Brien Beidler

Professional training, career
Brien holds an undergraduate degree in Chemistry from the College of Charleston, where he was first introduced to bookbinding in the library’s Special Collections.
He was the Director of the Bindery and Conservation Lab at the Charleston Library Society from 2012 to 2016.

Current position
In 2017, he established his own studio which is based in North Georgia.
Brien Beidler is a bookbinder and toolmaker whose work explores the role books have played in the history of ideas and culture. In his binding, Brien is deeply inspired by the processes of traditional bookbinders and uses tools and techniques that replicate the structural and visual properties of historic bindings.
www.beidlermade.com

Further information
In his toolmaking, Brien specializes in hand-engraved finishing tools and other decorative stamps for his own work and other bookbinders, leatherworkers, and woodworkers.
He teaches workshops in bookbinding, gold tooling with egg glair and finishing tool making.
He is on the board of Co-Directors for the Paper and Book Intensive.