About a month ago i came across this video and today i finally finished my medieval book. I repeated everything except brass. So, I wanted to thank you for this video,that inspired me. In the course of work, I learned a lot of new things and it was cool
Only came here to see the cat, and am I glad I stayed. This person is an absolute artisan. I never realised how intricate a book made hundreds of years ago could be so delicate in its making. It was a pleasure to sit and watch an expert at work.
Thank you, the tablet weaving felt like a nice touch. And thank you for the suggestion of using a handplane! That must be the right tool for this. On my last book I used a knife to cut away most of the material before sanding, but a handplane would be better
Very labor intensive . I'm glad i live now even though those books were beautiful i'm sure they were much more expensive ,and we couldn't own very many.
Thank you so much! Crafting is my hobby and I studied medieval books and picked up a couple of books on the subject to better understand the construction. After that I guess it was all about practise
Nice detail. Sterling Silver is easier to work than brass, and it polishes up nicely. My cat stamps papers and documents with her teeth. “Cat approved”
I've been thinking about trying out sterling silver, it will be interesting to see how it behaves. Regarding polishing, I don't know why but I have just started doing it and wow what a difference it makes!
I really wish I had the skills to make such books. We do not have bookbinding courses in my country. The trade is usually run by Indians who own stationery printing companies. I find making the book to be satisfying.
You learnt it online?? 😳 Gosh where? In my country, for you to be even teaching book binding programs, you need to be Certified. Also they don't sell book binding tools here. It's mostly imported from UK.
There are many good youtube channels about bookbinding and I also got a couple of ebooks that explained it in depth. I made my tools from mostly plywood.
Отлично сделано. Если можно поясните заправку нитей, для обшивки книги. Смотрел на мин. скорости, не понял принцип заправки нитей в квадраты с отверстиями.
Thank you so much for sharing your process. I'm still not sure how the straps were successfully inserted on the books I'm reproducing. The inside cover of the original doesn't have a cutout that would allow the strap to be fasted on in advance... I guess it's more complicated with leather. I would have loved to see the gilding process in more detail. Really fascinating overall. Loved it the first time the cat stuck its face into what you were doing! Haha!
Wow that was amazing to watch ! I work with medieval books (mostly XVth century) and it's so cool to see how they were made back then ! thank you for sharing your work with us.
I did this from watching the video. It was fun. I am a member of a medevil recreation group and we recreate the Arts and Sciences of the period. I would love to have any documentation on this for research purposes.
That's cool to hear! Most of what I do is described in The Archaeology of Medieval Bookbinding by J.A. Szirmai, a book that goes into medieval bookbinding in great depth
Wow... absolutely incredible! Some of the work you did should be shown slowed down to do it justice.. would love to see more detail. Awesome book. tfs :)
As convenient as the modern internet is, it's sad seeing how books have been one of it's major casualties. It's truly incredible having such of well of knowledge on every topic at our fingertips, but there is something to be said about the feel of the pages and the distinct smell of paper, ink, adhesive a physical book has.. It sounds so silly but I am thankful to have been lucky enough to be in the last generation that had to use encyclopedias for school reports. Hell, my kids can't even fathom a pre-Google world.
@@RaenbowBlight Not exactly. While the internet has made books a little less know, they are still the best way to keep information compared to the volatile media storage we have today. It's just that historically books have always been expansive. A masterpiece like the one in the video is an example. I remeber only seeing so many good books at my university, compared to now were you can find almost any book you want online and for free.
Please post more videos! I have a 1620 King James bible that is falling to pieces and missing about 30 pages. Id love to see you do a book restoration video to give me thre courage to tackle it.
@@BrinkmanCrafts @silverman834 I don't get it. You could've fold the signatures twice instead of three times, and stack two signatures together to make up for the correct thickness
Yes, you're right, I forgot that I used that method in this video. Your way would make a more sound book, but I think I really wanted to make the signatures from just one paper. But yeah, I hope I nowerdays would pay more attention to this.
Thank you very much! I learnt the basics from youtube videos and the more medieval specific technics from the wonderful book "The archaeology of medieval bookbinding"
Whoa there's so much too look at!! Like what's the rope spinning thing and how did you make it? And book covers can be wood?? This is really cool please make another about the neat stuff you have! 😀
Thank you, there sure was a lot to fit in a short video! You can look up rope making for examples of how people make rope making machines. Yes, most early books had wood covers to protect the book block. The word codex actually means block of wood. It was only cheap books that didn't have it
Thank you! I used the blade of a hand plane to cut the edges, but nower days I use a paring knife as it gives you a better grip. Yes, their sewing frame is very similar. Perhaps I was heavily inspired by it, I don't remember.
Where did you find out how to install the cords into the cover like that? I’ve seen that method in medieval books and i want to try it myself but I can’t figure out how to do it
Maybe this book is totally not in my style cuz I prefer more modern style than medieval, but wow. I think making this was effortable, cuz it came out amazing. I love how you made clamps and other decorations all by yourself. I really admire the whole process, and that you wanted to put an effort and time to make this (i'm sure i would be too lazy to make it this way like you did xD). I hope you still do your thing!!
Love this so much!! Quick question: how did you get the little brass spindle to stay snug within the clasp? And, was that just a piece of a brass nail or something?
Please keep the questions coming :-) I use 0.7 mm brass, that should be about 1/32". I bought it in a local hobbyshop, but it should be easy to buy online.
Thanks so much!! Here’s my latest - partly inspired by your tutorial! The clasp and corners are just a stock one from hobby lobby - I’m going to be replacing it with one I make myself :) www.reddit.com/r/bookbinding/comments/kmlvgx/my_first_medieval_girdlebook_a_psalter_book_of/
Absolutely amazing.. came for the book stayed for the cat (the end lmao 😂😂)
About a month ago i came across this video and today i finally finished my medieval book. I repeated everything except brass. So, I wanted to thank you for this video,that inspired me. In the course of work, I learned a lot of new things and it was cool
Thank you so much for your comment, it really makes me inspired
Wow you are a master bookbinder, just amazing
Wow. I’m still learning and don’t have nearly the tools at my disposal that you do but this is certainly helping me with my progress in binding
This is absolutely incredible!
Only came here to see the cat, and am I glad I stayed. This person is an absolute artisan. I never realised how intricate a book made hundreds of years ago could be so delicate in its making. It was a pleasure to sit and watch an expert at work.
Wow. That is amazing work.
It's briliant. I get aesthetic pleasure watching this. I'll try to recreate it by my own.
sobs, im a beginner and dont have the tools to use wood, just been using thicc chipboard, but this video was very informative!
Amazing! And inspired. I make books and tablet weave and am obsessed with making cordage. Can’t wait to incorporate all of this together.
3:06 Sewing the end bands. Decorating the end bands 5:50. Very helpful!
Wat een geweldige tutorials! en wat een fantastisch resultaat!
Ha Ha.. I luv the end! Very awesome work btw.
"Sanding the chamfers". Tedious.
Get a sharp handplane!
Loved the tablet weaving - didn't see that coming.
Thank you, the tablet weaving felt like a nice touch. And thank you for the suggestion of using a handplane! That must be the right tool for this. On my last book I used a knife to cut away most of the material before sanding, but a handplane would be better
Absolutly beautiful work amazing 👏 😍
Amazing and incredible work! You have very beautiful hands! Take care of them!
Hah! All that work, and they you just throw it out in the end. Really nice video. Thank for sharing!
Entertaining video, so much work goes into this wow!
Amazing work, bravo
I like it from the beginning till the funny end 😄
Hope more videos. Take care
Fan from Morocco, Africa
wow, that looks like it must have taken a lot of dedication! amazing job!
Very labor intensive . I'm glad i live now even though those books were beautiful i'm sure they were much more expensive ,and we couldn't own very many.
They were so valuable they were chained to the shelves.
Congratulations. Very competent. Well done
You are a genius! Congratulations!
I made it to the tablet weaving segment before I told myself I'll never be doing this in this lifetime.
You girl, have some wicked skills! How beautiful.
I'm male, but thank you!
@@BrinkmanCrafts Oh my so sorry, there was such grace in your hands that I assumed you were female.
I do wonder where you learned all these marvellous skills, I'm completely fascinated! Is this your trade in life or a hobby?
Thank you so much! Crafting is my hobby and I studied medieval books and picked up a couple of books on the subject to better understand the construction. After that I guess it was all about practise
@@sherryhudson7812 Funny you say that, my first thought upon opening this video was "wow he's got some elegant hands"
FANTASTIC! Feline supervsion is always an issue no one should disregard. :-D
You got techniks that i haven't seen before. Excellent job.
رائع... الكتاب يستحق كل هذا العناء فعلا لمن يعرف قيمته.
just......... AMAZING! 💚
Nice detail. Sterling Silver is easier to work than brass, and it polishes up nicely. My cat stamps papers and documents with her teeth. “Cat approved”
I've been thinking about trying out sterling silver, it will be interesting to see how it behaves. Regarding polishing, I don't know why but I have just started doing it and wow what a difference it makes!
All work will be inspected by the cat.
12 minutes and 35 seconds very well spent. :-)
That is sick! Amazing work!
I really wish I had the skills to make such books. We do not have bookbinding courses in my country. The trade is usually run by Indians who own stationery printing companies. I find making the book to be satisfying.
It just takes practise. I learned all via internet and only used equipment you can buy in any hardware store :-)
You learnt it online?? 😳 Gosh where? In my country, for you to be even teaching book binding programs, you need to be Certified. Also they don't sell book binding tools here. It's mostly imported from UK.
There are many good youtube channels about bookbinding and I also got a couple of ebooks that explained it in depth. I made my tools from mostly plywood.
Отлично сделано. Если можно поясните заправку нитей, для обшивки книги. Смотрел на мин. скорости, не понял принцип заправки нитей в квадраты с отверстиями.
Wow, thanks for showing us
Amazing ,book making is as beatiful. as violin making
I had very similar lessons for a while at the London College of Printing, a long time ago now
Absolutely wonderful!
Thank you so much for sharing your process. I'm still not sure how the straps were successfully inserted on the books I'm reproducing. The inside cover of the original doesn't have a cutout that would allow the strap to be fasted on in advance... I guess it's more complicated with leather. I would have loved to see the gilding process in more detail. Really fascinating overall. Loved it the first time the cat stuck its face into what you were doing! Haha!
Perhaps you could do a video on weaving the tablet edges please....couldn't really see what you were doing when sped up !
Wow that was amazing to watch ! I work with medieval books (mostly XVth century) and it's so cool to see how they were made back then ! thank you for sharing your work with us.
wow, that's truly amazing! plus the cute feline assistant ;)
Que maravilha,fiquei apaixonada por esse livro,parabéns é muitoo lindooo
You are great!
So cool- Bindung a Book all steps in Short time trank you!
Uau... Cara que maravilha de trabalho. Como posso aprender tal talento?
Thats amazing.
That's a nice cat 🐈
Beautiful!
i aspire to make something like this and be as good as you someday....
Perfectionism is a character flaw. (Don't forget to empty that trash can.)
I did this from watching the video. It was fun. I am a member of a medevil recreation group and we recreate the Arts and Sciences of the period. I would love to have any documentation on this for research purposes.
That's cool to hear! Most of what I do is described in The Archaeology of Medieval Bookbinding by J.A. Szirmai, a book that goes into medieval bookbinding in great depth
Loved the video thanks. Any chance you can make one about the weaving in detail?
Thank you so much! Perhaps you already have found videos, but otherwise you can search for tablet weaving. Sorry for the late reply!
That textblock is so ... thicc ...
😳 Amazing! 😍
You are so cool !
jäkligt bra video, fick massor med tips om hur jag ska göra.
Va roligt! Det är bara att höra av dig om du undrar något.
Wow... absolutely incredible! Some of the work you did should be shown slowed down to do it justice.. would love to see more detail. Awesome book. tfs :)
omg,.. you didn't chuck it away!!! That was mean, hahahaha
Excellent!
then Kindle became a thing...
cool bummer
Lol!
As convenient as the modern internet is, it's sad seeing how books have been one of it's major casualties.
It's truly incredible having such of well of knowledge on every topic at our fingertips, but there is something to be said about the feel of the pages and the distinct smell of paper, ink, adhesive a physical book has..
It sounds so silly but I am thankful to have been lucky enough to be in the last generation that had to use encyclopedias for school reports.
Hell, my kids can't even fathom a pre-Google world.
@@RaenbowBlight Not exactly. While the internet has made books a little less know, they are still the best way to keep information compared to the volatile media storage we have today.
It's just that historically books have always been expansive. A masterpiece like the one in the video is an example. I remeber only seeing so many good books at my university, compared to now were you can find almost any book you want online and for free.
Definitivamente fue un arduo trabajo, muchas elementos elaborados a mano.
Y un libro pequeño, creo se debería ver mejor uno más grande que ese
Thank you, but I think that small books also has a charm
@@BrinkmanCrafts Claro que si, los libros pequeños si tienen su encanto; solo hay que darselos
Amazing video, thank you!
Could you share howto learn the weaving using the tablets?
Thank you very much! But I think others can teach that much better than me, I can just do the basics
Please post more videos! I have a 1620 King James bible that is falling to pieces and missing about 30 pages. Id love to see you do a book restoration video to give me thre courage to tackle it.
Freaking awesome
Is there a name for this style of binding?
It is called gothic binding
@@BrinkmanCrafts thank you!
Hi! Amazing video, but what happened to the audio? Thank you for the upload, it was incredible!
Thank you so much! It was the first little more serious video I've made and didn't have any audio.
Wow. Love that.TSF.
Very cool. Needed some nice background music.
Thank you, and thank you for your suggestion, I will do it next time
The finished signatures have grain running perpendicularly to the spine...
Correct me if I'm wrong
Yeah, you're right. I couldn't find short grained paper.
@@BrinkmanCrafts emm..., just cut it in half before folding?
Then the book would be half the size. And no - I couldn't neither find paper of double the size in long grain.
@@BrinkmanCrafts @silverman834 I don't get it. You could've fold the signatures twice instead of three times, and stack two signatures together to make up for the correct thickness
Yes, you're right, I forgot that I used that method in this video. Your way would make a more sound book, but I think I really wanted to make the signatures from just one paper. But yeah, I hope I nowerdays would pay more attention to this.
This is epic!
So , this is why books were so expensive .
Just a wonderful job. Would love a teacher like you ;) where did you learn such a great bookbinding skills?
Thank you very much! I learnt the basics from youtube videos and the more medieval specific technics from the wonderful book "The archaeology of medieval bookbinding"
was glue a part of the process in medieval times? if so, how did they make they glue?
Yes, they used glue made from animal tissue and maybe they also used wheat paste
Whoa there's so much too look at!! Like what's the rope spinning thing and how did you make it? And book covers can be wood?? This is really cool please make another about the neat stuff you have! 😀
Thank you, there sure was a lot to fit in a short video! You can look up rope making for examples of how people make rope making machines.
Yes, most early books had wood covers to protect the book block. The word codex actually means block of wood. It was only cheap books that didn't have it
@@BrinkmanCrafts well now I feel silly 🙃 thank you so much 😊
Don't feel silly! Nobody can know everything. Thank you again for your kind words
Would this work out for like 200 SEPARATE pages?
Yes, I've seen people sew books many inches thick
Fantastic ,how do you know that ?
Thank you very much! Most of it is learnt through the book 'The Archaeology of Medieval Bookbinding'.
Awesome book…
What was the blade you used to plough the edges??
I just saw the sewing frame on the affordable bookbinder…
Thank you! I used the blade of a hand plane to cut the edges, but nower days I use a paring knife as it gives you a better grip.
Yes, their sewing frame is very similar. Perhaps I was heavily inspired by it, I don't remember.
What kind of thread you used for tablet weaving?
It is silk.
@@BrinkmanCrafts thank you
❤ What is the name of the guillotine tool?
It's called a paring knife. It's normally used when working with leather, but it's also great for this
KITTEH! :o
Where did you find out how to install the cords into the cover like that? I’ve seen that method in medieval books and i want to try it myself but I can’t figure out how to do it
The book 'Archaeology of medieval bookbinding' describes several ways of doing it!
Darn kitty cat
What did it contain? Magic spells?
Maybe cat drawings?
Maybe this book is totally not in my style cuz I prefer more modern style than medieval, but wow. I think making this was effortable, cuz it came out amazing. I love how you made clamps and other decorations all by yourself. I really admire the whole process, and that you wanted to put an effort and time to make this (i'm sure i would be too lazy to make it this way like you did xD). I hope you still do your thing!!
Thank you so much! It still happens that I bind books, but not as many as I did a couple of years ago
What's the name of that tool for trimming the edges? Is that something special or just a scraper with a blade?
I used an old blade from a plane, but now I always use a french paring knife
@@BrinkmanCrafts Thank you so much! Now I know what to buy!
lovely work, where did you get your finishing press?
Thank you! I made it from some leftover plywood and threaded rod
Love this so much!! Quick question: how did you get the little brass spindle to stay snug within the clasp? And, was that just a piece of a brass nail or something?
Thank you so much! It is a piece of brass wire, but one could just as well use a brass nail. A small solder keeps it in place.
@@BrinkmanCrafts brilliant! Thanks!
Beautiful work, must've been priceless in those times, one question, what kind of tool are you using to trim the pages? common knife?
Thank you! I used a blade from a plane in the video, but nower days I use a french paring knife
@@BrinkmanCrafts thank you for answering! best regards from Chile.
I would like to request that the cat gets more screen time. Please and thank you.
what was the tool for trimming the edges?
That was the blade from a plane, but nowerdays I use a paring knife
@@BrinkmanCrafts thankssss ssooooo muchh😍
@@BrinkmanCrafts any brand or any kind of pairing knife??
I think a french paring knife is good for this, but I guess also other styles would work
@@BrinkmanCrafts ohhh thanks sooo much now i can get smooth edges to my books thankss soo much🥰
Ok one more question about the beautiful clasp: what gauge brass did you use, and do you just buy it online?
Please keep the questions coming :-) I use 0.7 mm brass, that should be about 1/32". I bought it in a local hobbyshop, but it should be easy to buy online.
Thanks so much!! Here’s my latest - partly inspired by your tutorial! The clasp and corners are just a stock one from hobby lobby - I’m going to be replacing it with one I make myself :) www.reddit.com/r/bookbinding/comments/kmlvgx/my_first_medieval_girdlebook_a_psalter_book_of/
Wow, very impressive! I love girdle books! Very nice tooling on the cover.
@@BrinkmanCrafts thanks so much!!
did you use real parchment?
No. They also had paper in this time period, but I have not been able to find similar paper why I use modern paper.
@@BrinkmanCrafts Fyi the ending made me litterally lol
What kind of metal do you use to make those catch plates?
It is brass.
Ohhhh. Cat. 😂
Magic !?
How did you gilt the page edges??
I used a gold pen... it felt like cheating so I didn't show it. Now I use acrylic gold paint instead.
Why the trash can 🥺?
I think you've lost the sound. :(
Thank you, but I had no sound for this old video
@@BrinkmanCrafts You did it very well and interestingly. We will be waiting for a new video, with sound. #^.^#
And it will be convenient to divide the new video into several parts.
These days we just print and bind them, there is no longer an art to making books and passing down information