Tom McEwan: Bookbinding in Scotland [Bookish Talk #28]

We return to Tom McEwan to discuss the state of bookbinding in Scotland!

🔴 Support iBookBinding! Become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/ibookbinding Pledges start with only $1 / €1 / £1 per month.

Watch the video version of this episode on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/49HZssNznBY

Brought to you by iBookBinding. Bookbinding resources and tutorials: http://www.iBookBinding.com

You can ask our future guests questions on: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/ibookbinding/ Discord — https://discord.gg/TJY5FeS Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/iBookBinding/

Follow Tom's projects: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tmcewan/ Website: http://mcewan.co.uk/tm/

00:00 – Beginning 00:44 – Earlier career 01:28 – Bookbinding in Scotland 08:21 – Teaching bookbinding in Scotland during the pandemic 10:38 – Bookbinding activities in the Glasgow School of Art 13:12 – Musings about when the design binding appeared and how to define the term “design binding.” 19:08 – Inspiration from surroundings landscape and nature of Scotland 25:13 – Influence of the previous profession: from the sculptor to bookbinder 27:26 – Titling the bindings 28:28 – Artistic techniques which help to show the orientation of the book