The works depicted here were created by Peter D. Verheyen between 1987 and
the present and are what one could consider representative of his work. Most
of them have been exhibited in one or more juried and non-juried exhibitions.
To find out more about him, continue on to his resume.
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Modified Bradel binding (Gebrochener Rücken); text of Rives
Heavyweight paper; endpapers same as text; sewn on two vellum-reinforced
leather tapes and one linen tape; red leather endbands; spine
covered in brown Cave Paper with cutouts for tapes; boards covered
in green Pergamena goat vellum; decor of rattlesnake with sculpted
leather-covered apple. 31 x 31 x 6 cm. Bound 2012.
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Dos-a-dos limp vellum tacketed binding model.
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Interpretation of a 1579 Italian limp tacketed ledger style binding.
Full limp vellum dos-a-dos binding; first textblock sewn on 3
alum-tawed leather thongs with secondary sewing onto 2 split leather
thongs; second textblock of individually sewn pamphlets in paper
wrappers with vellum spines; pamphlets sewn onto 2 slit leather
thongs; both textblocks secured into wrappers with vellum tackets;
leather ties at fore-edges held in place with tackets. 23 x 16.5
x 7 cm. Bound 2011.
In my interpretation of this binding I included vellum fragments
and leaves that show expenses and income for my own private binding
"business" that were printed in the Voglare typeface
designed by Stephen Farrell and based on a 1601 Florentine manuscript
written by an anonymous clerk. More on Volgare.
Images of the creation process can be viewed here.
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1st edition; disbound; washed and deacidified; signatures reformed;
plain Rives Lightweight endpapers with sewn leather joint and
dark red Fabriano flyleaf and doublure; sewn on three tapes; edges
rough cut on three sides with top edge gilt; handsewn silk endband;
covered in full gray goat with title in onlaid leather letters;
names stamped in blind and gold; low relief black leather onlays.
20.5 x 14.5 x 2.5 cm. Bound 2011.
The individuals whose names are stamped into the cover were persecuted
for their political beliefs during the McCarthy Era. The black
leather bars represent the hundreds other persecuted individuals
not listed by name.
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Modified Bradel binding (Gebrochener Rücken); red Roma endpapers;
sewn link stitch on four reinforced leather tapes; dark red and
gray handsewn endbands; spine covered in gray leather with cutouts
for tapes; boards covered in reddish brown Pergamena deer vellum;
titled stamped in gold on front cover with leather onlays. 23
x 15.5 x 4 cm. Bound 2010.
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Modified Bradel binding (Gebrochener Rücken); pastepaper
endsheets; sewn on two tapes; pastepaper stuck-on endband; spine
covered in dark red goatskin with feathers pressed into surface;
boards covered in pastepaper made by the binder with leather fore-edges;
in anthracite foil on spine. 16.8 x 25 x 2.5 cm. Bound 2010.
View with both boards open.
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Plain endpapers same as text; sewn on 3 tapes, graphite top edge;
orange and blue handsewn endband;covered in pastepaper made by
the binder with pastepaper onlays; title stamped in graphite on
front cover. 23 x 15 x 1 cm. Bound 2009.
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Sewn on 3 frayed out cords; endpapers of black Japanese paper
with gold and silver flecking; graphite top edge with black and
grey sewn endbands; covered in full alum-tawed goat with décor
of raised leather onlays and surface gilding; title in graphite.
Ultimo tells the story of the death of the earth under blanket
of ice, man’s migration below the surface, and ultimate
emigration to a new world. The design is drawn from the stark
graphic illustrations of Vassos. Just as man was marking time
before emigration, the 14+ year binding period was an exercise
in marking time. 25.5 x 19 x 2 cm. Bound 1995-2009.
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Edelpappband / millimeter binding: Plain endpapers same as text;
sewn on 3 tapes;"pastepapered" top edge, gray and blue handsewn
endband; leather trip at fore-edges and top/bottom of spine; covered
in pastepaper made by the binder; title stamped in graphite on
spine. 26 x 19.5 x 2 cm. Bound 2008.
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Modified Bradel binding (Gebrochener Rücken); white Johanot
endpapers; sewn link-stitch on 4 black vellum slips; slips and thread
died black; burnished graphite top edge; pastepaper stuck-on endband;
spine covered in dark grey oasis goat with cutouts for slips; boards
covered in pastepaper with terracotta leather onlays on both boardsl
title stamped in anthracite foil. 28 x 22 x 1.5 cm. Bound 2007.
Collection of Karen Hanmer.
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Modified Bradel binding (Gebrochener Rücken); endpapers
of white Ingres; sewn using link stich on five vellum slips; top
edge in graphite and burnished; sewn silk endbands; spine covered
in teal goatskin with cutouts to reveal vellum slips. Boards covered
in natural deer vellum; title stamped in gold on front cover.
Slipcase covered in lightblue
Canapetta bookcloth with vellum edging at top and bottom; gold
stamped teal goatskin leather label. 38 x 26 x 1.5 cm. Bound 2007.
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Edelpappband / millimeter binding: Endpapers of red Roma paper;
top edge gilt; endband of pastepaper around thread core, vellum
trim along top and bottom edges; covered in hand-made pastepaper;
title in gold on front cover. 16.5 x 12 x 1cm. Bound 2005.
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Edelpappband / millimeter binding: Endpapers same as text; top
edge in graphite and burnished; dark red leather endband around
thread core; vellum trim at head/tail caps with invisible corners;
covered in handmade pastepaper; title in graphite on front cover.
Soft “Ascona-style” slipcase covered in paper to match
book with title in graphite on spine. 18 x 12.5 x 1cm. Bound 2005.
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Edelpappband / millimeter binding: Endpapers of grey Ingres;
top edge in graphite and burnished; blue leather endband around
thread core; red eel leather trim at head/tail caps and foredge;
covered in hand-make pastepaper; logo of Centro del bel Libro
as raised red eel leather onlay. Soft “Ascona-style”
slipcase covered in paper to match book with title in gold on
spine with logo of Centro del bel Libro as raised red eel leather
onlay. 20 x 14.5 x 1cm. Bound 2005.
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Set book binding exhibition organized by ARA-Canada.
Modified Bradel binding (Gebrochener Rücken); textblock
sewn on three slips of Cave Paper brown walnut dyed paper; endpapers
of Cave Paper brown walnut dyed paper; gilt top edge; sewn silk
endbands; Bradel case with 1/4 veined calf vellum spine and undyed
goatskin sides; slips laced through at joint; decor of codfish
leather onlay and blind tooling. 22.5 x 14.5 x 2.5 cm. Bound 2005.
Collection of Karen Hanmer.
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Set book binding exhibition organized by ARA-Canada.
Textblock sewn on 5 leather/vellum slips in black, blue, and
brown; graphite top edge; sewn silk endbands; case covered in
full blue dyed goat vellum; leather/vellum slips laced through
at joint; multicolored colored spine label with title in graphite
foil. Leather onlays on case derived from typography of text.
40 x 25 x 2.5 cm. Bound 2005.
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Exhibition catalog to the Mostre Internationale Di Rilegatura
D’Arte held in Italy, 1999. German-style springback; sewn
on three tapes with endsheets of Roma paper; graphite top edge;
red leather wrapped endband; covered with two veined calf vellum
panels at top and bottom with center panel painted with textured
acrylic; spine and sewing exposed in center panel and painted
with textured acrylics; title stamped in gold. 28 x 25.5 x 6.5
cm. Bound 2004.
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Modified Bradel binding (Gebrochener Rücken); sewn on 3
tapes; endpapers of Cave Paper “Alphabet”; graphite
top edge; handsewn silk endbands; spine covered in snakesekin
with boards covered in veiney calf vellum. Title stamped in graphite
foil with grey leather onlays reflecting the typography of the
poetry. Dimensions: 24 x 27.5 x 1.5 cm. Bound 2004. Binding is
on the deluxe, hand-colored edition. The regular edition binding
can be seen here.
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Edelpappband / millimeter binding: Sewn on 3 ramie
tapes; plain endsheets same as text; solid graphite edges; red
eel-skin leather endbands; "millimeter / edelpappband"
case covered in original pastepaper by binder with blue eel-skin
leather trim at head, tail, and along foreedges; title stamped
in black on spine. 18 x 13 x .7cm. Bound 2003. The book, in the
"Cased Binding" category, was awarded the Harmatan Leather
Award for Forwarding in the Society
of Bookbinders' 2003 Bookbinding
Competition.
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Sewn on 3 frayed out cords; sewn "zig-zag"
endsheets of grey Roma paper with leather joint; graphite top
edge; brown and blue endbands. Covered in full Harmatan goat;
raised leather onlays with text in reverse, and portrait on leather
using a laser printer directly on the leather. 31 x 23.5 x 3cm.
Bound 2003.
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Compilation
of railroad related Christmas stories produced in an edition
of two; full paper case (Edelpappband / millimeter binding) covered
in pastepaper over laser output by the binder with grey leather
top and bottom edging; printed paper spine label. 21 x 14.5 x
1cm. Bound 2002.
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Compilation
of railroad related Christmas stories produced in an edition
of two; full paper case (Edelpappband / millimeter binding) covered
in pastepaper over laser output by the binder with grey leather
top and bottom edging; printed paper spine label. 21 x 14.5 x
1cm. Bound 2002.
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Letterpress text with photopolymer illustrations by Gregory Santos;
text sewn on 2 raised cords with non-adhesive (Louise Genest)
concertina leather spine; boards covered in full veiney calf vellum
with original plate underlaid; cords wrapped with thread, laced
into boards, and colored with acrylics; handsewn endbands; sharkskin
covered spine pieces at head and tail. 19 x 15.25 x 2cm. Bound
2002.
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An artist's alphabet book based on 26 random selected words from
the dictionary illustrationed lithographically printed from hand-drawn
plates with letterpress text all on Rives BFK. Half the edition
is printed on light gray, the other half on beige using red ink
Covered in full Niger goat with onlays of chagrin, oasis and goat;
housed in hinged and cut-out slipcase in leather and veiney calf
vellum. 12.5 x 14 x 4 cm and when extended fully it is almost
7 meters' long. Bound 1998 in edition of 10 unique bindings in
addition to 3 fine bindings which were completed between 1998
and 2000. This alphabet book is a collabortive effort between
Thorsten Dennerline,
and was originally completed for the Guild of Book Workers'
exhibit ABECEDARIUMS.
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Quarter leather case binding with leather along fore-edge; sides
covered in pastepaper with onlays of birch bark; text block sewn
on tapes; burnished graphite top edge; handsewn endbands; title
in leather covered relief on spine. 21.5 x 16.5 x 3.5cm. Bound
1999.
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Sample book of 27 examples of the art of hand papermaking in
the U.S.
Modified Bradel binding (Gebrochener Rücken); sewn on 4
sharkskin thongs using colored linen thread; endpapers of John
Koller's HMP paper; thongs visible through cutouts on spine and
run across spine into leather "bosses" on cover; covered
¼ leatherwith pastepaper sides by the binder; titled in relief
using leather over board and inset into a leather covered from
with HMP paper base. 29.5 x 23.5 x 3 cm. Bound 1996.
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Sewn five vellum slips with plain paper endsheets; gilt top edge;
handsewn silk endbands; vellum slips laced through cover; covered
in full veiney calf vellum; low relief reversed illustrations
underlayed beneath vellum; titled in gold on front cover. 26.5
x 17 x 2 cm. Bound 1994.
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Sewn on 3 frayed out cords with plain paper endsheets; gilt top
edge; handsewn silk endbands; covered in full oasis goatskin with
leather onlays; tooled in blind. 25.5 x 17 x 2 cm. Bound 1994.
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Sewn on 5 vellum slips; graphite top edge; black and gold endbands;
vellum slips laced through cover; covered in full vellum with
underlayed illustration from text and title in gold on spine.
24 x 15 x 2cm. Bound 1994.
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Exhibition Catalog to the Guild's 85th anniversary exhibition.
Sewn on 3 frayed out cords; gray "zig-zag" endsheets
and sewn red leather joint; graphite top edge; red and gray endbands.
Covered in full chagrin leather with multicolored onlays in black,
gray and sharkskin. Tooled in gold and blind. 24 x 16 x 1.5cm.
Bound 1993.
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Exhibition Catalog to the Guild's 85th anniversary exhibition.
Sewn on 3 frayed out cords; gray "zig-zag" endsheets
and sewn red leather joint; graphite top edge; red and gray endbands.
Covered in full chagrin leather with multicolored onlays in black,
gray and sharkskin. Tooled in gold and blind. 24 x 16 x 1.5cm.
Bound 1993. Whereabouts unknown – sold on eBay by original
commissioner.
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Original lithographs by Ladislav Hanka depicting the life-cycle
of the trout. Sewn on 5 vellum slips; olive and turquoise endbands;
vellum slips laced through cover; covered in full veiney calf
vellum. Decor derived from the illustrations; underpainted charcoal
and watercolors. Title in black on dark-red full-length leather
label. 26 x 28.5 x 2 cm. Bound 1993.
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Original lithographs by Ladislav Hanka depicting the life-cycle
of the trout. Sewn on 5 vellum slips; olive and turquoise endbands;
vellum slips laced through cover; covered in full veiney calf
vellum. Decor derived from the illustrations; underpainted charcoal
and watercolors. Title in stamped in black on front cover. 26
x 28.5 x 2 cm. Bound 1993.
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Book of poetry by four Greek women poets. Sewn link stitch; black
leather endbands; leather inner joint with endpapers of paper;
covered in full terracotta oasis goatskin, with onlays of calf
and goat; tooled and titled in blind and gold. 21.7 x 14 x 1.5
cm. Bound 1992. Collection of Egon Verheyen.
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Sewn on three frayed-out cords; pastepaper endsheets with leather
joint; handsewn silk endbands; covered in full black oasis goatskin
with sculptural rendering of cats head including glass eye and
mixed media brickwork. 24.2 x 16.5 x 3 cm. Bound 1992.
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Sewn on 3 frayed out cords with black and white pastepaper endsheets;
handsewn silk endbands; case covered in pastepaper with black
and white boxcalf onlay; title stamped in black. 25.5 x 17 x 2
cm. Bound 1992.
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Alphabet book printed letterpress with hand colored illustrations
by C.J. Blinn. Sewn link stitch; orange double folio endleaves;
solid graphite edges, orange paper endbands. Covered in full vellum.
Decor of underlaid letters in black. Duck's head and apple made
of sculpted board covered with reversed alum tawed pig, and paper.
16 x 10.5 x 1cm. Bound 1992.
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Sewn on five stained (black) vellum slips; gray Roma endsheets;
solid graphite edges; violet and burgundy endbands. Covered in
full transparent vellum over boards with slips laced through cover.
Decor is an original woodcut on Morike paper by artist Jeanine
Coupe-Ryding. 29 x 21.5 x 4 cm. Bound 1990.
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Facsimile of an early 1920's Insel Verlag publication. Text and
images copied onto nideggen paper from the original; sewn with
a linked stitch; endsheets same as text; solid graphite edges;
maroon leather endbands; covered in full benyon vellum with decor
underneath (vellum made selectively transparent). 18.5 x 12.75
x 1 cm. Bound 1989.
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Edelpappband / millimeter binding: Sewn on tree linen tapes; plain
paper endsheets; graphite top edge; purple leather endbands; full
paper case (millimeter binding) covered in pastepaper by the binder
with olive leather top and bottom edging; title tooled in blind
on natural leather label. 21.7 x 14.1 x .7 cm. Bound 1987. |
The Multi-lingual Bookbinding/Conservation
Dictionary Project: The goal of this project is to combine, in one
place, all the known bookbinding and book conservation terminology,
in as many languages as possible.
