Facsimile books and crafts
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 […]
In the vain of so many makers and crafts-people, I’ve been working hard to start my business. Bookbinding is not one trade, it is many. It is paper art, sewing, leather working, wood working, painting, gilding and exercising lots of patience in between. I’ve been building… building presses, building sewing frames, building tables, and making […]
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 […]