What does a bookbinder do? What does a bookbinder do? What does a bookbinder do in brief?
From fr. brocher - to stitch. The profession is suitable for those who are interested in work and farming (see choosing a profession based on interest in school subjects).
Bookmaker- an employee of a printing house responsible for combining individual sheets and covers into a book or brochure.
Features of the profession
The bookmaker begins work on the book or magazine after the printer. The printed and stacked sheets of the future edition are sent to the booklet maker. He cuts the sheets into pieces and folds them to form a notebook. If necessary, glue sheets with illustrations to notebooks, assemble book blocks from notebooks and fasten them (glues or stitches them together). The result is a book block. Then a bookmaker uses a special machine to cover the block with a cover or binding.
Workplace
Booklet makers work in printing houses.
Important Features
A booklet maker works on special equipment that helps achieve the required precision in work and eliminates heavy physical exertion. Both men and women can cope with this work. And yet, the bookmaker (stitcher) is required to be neat, have an eye, the ability to concentrate and distribute attention, and a penchant for manual labor. Since you have to work with glue and come into contact with fresh printing ink, it is important not to be allergic to these substances. There may be a specific smell of freshly printed ink, glue, and paper in the workshop.
Knowledge and skills
A bookmaker must know the technological process of stitching and binding books; properties of materials used in binding of art publications.
Salary
Where do they teach
Direction - printing production.
- Moscow Publishing and Printing College named after. Ivan Fedorov
Qualification "Technician of post-printing (booklet-binding) processes"
- Printing College No. 56
Qualification "Binder"
- Moscow Vocational School No. 144
Qualification "Binder"
(adolescents with mental disabilities are accepted).
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Bindings for books, albums, and address folders made from a variety of materials, including leather, velvet, and silk, are the result of the work of a bookbinder. The work of bookbinders includes many different operations. The worker selects the required material for the binding, cuts it, paints the edge, glues and rounds the spine of the block, and inserts the block into the lid. Since all these operations in the production of books, albums and other products are final, the requirements for the quality of the bookbinder’s work are high. The appearance of the products depends on its work. In the course of his work, a bookbinder takes into account many factors: the quality of the materials used, the volume and density of the paper of the bound block, methods for adjusting all types of equipment used in the manufacture of binding. In the process of improving professional skills, the movements of the bookbinder's hands become clearly coordinated, the sensitivity of the fingers increases, which helps to determine by touch the quality and density of paper and other binding materials. When making artistic bindings and address folders, a good artistic taste is required, which helps the worker in choosing binding material, in selecting a mosaic pattern or an embossing design. Therefore, the bookbinder's profession is not devoid of creative initiative. The profession of a bookbinder is distinguished by such personal qualities as accuracy and patience - otherwise the products into which the labor of many people have been invested will have an unsightly appearance, and their consumption period will be reduced. Bookbinders work in the bookbinding shops of printing enterprises. There may be a specific smell of freshly printed ink, glue, and paper in the workshop. In the process of work, a worker can improve his skills and increase his rank. The bookbinder profession has grades 1-6. You can continue your education at a printing technical school or at an institute. A related profession is that of a booklet maker. Contents of work: Performs bookbinding operations for the production of books, binding covers, folders, letterhead products, produces art bindings and white goods from leather, velvet, silk, etc. Must know: Properties of paper, paints, binding materials, technological operations for the production of books, binding covers, folders, spine rounding modes, cutting techniques, rules for adjusting equipment. Professionally important qualities: accuracy; creative imagination; eye gauge; consistency of hand movements. Qualification requirements: On-the-job training. Medical contraindications: impaired coordination of movements of the hands and fingers; visual defects.
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Hello! Here is a selection of topics with answers to your question: Who is Bookbinder???
And another translation of an article about the bookbinder’s profession. Reply to a letter from a woman who wants to transform bookbinding from a hobby to a business. Quite educational too.
“I recently received an email from a woman who wants to turn her bookbinding hobby into a profession. I'm not the best advisor in such matters, but I decided to copy my response letter to the blog, because... Similar questions come up quite often.
Hello! Sorry for the long silence, it’s difficult for me to immediately respond to everyone who writes on my blog and on my Youtube channel.
How did I become a bookbinder? Hmm... To put it briefly, I came across this craft when I entered college, began my training in a bookbinding workshop and have been working in this specialty ever since. No, I did not go to bookbinding school and do not have any degrees in restoration. My skills were acquired in the most traditional way - as an apprentice in a workshop. I come from a traditional Japanese family, where from time immemorial it was believed that “crafts are for losers,” so I had no chance of getting an academic education in bookbinding and restoration. Since I had no desire to become a lawyer or a doctor, I took a break from my family to take the long road to what I love. At that moment, I consciously decided to give up material security, which today is valued above all else, for the sake of moral satisfaction from my work. This means that I was well aware that I would not live in a million-dollar house and sail around the world on my own yacht. But I got a life full of happiness. I have a roof over my head and a job I love. What else is needed?
Over all these years in the bookbindery, I have seen people who want to become bookbinders come and go without ever choosing this profession as the meaning of their lives. The only exception was one person who continued his professional training in the field of restoration. Most were at the age of searching for further growth (20-25 years old), someone at the age of 40-50 years old wanted to make a hobby their income. I am more than sure that you can make a normal living doing bookbinding, but I can never guarantee that you will earn as much as you do at your current job. The main reward you will receive is the thrill of work and meaning in your life. Next - your choice!
If you decide to change your life by just taking up bookbinding, then you must be the best of your kind. I am sure that you are already a highly qualified specialist. But once you want to get paid for your work, you have to be better than just a “high-quality specialist.” It’s not just that I mentioned that none of the bookbinding students became professionals. This mainly happened because they were all inclined to overestimate their abilities; for all their mediocrity, they considered themselves specialists. This is all the result of a lack of patience and diligence. As an example, I can remember a woman who was the head of a large enterprise, but decided to start bookbinding. After several months in the bookbindery, she decided that her bindings were so good (they weren't good... at all!...) that she could start working in this field on her own. Then she acted as the head of the enterprise... She bought the most expensive bookbinding equipment and equipped a workshop in the garage... She failed...
The main characteristic of a person looking for himself in any craft, in my opinion, is dissatisfaction with the results of his work. The main thing is to try to achieve perfection. If the material aspect is more important to you, you will fail. Don't forget this!
Of my friends who are engaged in any craft, those who feel best are those who are married. In difficult times, their partner helps them stay afloat financially. If you are single, you will have to work several times harder.
Since I am not the owner of a bookbinding shop, business management issues do not concern me much. All I have to do is weave! No paperwork, no inventory, no dealing with grumpy clients... So my situation is somewhat simpler than yours. But judging by what my master has achieved, you can succeed too!
Despite the emergence of many electronic and mobile gadgets that allow you to read texts, printed books are still in great demand. Moreover, perhaps never in history have printed materials had such varied and attractive designs as they do now. Bookbinder- this is one of those people who should be thanked for a beautifully designed volume or brochure (or chided if their quality leaves much to be desired).
Responsibilities and Requirements
On the one hand, the bookbinder must be able to “work with his hands,” because the cover of each book passes through them. Cardboard cutting,flashing pages, placing materials into molds– this is what bookbinders face every day. But to call his profession exclusively working would be wrong. The bookbinder must also have a developed aesthetic taste, because it is he who is responsible for the selection of materials for making the cover and its final appearance. Accuracy and responsibility, useful for any profession, is also very important here; negligence can lead to damage to an entire circulation.
Employment
As a rule, bookbinders work in publishing houses And printing houses. The most professional of them are engaged in restoration dilapidated and rare documents and books stored in public and private archives.
Education
To master the profession of a bookbinder, you need to receive an appropriate typographical education. Moscow Publishing and Printing College named after Ivan Fedorov is the largest educational institution that trains specialists in this profile. You can also learn to become a bookbinder at many technical schools that have training programs in the field of printing and design.
Bindings for books, albums, and address folders made from a variety of materials, including leather, velvet, and silk, are the result of the work of a bookbinder. The work of bookbinders includes many different operations. The worker selects the required material for the binding, cuts it, paints the edge, glues and rounds the spine of the block, and inserts the block into the lid. Since all these operations in the production of books, albums and other products are final, the requirements for the quality of the bookbinder’s work are high. The appearance of the products depends on its work. In the course of his work, a bookbinder takes into account many factors: the quality of the materials used, the volume and density of the paper of the bound block, methods for adjusting all types of equipment used in the manufacture of binding. In the process of improving professional skills, the movements of the bookbinder's hands become clearly coordinated, the sensitivity of the fingers increases, which helps to determine by touch the quality and density of paper and other binding materials. When making artistic bindings and address folders, a good artistic taste is required, which helps the worker in choosing binding material, in selecting a mosaic pattern or an embossing design. Therefore, the bookbinder's profession is not devoid of creative initiative. The profession of a bookbinder is distinguished by such personal qualities as accuracy and patience - otherwise the products into which the labor of many people have been invested will have an unsightly appearance, and their consumption period will be reduced. Bookbinders work in the bookbinding shops of printing enterprises. There may be a specific smell of freshly printed ink, glue, and paper in the workshop. In the process of work, a worker can improve his skills and increase his rank. The bookbinder profession has grades 1-6. You can continue your education at a printing technical school or at an institute. A related profession is that of a booklet maker. Contents of work: Performs bookbinding operations for the production of books, binding covers, folders, letterhead products, produces art bindings and white goods from leather, velvet, silk, etc. Must know: Properties of paper, paints, binding materials, technological operations for the production of books, binding covers, folders, spine rounding modes, cutting techniques, rules for adjusting equipment. Professionally important qualities: accuracy; creative imagination; eye gauge; consistency of hand movements. Qualification requirements: On-the-job training. Medical contraindications: impaired coordination of movements of the hands and fingers; visual defects.
