{"id":6351,"date":"2013-08-06T01:00:56","date_gmt":"2013-08-06T05:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/?p=6351"},"modified":"2025-09-15T16:20:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T20:20:53","slug":"client-work-single-section-half-leather-binding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/06\/client-work-single-section-half-leather-binding\/","title":{"rendered":"Client Work \/\/ Single Section Half Leather Binding"},"content":{"rendered":"

STORY ABOUT THE TEXT: An article titled The Roxbury Defenders Committee: Reflections on the Early Years<\/em>\u00a0by the Chief Justice Roderick L. Ireland was recently published in Volume 95, No. 1 of the Massachusetts Law Review<\/a>. The article speaks about the establishment of the Roxbury Defenders, a committee founded in 1971 to provide legal referrals to those who suffered financially in Roxbury, Massachusetts. The committee was founded by Ireland and his colleague and friend, Professor Wallace W. Sherwood.\u00a0<\/p>\n

ABOUT THE BINDING: For my client, I bound two copies of the Massachusetts Law Review journal, one for the Chief Justice and one for Professor Sherwood. The journals came to me straight from the press and bound together with staples. The staples were removed and bound as a single section bradel binding. This structure has been described in a previous Client Work<\/em> post you can check out here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"masslawreview1-erinfletcher\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Since the journal is printed in black ink only, I chose materials that reflected the gorgeous and vibrant image on the cover. The journals are bound a half leather binding, where the same covering material for the spine is used to cover the corners. I chose to bind the journals in a blue-gray buffalo skin against a taupe Iris bookcloth. For the endpapers I chose a beautiful handmade Cockerell marbled paper from Cambridge, England, in addition to a folio of marbled grey Bugra and off-white Hahnm\u00fchle Ingres.<\/p>\n

\"masslawreview2-erinfletcher\"<\/a>

Setting up my bench in preparation for covering the corners with blue-gray buffalo skin.<\/p><\/div>\n

To finish off the bindings, the title and volume of the journal were hand tooled along the spine with Centaur handle letters. The title was gilt with gold leaf.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"masslawreviewspine-erinfletcher\"<\/a> \"masslawreviewopen-erinfletcher\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

STORY ABOUT THE TEXT: An article titled The Roxbury Defenders Committee: Reflections on the Early Years\u00a0by the Chief Justice Roderick L. Ireland was recently published in Volume 95, No. 1 of the Massachusetts Law Review. The article speaks about the establishment of the Roxbury Defenders, a committee founded in 1971 to provide legal referrals to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[68,8],"tags":[1867,1185,173,1148,1184,1863,1154],"class_list":["post-6351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bookbinding","category-my-hand","tag-bookbinding","tag-client-work","tag-erin-fletcher","tag-leather-binding","tag-massachusetts-law-review","tag-my-hand","tag-single-section-bradel-binding"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Btis-1Er","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10059,"url":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/15\/client-work-ye-sette-of-odd-volumes\/","url_meta":{"origin":6351,"position":0},"title":"Client Work \/\/ Ye Sette of Odd Volumes","author":"Erin Fletcher","date":"October 15, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"It's been a while since I've posted on my own work due to having a\u00a0crazy summer, but\u00a0I recently completed this binding of the 1904 Inaugural Address of his Oddship, Brother Silvanus P. Thompson, Magnetizer for Ye Sette of Odd Volumes. I'm sharing this particular project because it has a really\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "bookbinding"","block_context":{"text":"bookbinding","link":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/category\/bookbinding\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SetteOddVolumes4-ErinFletcher.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SetteOddVolumes4-ErinFletcher.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SetteOddVolumes4-ErinFletcher.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SetteOddVolumes4-ErinFletcher.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6212,"url":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/30\/client-work-single-section-full-leather-binding-part-one\/","url_meta":{"origin":6351,"position":1},"title":"Client Work: Single Section Full Leather Binding \/\/ Part One","author":"Erin Fletcher","date":"July 30, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"STORY OF THE TEXT: For his 50th birthday, my client, commissioned two pieces of music to be played during his celebration in Kenya. Each piece is inspired by two distinct features of Kenya, the Talek river and the nyatitis, an eight-stringed lyre instrument. As a commemoration of this event, he\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "bookbinding"","block_context":{"text":"bookbinding","link":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/category\/bookbinding\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/musicalscorebinding4-erinfletcher.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/musicalscorebinding4-erinfletcher.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/musicalscorebinding4-erinfletcher.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/musicalscorebinding4-erinfletcher.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6275,"url":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/01\/client-work-single-section-full-leather-binding-part-two\/","url_meta":{"origin":6351,"position":2},"title":"Client Work: Single Section Full Leather Binding \/\/ Part Two","author":"Erin Fletcher","date":"August 1, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"If you missed Part One of this post, you can check it out here. After cautiously and carefully paring a rather large piece of goatskin, I was ready to cover. Being that it's summertime and rather warm in our bindery, I was faced with the challenge of a thirsty piece\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "bookbinding"","block_context":{"text":"bookbinding","link":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/category\/bookbinding\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"musicalscoresbinding8-erinfletcher","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/musicalscoresbinding8-erinfletcher-768x1024.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/musicalscoresbinding8-erinfletcher-768x1024.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/musicalscoresbinding8-erinfletcher-768x1024.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9412,"url":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/31\/extra-bonus-bookbinder-of-the-month-tracey-rowledge\/","url_meta":{"origin":6351,"position":3},"title":"Extra Bonus \/\/ Bookbinder of the Month: Tracey Rowledge","author":"Erin Fletcher","date":"March 31, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"To finish off the interview series with Tracey Rowledge, I wanted to present one final binding (or two really). Just last year Tracey bound two copies of A Little Treachery\u00a0by Libby Houston, one in full leather and one in paper. It can seem challenging to push the envelope with a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "binder of the month"","block_context":{"text":"binder of the month","link":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/category\/binder-of-the-month\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/ALittleTreacheryLeather-TraceyRowledge.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/ALittleTreacheryLeather-TraceyRowledge.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/ALittleTreacheryLeather-TraceyRowledge.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8421,"url":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/25\/my-hand-recreating-the-stepped-roofs-of-bermuda-on-a-book\/","url_meta":{"origin":6351,"position":4},"title":"My Hand \/\/ Recreating the Stepped Roofs of Bermuda on a Book","author":"Erin Fletcher","date":"August 25, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"A client of mine presented me with a copy of Residence in Bermuda, a promotional text published by Bermuda Trade Development Board in an edition of 2,000 copies.\u00a0This particular book was copy 591 and bound as a quarter cloth binding with a simple stamped label. My client wanted the book\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "bookbinding"","block_context":{"text":"bookbinding","link":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/category\/bookbinding\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Bermuda3-ErinFletcher","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Bermuda3-ErinFletcher-1024x603.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Bermuda3-ErinFletcher-1024x603.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Bermuda3-ErinFletcher-1024x603.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":11212,"url":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/15\/upcoming-workshops-june-to-august\/","url_meta":{"origin":6351,"position":5},"title":"Upcoming Workshops \/\/ June to August","author":"Erin Fletcher","date":"June 15, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"JUNE: Fundamentals of Bookbinding I June 19 \u2013 23 (Monday \u2013 Friday) 8:30am \u2013 4:30pm North Bennet Street School, Boston, MA Just a few spots remaining. This is a great workshop if you are interested in the full-time program at North Bennet or wanting to learn a new skill. During\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "workshops"","block_context":{"text":"workshops","link":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/category\/workshops\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/FundamentalsI.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/FundamentalsI.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/FundamentalsI.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6351"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6907,"href":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6351\/revisions\/6907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}