Trimming a Book With a Router
Since I’ve started adding woodworking power tools to my bookbinding workshop, I wanted to try one thing. Okay, there were many things that became possible since that moment, but that one was special.
Since I’ve started adding woodworking power tools to my bookbinding workshop, I wanted to try one thing. Okay, there were many things that became possible since that moment, but that one was special. Continue reading →
Below is a rather short video. However, I’m always happy to see other bookbinder’s workshop and work processes. There always may be some small things you can learn. Continue reading →
It is very enlightening to watch narrator to follow the same steps a professional hanji paper maker has done just a few seconds before. That gives you a chance to appreciate how hard is the work even if it looks simple when done by a master. Continue reading →
Here is a short video of a painstaking process of page restoration of a book first made in 1725. The video is posted by the Municipal Archive of Loulé (that’s a city and municipality in Faro District, Portugal). Continue reading →
Eric Standley combines in his work traditions of book sculpting, modern laser-cutting technologies and graphic design to create astonishing three-dimensional structures. Continue reading →
Sixteen members of the restoration and conservation team of the National Library of Spain are in charge of millions of documents held in the collection. Watch them performing some of theirs tasks in that short video. Continue reading →
Sherif Afifi is a book and paper conservator at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Egypt. He has a wonderful collection of videos dedicated to bookbinding, book conservation and care for the other paper-related materials. Continue reading →
Jay Tanner is experimenting with drying paper like it was done in the 18th century. Continue reading →
"Street libraries are popping up on the streets of Australia giving people the chance to browse, borrow or leave books without having to register for a library card."
Wolfgang Bremer has been making books for more than fifty years. Here is a video from his studio in Bromma near Stockholm, Sweden. Continue reading →
Juniper Books works with custom book collections. Among other things, they offer to wrap your books into tailored dust jackets that would transform your bookshelves into something different. Continue reading →
“Conservators in Collections Care repair a book with a broken cover to prevent further damage. Protecting Harvard’s special collections of rare books, manuscripts, prints, drawings, maps, photographs, and other treasures is the mission of Harvard Library Preservation Services.” Continue reading →
Corsini is a prominent Florentine family. Over the centuries, it had enjoyed having both financial and religious influence. Among the members of the family were merchants, bankers, cardinals. Even a Pope and a saint. That alone could have made the story of the Corsini Archive interesting. Continue reading →
This video was produced by an Armenian advertising agency for a Lebanese bookbindery. Continue reading →
This video shows not only the process of gold tooling, there are all the preparation steps mentioned and described in the initial part of the video. I don’t think that’s enough to educate yourself on how gold tooling is done. However, it may help you to refresh the memory. Continue reading →