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The Joe & Jill Chronicles

Crossing the Bench Lately

We've been crazy busy lately!

We've been taking books apart, aging pages, making mini notebooks, and restoring really old books.

Doing what we love to do is hard work, but we sure do love it!

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We can't wait to show you a bunch of different printmaking examples that we often see in old books! We have old printing blocks, beautiful prints, and old books with amazing illustrations lined up for you! Join on Facebook Live today at 3:00 pm CT. 🙋🏻‍♂️🙋🏻
#binderytalks #eidolonhouse #valueindetails #rarebooks #oldbooks #printmaking #woodcut #woodengraving #engraving #etching #bookcollecting #bookcollection #booklife #igbooks #prints

Marble, wood, iron, & brass, all materials from the earth, and modified into some sort of tool I use daily.👌🏼 #eidolonhouse #bindery #antiques #toolsofthetrade #studiolife #booklife

We'll be sharing tips on how to identify different printmaking techniques often found in old books! Hope to see you there!🙋🏻‍♂️🙋🏻
#eidolonhouse #bookcollecting #rarebooks #oldbooks #printmaking #collectibles #binderytalks #valueindetails

A bit of #shelfie love today! 🙌🏼 #booklovers #oldbooks #igbooks #bookish #bindery #eidolonhouse

Sometimes books aren't books anymore when they show up at our place, but we'll to make sure they leave put back together and well rested. #Throwback, 1782 Aitken Bible.👌🏼
#tbt #rarebooks #rarebookconservation #bookrestoration #collectibles #antiquarianbooks #booklovers #eidolonhouse #igbooks #Bible

Can't thank my wife enough for designing and putting together our amazing bindery; so far every minute working in this space has been a delight. I couldn't ask for a better partner in business and in life. #blessedman 🙌🏼
#eidolonhouse #bookconservation #booklovers #rarebooks #collectibles #igbooks #bindery #studiolife

Because sometimes a little salt is all you need.🐑 A few of our sheep started eating all the wrong things around the yard; we found something was missing from their diet: Salt! Happy grazing has been restored. Now if we could just get all the chickens to lay their eggs in the nesting boxes I built for them.🤦🏻‍♂️
#farmlife #eidolonhouse #homestead #sheep

"This Hugo war bargain is your great opportunity to own the masterpieces of the greatest literary genius of all time at a cost of $1.89 for the entire set." Victor Hugo's complete romances in 6 volumes! My how the price of books have changed, yet the reputation of the great literary genius, Victor Hugo, hasn't!
Advertisement from Leslie's Illustrated Weekly Newspaper. October 12th 1916 printing.👌🏼
#advertisement #ephemera #collectibles #bookish #victorhugo #booklovers #antiques #bookcollection

Before & After Restoration: "Mormons Bog" (1851 First State), the first edition of The Book of Mormon in Danish.
This book was in pretty bad shape due to water damage, and gross stickiness. I managed to pull off lots of bits and bobs before getting to the actual cover, but it cleaned up nicely and I was able to give it back some years it would have lost had it been left in such a horrible state.👌🏼
#eidolonhouse #rarebooks #collectibles #antiquarianbooks #booklovers #igbooks #bookcollection #rarebookconservation

Layers upon layers of really old book-guts!👌🏼 #bookguts
#rarebooks #rarebookconservation #collectibles #antiquarianbooks #bookrestoration #igbooks #booklove #eidolonhouse

Over the weekend we expanded and moved our bindery to a larger space (same location); we even managed to move the board shear and backing press!
Our muscles are killing us, and we tossed out so much junk, all of which my wife tells me is healthy and good; I'm not sure I agree. #TylanolPlease 😜

#wip #bindery #workshop #stuido #bookbinder #booklife #eidolonhouse #booklovers #bookrestoration #igbooks #smallbusiness

Starting the week off right with #marbledmonday and rare books of course!👌🏼
Sammelband of 5 works of Ana, 1803-1824. This handsome little book came to us for some TLC and a little R&R. We're always happy to oblige. 😊
#eidolonhouse #marbledpaper #rarebooks #booklovers #booklife #igbooks #bookstagram

This little poem book by Voltaire about King Henry IV, 1822, is from our own book collection. A great example of bindings from its time period, and a poem, so it meets several of our "must haves" in rare books. A small leather bound book, light decorative tooling, marbled fore-edge, complete with an engraving of King Henry IV too. (Swipe 👈🏼) #foreedgefriday #eidolonhouse #rarebooks #collectibles #booklovers #marbledpaper #antiquarianbooks #igbooks #voltaire

Catching up about life lately, and fun new changes coming to the bindery on the blog today! (Tap link in bio.) #tbt 👌🏼
#throwback #eidolonhouse #bindery #booklife #booklovers #studiolife #bookbinder #rarebooks #bookstagram #ontheblog

A #woodcut illustration of Adam and Eve in the biblical genealogy pages of a 1615 Geneva Bible in house for restoration. Love all the gems found within these old images.👌🏼#woodcutwednesday #illustration #rarebooks #collectibles #Bible #history #eidolonhouse #antiquarianbooks #booklover #igbooks #collector

Today's #marbledmonday feature is found within "The Four Books of Andrea Palladio's Architecture", 1738. This title page is pretty spectacular, and the marbled paper isn't bad either! 🙌🏼 #eidolonhouse #marbledpaper #rarebooks #collectibles #architecture #history #antiquarianbooks #igbooks

My enclosures are made to fit their book to the milliliter to ensure proper preservation. Here is an example of a box that has come into our shop that does not fit its book, and therefore scrapes the delicate leather, and is close to tearing the endcaps off. This is why I require the book when I make an enclosure, and this is why custom-made for collectible books is better.📚
#rarebooks #collectibles #bookconservation #oldbooks #custommade #eidolonhouse

Hand spun Angora rabbit fluffy goodness! Wool donated from our very own Charlie Gimli.🐰🐰🐰
Yarn stats: Two ounces of raw fiber, hand spun, 2 ply, fingering weight, 338 yards.
#handspunyarn #eidolonhouse #yarnlove #spinnersofinstagram #wool #angora

When I die my children will inherit a bindery, tools, and A LOT of art, history, and reference books! I will never stop learning or making, and I hope I instill those same life long desires in my children. 📖📚📜
#readabook #leadbyexample #books #reading #learning #research #eidolonhouse #igbooks

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30 Masonic Educationals HERE!