Tuesday, April 16, 2013

An Age-Old Profession

(No, not THAT profession, silly!) I'm talking about book binding. B. and I paid a visit to Frank Lehmann, a book binder, an artisan/craftsman who basically follows the same procedures as bookbinders have done for centuries. His tools are amazing, and quite beautiful. (Those above and below are for stamping leather bindings...)






 Rolls of paper for endpapers...
 Gigantic paper presses...
Various tools of the trade...
Twine/thread to sew up printed signatures before binding.

So very cool...I have the utmost admiration for those who carry on the noble traditions of the past: if they aint' broke, don't fix them. Carry on!

3 comments:

vivi said...

Oh, my Foziewisp! That is sooooo true of so many things in this old world! XOXO

JuJu said...

I feel so utterly ignorant, as I haven't once in my life considered book binding. These pictures bring it to life! Thank you so much for sharing!!

Sally said...

This looks like it would be a very cool place to visit!