The Poetry of Bookbinding
In this short, wordless video, the Smith Settle printing and bookbinding shop guides a memoir from a formless text into a book, working in a beautiful symbiosis with the machines that lend a modern elegance to their work.
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William Blake’s Innovative Printing Process
In our age of abundant visuals, it is easy to look at 18th-century Romantic poet William Blake’s illuminated books without realizing just how revolutionary and ingenious they were.
My Teenage Daughter Made a YouTube Video About Making Paper and I Love It!
My kids visited me in the Netherlands for a week and among other things we made some paper. My daughter made a YouTube video about that!
Making a Phase Box in 5 Minutes
The first time I learned about phase boxes, I was on a tour of The Leeds Library. It was conducted by their bookbinder, Brian Cole, who ventured up from the depths of the library basement to show us around.
How to Operate a Book
How to operate a book? Well, there are some instructive pictures about opening a new book. This video, however, tackles the subject of the physical structure of books, from the medieval manuscript codex to the modern paperback.
A Dublin Bookbinder: RTÉ Documentary
This video was released in 1981, but it is definitely worth watching. Bookbinding craft is not so prone to changes and all the main processes are shown here in detail.
Binding a Book, the Old-Fashioned Way
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.
Restoring Pages of a 300 Year Old Book
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).
Vibrant Book Repair Video from Harvard Collections Care
“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.”
Enchanting Video From a Lebanese Bookbindery
This video was produced by an Armenian advertising agency for a Lebanese bookbindery.
How to Make Starch Paste Using Microwave
I’ve used quite a lot of starch paste during the past few months. I’m working on a book repair project and it goes not as fast as I’d like it to. However, I that gave me a chance to experiment with different sorts of paste and to make the following video.
Rare 18th Century Book Restoration
Book Title: Francisci a Mesgnien Meninski LEXICI Arabico Persico – Tvrcici (Tomus Qvartvs)
Sewing an Endband on One Core — Video Tutorial
We have prepared a video instruction showing how to make a headband on one core (one bâtonnet, or one cord, if you’d like it better that way).
Pop-Up Books by Marion Bataille
Pop-ups are that type of books I’m a bit scared of even trying to make. I know there are workshops and classes that offer you studying how to make pop-up books (I even have one next block). But… You know… They are so complicated and beautiful! There are so many things that could go wrong!
Hübner Bokform (A Mini Documentary by Gustav Bondeson)
He works in a profession that is more than 1700 years old. A profession that many of us thought to be extinct. This is the story of Per-Anders Hübner and his profession as a hand bookbinder.
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