Benjamin DeJoux is, in my not so humble opinion, a wonderful person with whom to start if one wishes to understand the plight of the Huguenots (French Protestants) who came to America. The son of a protestant pastor in France, he came from a culture of pastors and religious people who had been fighting the […]
Paste Paper
I’ve been tackling one of the last skills I’ve yet to learn in the book making process: paste. Wheat paste is easily made from… well- wheat, and water… and sometimes a little salt. You can apply the same staying power that creates that rock hard wet flour crust on your baking dishes when they’re left […]
New Tools, New Skills…
Part of the fun of this hobby truly is all the toys. When one learns about antiquarian material culture, one begins to learn the history of how so many things were made, so many lessons learned, so many hours spent working so other can work… SOME OF THE TOOLS… I have a French cobbler’s hammer […]
Significant Influences…
James Moore- 18th Century Bibles Paul McClintock- From Common Hands Richard Norman- Eden Workshops The Colonial Williamsburg Printer and Bookbinder’s Shop (special thanks to Don) Jeff Peachy- Bookbinder, toolmaker, artist and author Allen Barton- Priest, Bookbinder, Art Historian, Liturgiologist Laurent Coulet Michael Pyron- Restoration Book Binder About 1,000 rare book traders on social media and discovered […]