Angie Sotiropoulos deftly twists the handle on her copy press. It squeaks into place, flattening the many sheets of paper that will soon make up a book. Then she moves across her home studio to her ...

The dragon-scale bookbinding is a traditional Chinese way of bookbinding with a history of over 1,000 years. Passed down from generation to generation, the completed artworks are known to resemble ...

Affiliated with ancient Egypt, bookbinding has been an important craft throughout history including in India from the time when religious texts were inscribed on palm leaves and bound in the form of ...

DALLAS - Revolutionary War re-enactor DeLea Sayers already has an unusual hobby. He recently stumbled across another one when he decided to record his rebellious activity in an 18th century-style ...

Manual bookbinding, a tradition passed down through generations, struggles to survive against the tide of mass production and changing times. In the heart of Nai Sadak, amid the bustling markets and ...

Exquisitely crafted covers of goatskin not only enhance the beauty of precious books but also help preserve the “human quintessence” for the next generations of book lovers in Vietnam. With the desire ...

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