may be ordered Online - Click Here |
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| September 2007 |
The Society of Bookbinders Competition, 2007
J Hewit and
Sons Award for Innovation Winner - Christine
Sieber, Hamburg, Germany, Professional Bookbinder, Fine Binding Category Book - Binding structures
in the Middle Ages by Berthe van Regemorter Binding - Bradel-binding with attached covers in polycarbonate The polycarbonate covers are varnished with car lacquer using airbrushing technique. The spine is made of water snake skin in grey. The concept of the design is abstract. Different plains are moving within each other. This concept allows a lot of space for interpretation to the viewer |
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Hewit and Sons Award for Craftsmanship Winner
- Kate Holland, Bath, UK, Professional Bookbinder, Fine Binding Category
Book
- And the Ass saw the Angel by Nick Cave Binding - Hand dyed orange alum-tawed goatskin with black goat onlay. Scratches. Black sprinkled edges, orange leather end bands, offset printed endpaper on black Bible paper. This is a tale of murder, lust and God set in small-town Bible belt America. The colours are inspired by films such as Night of the Hunter and Gone with the Wind. The scratches evoke the protagonist's self-mutilation. The silhouetted lightning tree plays centre stage and the crows are forever circling the narrative. |
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J Hewit and
Sons Award for Design Winner - Susanne Natterer,
Freiburg, Germany, Professional Bookbinder, Fine Binding Category Book - L'Infinito
by Giacomo Leopardi Binding - Stub-binding, non-adhesive binding covered in full leather, Mingei- Shi endpapers. Single sections covered with black leather strips, 4 orange bands around the spine, orange leather strip around the head.
Our warm congratulations go to all the winners.
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| August 2007 |
'French Style' Straight Grain Aniline Goat We are very pleased to offer for general sale, Aniline Straight Grain Goats. This type of leather is synonymous with 18th and 19th Century French bindings. Our skins are tanned and dyed and left with a semi-transparent finish. The skins are then embossed with a straight grain, giving a natural looking and luxurious leather. This leather is ideal for both new bindings and restoration work and will take both gold leaf and foil and can also be blind-tooled. Leather shades may be viewed and ordered online by clicking here |
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| July 2007 |
SB50 - Finishing Tool Cleaner SB50 is the ideal way to clean dirt from old and tired looking finishing tools. This brand new product will clean brass, copper and many other materials. Its deep cleansing capabilities will dissolve dirt, grime and grease and leave brass and copper bright and clean. Available in two sizes, 150ml bottle @ £11.52 each and 500ml bottles @ £29.70 each (subject to shipping and VAT charges where applicable) These new items to our range may be purchased online from our shopping cart by clicking here. |
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| June 2007 |
By Joseph W. Zaehnsdorf Hobbyists can learn the art of bookbinding from a renowned Victorian master on a classic that offers expert, easy-to-follow advice on every stage of the craft. The author, whose custom bookbinding has been revered since the nineteenth century, offers step-by-step instructions on every stage of the process: from folding the leaves and sewing them into signatures to gluing, gilding edges, covering, and finishing. Over 117 woodcuts and lithographs from the original edition illustrate tools and equipment, as well as examples of exquisite binding inlays. A rare study of a centuries-old art form, The Art of Bookbinding preserves a precious legacy for binders, book art enthusiasts, and collectors. Among the most respected references available on the technique of professional bookbinding, its contents capture the essence of superior book production and invoke a renewed appreciation for lasing, quality-made tomes. Dover (2007) unabridged republication of the revised and enlarged second edition of the work originally published in 1980 by George Bell & Sons, Ltd. 224pp 5.5" x 8.5" - paperbound. Only £10.00 The Art of Bookbinding may be ordered Online - Click Here (subject to shipping charges where applicable)
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Highlander Goat Aimed at the amateur market our new Highlander Goatskins are tanned and finished using the same processes as our Chieftain Goats. The HIGHLANDER goats however differ from the Chieftain goats in that they are given a subtle artificial graining in order to cover some of life's bumps and bruises. The leather is priced the same as our embossed goatskins. Colours will be the same as our Chieftain goats, however stocks will be limited. Prices for run selections will start at around £52.00 per skin. Quantity discounts are available. Leather shades may be viewed and ordered online by clicking here |
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| May 2007 |
Red Spanish Marble Paper After a long absence, Red Spanish Marble Paper is back in stock!! It may be ordered online by clicking here |
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Two Bookbinding Exhibitions Covered: Beauty
and Art in Contemporary Bookbinding. Tomorrow's Past:
An exhibition of modern conservation bindings for antiquarian books by
Kathy Abbott, Carmencho Arregui, Cristina Balbiano, Emma Coll, Sün Evrard,
Charles Gledhill, Peter Jones, Hedi Kyle, Jen Lindsay, Tracey Rowledge
and Eva Szily. This
exhibition is being sponsored by: |
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| April 2007 |
Only £18.00 This new journal may be ordered Online - Click Here
(subject to shipping charges where applicable) |
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| March 2007 |
Calf and Goat Vellums We are very pleased to announce that we will now be stocking Vellums from William Cowley Parchment Makers. Initially, we will be stocking three types: Classic Calf Vellum
- Creamy coloured, full grain Calfskin. Traditionally used for bookbinding
and for covering furniture, etc., but can also be used for painting and
calligraphy. Calligraphers will need to abrade the smooth surface before
writing to form a good key. Creamy Goat Vellum
- Is for covering panels and books. It is softer than Calf Vellum, with
a cloudy creamy grain that varies in intensity across the surface. The
backbone is usually visible as slightly darker line. Natural Goat Vellum
- Is the same as above, but has an unbleached surface that gives a
honey/light brown colouring and greater surface variation. The skins are
more 'interesting' to look at, but each skin is more individual in appearance
than the Creamy Goatskin Vellum. (subject to shipping and VAT charges where applicable) These new items to our range may be purchased online from our shopping cart by clicking here.
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| February 2007 |
Genuine Gold Foil 22 carat Genuine Gold Foil, is now available in a Bright or Antique Finish. The length of each roll is 200' (60m) and the foil is available on roll widths of 1" to 24", in increments of 1" (approx. widths 25mm to 600mm, in increments of 25mm). We hold in stock 1" to 3" rolls The prices are: (subject to shipping and VAT charges where applicable) The foil may be purchased online from our catalogue by clicking here.
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| January 2007 |
The annual Designer Bookbinder Competition was judged at the end of November and the award ceremony was held on the 8th December at the British Library at St. Pancreas. The standard of design and the quality of binding seems to improve year on year. We are very pleased to announce that the 2006 J. Hewit & Son prize for 'The Interesting Treatment of Leather' was awarded to Kate Holland, a binder from Somerset. The prize was very well deserved for her beautifully bright and 'sunny' binding of Elizabeth David's A Book of Mediterranean Foods, published by The Folio Society. Our warmest congratulations go to Kate.
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Padding Mull The specification for our Padding Mull is changing. The new roll size will be 128cm width by 50m length. Costs: (subject to shipping and VAT charges where applicable) Mull may be ordered online from the 'Cloth' section by clicking here |
These
cleverly designed containers will dispense just the right amount of PVA
adhesive into the reservoir. Ideally suited for most adhesives, gums,
dyes, lacquers, fabric dressings, liquid polishes and all other liquids
which evaporate and become solid quickly. 
The
Art of Bookbinding - The Classic Victorian Handbook 
Society
of Bookbinders Journal 2006 - Volume 20
Designer
Bookbinders Competition 2006