The intent of this post is to be used as a class handout for a future workshop. I have recently created four different "medieval" bound bo...
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Kopert - medieval bookbinding
I was rummaging around in my files, looking for pictures I can post on my deviantART page (go, look, I added more stuff today). Anyway, I fo...
For part four of my eight-part series, I decided to make Tegumentum Cinereum (which roughly translates to "ash-coloured", the colour of the ...
A blank book made using the descriptive notes for an early binding from The Archaeology of Medieval Bookbinding by J. A. Szirmai. The result of a productive father/daughter afternoon at the TV Tray Bindery.
there are instructions on the web about creating girdle books using covers for your modern book or actually pasting the cover onto the book.
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This Sunday I had a third gold tooling class at my workshop. Once again I wasn’t a teacher, but a student. I’m really glad I had a chance to arrange this series of lessons at my studio and join them to learn something new
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Practical Bookbinding Morris Lee King This essay was written principally for those who are interested in an amateur way in this subject or are contemplating taking it up, and at the same time are not able to come in contact with teachers of the art and others interested in it.
42 Awesome Bookbinding Signature Designs and Stitching Ideas to get your creative juices flowing... Enjoy!
Making a 15th c. Style illuminated manuscript book using authentic historical materials and techniques
After spending a good deal of time exploring medieval book structures, the first years fast-forwarded a couple hundred years in bookbinding history to work on case bindings. Case binding is a general term referring to book structure in which the case (covered boards and spine) and book (textblock and endsheets) are prepared separately and later adhered together (Etherington &…
Spine can become misshapen from misuse or from being stored badly. Over time, the glue hardens and the distortion become set which adds s...
In this video i am making Medieval Leather Book with brass clasps with blind tooling , Hand sewn on double cords.The inspiration is medieval style.The leathe...
Murder by poison was the most popular form of assassination in Medieval times, as poison was easy to obtain and simple to administer! Best of all…
Girdle Book Instructions- someday I will buy the full set of instructions because I don't think I'll be able to attend a workshop in person.
In the process of sewing a German braided endband with alum-tawed thongs.
