This really gives great insight as to why books were so expensive back in the day. The amount of hours and skill dedicated to creating just one of these is quite impressive.
No, it did not require this many hours to make books. Books were not expensive. Paper was damn near free. What cost was the scribe. Because due to the plague every ten years there were not many of them. So they could charge exorbitant prices. If one could read and write they made their own books and billions of them. Maybe check out the diaries from those in the workhouse over the decades. Back in the day they used recycled clothing, sheets, textiles to produce 100% cotton paper, and there was so much of it people could buy a ten pounds of 100% 140lb cotton paper for less than the price of a breakfast. Which amounted to less than a penny. People even used old textiles, dresses, etc to cover wooden planks to make their own books. Instead of listening to numb nut scholars whom must adhere to the agenda in order to earn a paycheck, do your own research and think for yourself. If books were so expensive why did people so gd poor they were forced into a workhouse, which was worse than a prison, have so many gd books and journals? If paper was so expensive why were all Christmas decorations, faux tapestries, toys, poppers, etc made out of paper and wood? Book binders worked just as Factories today. As an assembly line. That's why the Everyman's library consisting of 100 books on every topic only cost $1.00. The entire point was that any human who bought the Everyman's Library could speak on any topic ever brought up in polite society. So that every man was a learned man. Even manuscripts weren't expensive to make. They weren't a penny a book mind you, but they didn't cost an arm and a leg either. One could buy a blank sheep skin book relative cheap. It was hiring a scribe and then an illuminator and then passing for the adornments which cost money. Hitting an illuminator wasn't an expensive as hitting a scribe because artists were considered a laborer. Just like a the guy who cuts your grass or a construction laborer today. Plus, they lived independently. Not cloistered together in a church. So the plague didn't hit them as hard, so there were more of them.
Not just a book binder but an artist, woodworker and seamster too! The final decorations on the leather were so intricate and it strikes you that at every stage in the process, there is really only one chance to get it right - no pressure, ha. Awe-inspiring - thank you for sharing. ❤😊
Much admired your work. Thank you. My elderly father, an archivist & self-taught bookbinder also spent many happy quiet hours in his little old self-built 'workshop' restoring old family Bibles, Quran, old family photo albums for the octogenarian in our town. I, a youngster, would ocassionally watch him work & he would gently comment on the various types of bookbinding leather or the twines & strings & the cover-boards. And, bent over his work-bench, he'd bring to my attention a little 'trick' he had devised to achieve a special 'tooling effect'. I could feel he was in a meditative state, quietly, calmly, patiently pasting down the covers or turning tight the book press. Now he's gone. When I go down to our basement I think i sometimes see him - puzzling over a damaged corner of an old fat book. The smell of leather & ink & paper... unmistakable presence of my gentle father. Thank you for your presentation. From NewZealand.
Thank you for sharing this beautiful, heart-felt and rather poetic recounting of your father's memory. The way you have written this I feel as if I was there.
If there truly is a god, this man was given a workshop to continue what he loved in the next life, and remember the fond times of instructing his child. Doing anything less would make such a god underworthy of worship.
I was in the printing business for over 40 yearss in my life. Ive printed and bound 10's of thousands of books in that time, probably more. I've never seen a book bound so beautful in my life as this. Fantastic job.
In 1971 I saw the Lindisfarne manuscripts and knew l wanted to be a calligrapher which after year's of trials and tribulations through self teaching I realised a high standard in the craft. Once attained I put it to one side in search of pastures new. Now in my 73rd year I've realised book binding is what I was looking for. Thank you for posting this video my time left to me on this earth will be exciting ones learning a new but ancient craft.
Id love a library full of books like this with ancient knowledge, everything, architecture, botany, blacksmithing, languages, toolmaking, carpentry, cooking, history
Among all the crap thrown onto You Tube, I stumble across this gem. The craftsmanship, attention to detail, soothing music, and the lack of AI or overenthusiastic voiceover is such a delight and a breath of fresh air. An all but forgotten trade presented in a top quality video. Respect to both you and your videographer. SUBSCRIBED.
I was going to write a comment, but you've already said it all. I love how straight to the point this video is - no 5 minutes intro, no crappy voiceovers, you just get to watch a pure talent make a piece of art.
Check out Clickspring. He does have a voiceover but it's sane and calm. Same ridiculously high quality work as you see here, but in a different medium.
From Egyption clay tablet, Greek/Roman papyrus scrolls, Medieval wooden covered books, to Gettysburg pressed books, offset printed perfect bound books to floppy disks, Hard drives and m.2 drives. Our obsession with storing information for later use keeps expanding.
I have to say this was throughly enjoyable! The book is stunning beyond words. I’ve watched the 5 part series you did with this project in much more detail and am in total awe of this brilliant piece of art. Thanks for making this shorter version!
Super travail! Bravo. J'en ai fait beaucoup dans plusieurs styles du moyen âge. Si je peux le permettre une question, où trouves tu les pièces en métal ? Coins, fermoirs etc... Ils sont fait par toi même ou as tu trouvé un fournisseur qui en vend? De mon côté je dois les faire et cela demande du matériel d'orfèvre, par gain de temps j'aimerais en trouver dans le style médiéval . Merci d'avance pour ta réponse et encore bravo pour ce partage!
As a fellow paper enthusiast, I can’t even begin to express into words how much more appreciation I have for the ART of book binding after watching this video. Absolutely amazing 📚🤗
What an amazing job as always. I can see why books were highly treasured back in the early days of bookmaking. I know that even today I would treasure a beautiful book like that. But I could never afford one like this.
If you didn't go for parchment and used modern tools only thing here that is really expensive is leather and getting leatherworking tools. So you could make one for yourself probably around 200$. Or maybe cheaper if some stuff is cheaper there compared to here. And most of that cost is for tools and leather. Then again getting to a point where it looks so good is years of practice probably
@@jamessan3404 yeah, I think it's much like traditional art, you don't NEED expensive paints and brushes and such, even though they improve the final result (a bit like the gold and brass parts and the embossing, here), you just need practice, and a bit of imagination on knowing what would probably look good, like, this would probably be a high-end book even by their standards... but I bet anyone could make a reasonable book themselves, using cheaper stuff like textile instead of leather, and such, but yeah, it certainly takes a lot of time to do it manually, and even longer for a beginner, although there are much simpler options, to start out with, not to mention smaller books
This book is stunning. I’m in awe of the skill and craftsmanship that goes into creating a work of art such as this. I thoroughly enjoyed watching every step of the process.
Out of all the careers in the world, there are few like the dedicated arts that I could imagine satisfying a person to such a great length with happiness. To work on a piece is like crafting a new being- it is like becoming a God, and designing a new man. You study, fine tune, and create. There is nothing else to be said other then this is true beauty. I was at peace when I was in my ceramics I class. I could be there for hours, just carving, planning, deciding. I wish I could do art all day in my life. This is hope, inspiration!
Wow! I never realized bookbinding was such painstaking work. No wonder we have 1,000 year old books that still look and feel like they're hot off the press. Folks back then built them to last. Very fine work, Sir. Clearly this is an ancient art that should never be forgotten.
the fact that you made those brass furnishings YOURSELF is just the icing on top of the cake. this is beautiful. amazing job and incredibly well done :]
I had no idea how laborious it is to build such a book. I make my own books, but they are far from being the same as this one. Want craftsman, what a work of art. Congratulations. Gained one more subscriber.
The talents exhibited by a genuine craftsman are truly extraordinary, and in today's world, they serve as a source of inspiration, especially when we reflect on the era when printing was regarded as the epitome of artistic mastery.
Смотрю, затаив дыхание. БРАВО мастеру. Работа поистине уникальная. Невозможно описать такую красоту. Дай Господь мастеру здоровья, сил, вдохновенья в его нелегком и прекрасном труде.
Тот случай когда книгу точно можно судить по обложке, особенно учитывая что в данном случае сам носитель информации и является произведением искусства, а информации там нет.
Few days ago I told my father that I want to have a leather covered quran he told me it's rare and expensive After watching this I just decided to make it myself Thanks for inspiring me 💖
I'm not a Muslim, but I find the Quran so beautiful, the details are so delicate and gorgeous. I hope yours look just as beautiful. Greetings from Brazil الله أكبر
Truly astonishing. You are a master and I've never seen a more beautiful book. The leather tooling is immaculate and the burnished block edges are an inspiration. Thank you so much for sharing your talents with us.
Fantastic! "The Red Book of Westmarch" is the only name that came to mind when I saw this gorgeous work of art. To have Tolkien's works inside would be a dream-come-true.
I am absolutely SPEECHLESS. I had no idea of the INCREDIBLE intricacies that could go into making this level of handcrafted book - rather, you were able to answer: "how on earth did they do that?" You should be very proud of your work!
I've always known that books in the Middle ages where hard to make, expensive to produce, and beautiful works of art. However, I never realized how intricate the entire process was. Thank you for this. It's both informative and wonderful to watch a lost art such as this. I am definitely going to watch the individual videos. You have a new subscriber!
Making covers isn't even why they were expensive. They rewrote it on lamb skin by hand, using very precise and slow form of writing, adding images and initials ( first word of a page of chapter which itself was an image). Copying a book could be years of man work
When I was a kid, I remember my grandfather used to deal in old Jewish religious books. Occasionally, I used to meet some bookbinders which he hired to restore these old books. I remember going to their workshops, but I never appreciated just how much work was involved.
It was such a gread job!!! This is a fragile and delicated job which doesn´t allow mistakes. One of the best bookbinder I have ever seen. Congratulations!!!
Actually I have one. Little bit lesser quality, but close enough. I write one page per month with my thoughts and memories for my daughter for the time when I'm gone. Don't ask what I paid, but I think it's money well spent when my child will hold it in later days and remember me.
@@kaidrache2395 you make an expensive (I'm really sure of it) thing truly priceless, thank you for sharing this golden truth, it reminds all of us that there is something that has no price.
i’m speechless. at the end all i could think was imagine someone gifting you something that amazing and rare. i don’t even think i could write in something so beautiful.
Amazing and incredibly fascinating! What have I done with my life - compared to masters such as yourself? I am in awe, congratulations on attaining a level of skill & perfection most of us, at least I, humanly reverence & respect! Simply masterful!
This is incredible! I need one 😂 Me and my three year old daughter has just sat and watched this three times! The amount of detail and work that went into just this one book, amazing!
I just came from reddit, where you linked your original work under an uncredited upload. It's always great to find the source for creative work, especially if it's something so beautiful and intricate. Amazing work!
Oh that was super interesting! It was so illuminating understanding where the "book aesthetic" comes from beneath the leather finish, such as the bands on the spine. Makes you appreciate the details so much more.
The written language is the single greatest invention of all time. With that we have been able to precisely pass down our knowledge for future generations. Knowledge passed orally gets corrupted over time. Books are vaults designed to protect our knowledge and when made correctly can protect it for hundreds of years. No commercially manufactured books today will last even 1/4 as long as high quality books built 400 years ago which is a great tragedy.
Which is scary to think how information will be manipulated in the future when everything is going digital. Printed words are solid, immutable. There are already cases of corporate news outlets silently and insidiously editing their articles without mentioning it to their readers. Can't do that on printed editions.
@@juanlui284 No, a bad trend given how manipulatable digital media can be without notice. There should always be a physical copy available at the very least in case digital means are not accessible.
This is absolutely insane, this is a masterpiece! I've never seen anything like that and I madly love it! I hope that these types of works will never be lost ❤❤
Lived for several years in Williamsburg, VA and frequently visited Old Colony Williamsburg. Along Main Street, behind a General Store, was a book binder. Whenever we visited, we made time to stop and watch craftsmen make books similar to this but with leather covers. Struck up several conversations with the craftsman and eventually had the courage to ask if they would make me two books. They eventually agreed and after several weeks, I got both. One went to my young daughter and the other I kept. Mine is still blank and is sitting on a shelf by my desk. True craftsmanship.
Amazing to watch, I'm a paper crafter and enjoy making albums and journals from scratch, nothing like your work I hasten to add. My late aunt was a book binder by trade, she started training at 16 and worked in the factory all her life, I remember watching her do some gold leaf work and used to get me creasing the pages with the bone folder, happy memories.
Really impressive and spectacular!! I love it! ❤ When I was little I looked at old bibles as they were made. And I had always wanted to do a book like that. It is very beautiful. Congratulations on your talent. ✨
I loved watching this! Was recommended this by TH-cam and I'm still not really sure why, but I'm very glad I checked this out lol. Such incredible skill, detail and artistry that went into this book, really a sight to behold. Beautiful work!
I've seen thousands of craftmanship videos of all kinds. This is the closest I've gotten to tears. What an amazing craft. I feel like I now understand why you do what you do. Blown away!
I got inspired by your book and made one of my one. Thx for the video instructions. Super awesome work. I will admit that your book turned out better than mine ☺️
@@thepolyhobbyist unsolicited opinion here, but I took a look, I think it’s quite lovely! And no, I am not just being polite, it really looks pretty nicely done in my opinion. Congratulations. I want to make one too but it seems like it takes so much time! I’ll think about it.
We really take for granted how easy and accessible most things are to us. Beautiful job, I think my favorite part was the leather tooling. Everything you did was so precise and detailed from start to finish. I cant help but be awestruck watching because I would have too many doubts and worries I would mess things up. Love this video and thank you for sharing ☺️
I started out watching thinking "oh man, I could totally do this as a job, making custom books for people!" I finished watching thinking "no one would be able to afford them."
There are NO WORDS to express how I feeling and how much enjoyment I have received from this video! I just wish people with all these skills and art NEVER goes exticnt in this world! How much we have already lost of ancient art!! I just wished they had included where we can buy these diaries!
I have never seen such craftsmanship before. It was very interesting to see how such a beautiful book is made. You have to be able to work accurately and precisely. But you can do that very well. Burning the ornament freehand or pressing it in hot is a challenge in itself. And sewing the individual sheets of paper with needle and thread so skillfully. You must surely have years of practice in this. You can see that too. In any case, your work is outstanding. Very good. Thank you very much for the insight into your work. Let's see what other super good things you've done. Thanks again for showing us
I have taken old prayer books that have lost their spine covers, or the cover has come completely detached, and with paper and Elmer's glue, fixed them. It fascinated me, their construction, and this video goes even farther. Thank you!
Wow, I've just come across you on here and I'm blown away. You're amazing. I love how things used to be made by hand and true professionals. This book is beautiful. So glad I found you.
So much admiration for your work. I've always seen old books with the ridges on the spine and never knew what they were for. To see the inside of a book in this way was so enlightening. Thanks for this video.
What a wonderful craft. I was intrigued the entire time. I so admire a person who makes beautiful things with their hands. Kudos to the person who filmed it so well!
A wonderful bookbinding work. If you now imagine the duration of the inscription of the pages and a complex carving of the book cover (one mistake and it was gone), you get an idea why books were so expensive in the Middle Ages and people who could read so few. Excellent job!
This really gives great insight as to why books were so expensive back in the day. The amount of hours and skill dedicated to creating just one of these is quite impressive.
Then someone has to write in it and make no mistakes.
@@zerobyte802 imagine making a mistake in one of this...
@@isilion often they would write the book first and then bind it, that way you'd only have to recreate one pair of pages
No, it did not require this many hours to make books. Books were not expensive. Paper was damn near free. What cost was the scribe. Because due to the plague every ten years there were not many of them. So they could charge exorbitant prices. If one could read and write they made their own books and billions of them. Maybe check out the diaries from those in the workhouse over the decades. Back in the day they used recycled clothing, sheets, textiles to produce 100% cotton paper, and there was so much of it people could buy a ten pounds of 100% 140lb cotton paper for less than the price of a breakfast. Which amounted to less than a penny.
People even used old textiles, dresses, etc to cover wooden planks to make their own books.
Instead of listening to numb nut scholars whom must adhere to the agenda in order to earn a paycheck, do your own research and think for yourself. If books were so expensive why did people so gd poor they were forced into a workhouse, which was worse than a prison, have so many gd books and journals? If paper was so expensive why were all Christmas decorations, faux tapestries, toys, poppers, etc made out of paper and wood?
Book binders worked just as Factories today. As an assembly line. That's why the Everyman's library consisting of 100 books on every topic only cost $1.00. The entire point was that any human who bought the Everyman's Library could speak on any topic ever brought up in polite society. So that every man was a learned man.
Even manuscripts weren't expensive to make. They weren't a penny a book mind you, but they didn't cost an arm and a leg either. One could buy a blank sheep skin book relative cheap. It was hiring a scribe and then an illuminator and then passing for the adornments which cost money. Hitting an illuminator wasn't an expensive as hitting a scribe because artists were considered a laborer. Just like a the guy who cuts your grass or a construction laborer today. Plus, they lived independently. Not cloistered together in a church. So the plague didn't hit them as hard, so there were more of them.
also making parchment takes a long time because parchment came from animal skin, which means it's going to take a lot of days to make one
So many stages where I thought the book was ready and then it just kept getting better and better. Respect sir you're a true craftsman.
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Storms back in "AND ANOTHER THING!"
@incraseenergy1523buen trabajo escribiendo en español en un video en ingles
Pah! You thought I was finished. Amateur, I still got the knobby things to put on.
I felt that way less than five minutes into it 😆
As a woodworker myself, I am seriously impressed by the combination of skills required to produce a book in that way. Such a beautiful craft.
Same here. I saw his huge amount of jigs and paper planers and thought there’s a lot of cross over. Then he started doing the woodwork covers.
Nice birdhouse
👏👏👏👏
The skills in so many different areas it takes to make one is impressive.
Book binding was a true art form. Becoming one meant a serious apprenticeship and hard work. I am happy to see people keeping this art alive and well.
Is there any way to study this.
Not just a book binder but an artist, woodworker and seamster too! The final decorations on the leather were so intricate and it strikes you that at every stage in the process, there is really only one chance to get it right - no pressure, ha. Awe-inspiring - thank you for sharing. ❤😊
Where do you get woodworking from? No such thing in artisan bookbinding.
Much admired your work. Thank you.
My elderly father, an archivist & self-taught bookbinder also spent many happy quiet hours in his little old self-built 'workshop' restoring old family Bibles, Quran, old family photo albums for the octogenarian in our town. I, a youngster, would ocassionally watch him work & he would gently comment on the various types of bookbinding leather or the twines & strings & the cover-boards. And, bent over his work-bench, he'd bring to my attention a little 'trick' he had devised to achieve a special 'tooling effect'. I could feel he was in a meditative state, quietly, calmly, patiently pasting down the covers or turning tight the book press.
Now he's gone.
When I go down to our basement I think i sometimes see him - puzzling over a damaged corner of an old fat book. The smell of leather & ink & paper... unmistakable presence of my gentle father.
Thank you for your presentation. From NewZealand.
Thank you for sharing this beautiful, heart-felt and rather poetic recounting of your father's memory. The way you have written this I feel as if I was there.
o espírito de seu pai às vezes vai à oficina.
If there truly is a god, this man was given a workshop to continue what he loved in the next life, and remember the fond times of instructing his child. Doing anything less would make such a god underworthy of worship.
Glad to read your experiences. They área great
Lord, I wish we all had fathers such as yours, especially since mine abandoned me. The world would be a tremendously better place
I was in the printing business for over 40 yearss in my life. Ive printed and bound 10's of thousands of books in that time, probably more. I've never seen a book bound so beautful in my life as this. Fantastic job.
In 1971 I saw the Lindisfarne manuscripts and knew l wanted to be a calligrapher which after year's of trials and tribulations through self teaching I realised a high standard in the craft. Once attained I put it to one side in search of pastures new. Now in my 73rd year I've realised book binding is what I was looking for. Thank you for posting this video my time left to me on this earth will be exciting ones learning a new but ancient craft.
Best of luck for your journey sir
Complete Process From Start to Finish - 60 hours in 24 minutes - plus 6,000 hrs of experience. Such craftsmanship and well done. Thank you sharing.
Id love a library full of books like this with ancient knowledge, everything, architecture, botany, blacksmithing, languages, toolmaking, carpentry, cooking, history
I would love just one book like this preferably the family Bible
@@anniec1106 I would like dictionaries in this form.
So would we all. Each invading force burned everything they could find. I have hopes it is all preserved somewhere.
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Per fortuna nostra ci sono ancora artigiani capaci di creare autentiche opere d'arte in un mondo così poco alla ricerca del bello
Among all the crap thrown onto You Tube, I stumble across this gem. The craftsmanship, attention to detail, soothing music, and the lack of AI or overenthusiastic voiceover is such a delight and a breath of fresh air. An all but forgotten trade presented in a top quality video. Respect to both you and your videographer. SUBSCRIBED.
I was going to write a comment, but you've already said it all. I love how straight to the point this video is - no 5 minutes intro, no crappy voiceovers, you just get to watch a pure talent make a piece of art.
DITTO,
You put into words what I couldn't
Check out Clickspring. He does have a voiceover but it's sane and calm. Same ridiculously high quality work as you see here, but in a different medium.
Agreed 👍
From Egyption clay tablet, Greek/Roman papyrus scrolls, Medieval wooden covered books, to Gettysburg pressed books, offset printed perfect bound books to floppy disks, Hard drives and m.2 drives. Our obsession with storing information for later use keeps expanding.
*Egyptians invented the papyrus and the oldest one found was dated 3000 BC, but it was also used Romans and the Greeks later in history
I have to say this was throughly enjoyable! The book is stunning beyond words. I’ve watched the 5 part series you did with this project in much more detail and am in total awe of this brilliant piece of art. Thanks for making this shorter version!
Same here. Enjoyable 3 hours. Wish I had the skills to make one myself.
Super travail! Bravo. J'en ai fait beaucoup dans plusieurs styles du moyen âge. Si je peux le permettre une question, où trouves tu les pièces en métal ? Coins, fermoirs etc... Ils sont fait par toi même ou as tu trouvé un fournisseur qui en vend? De mon côté je dois les faire et cela demande du matériel d'orfèvre, par gain de temps j'aimerais en trouver dans le style médiéval . Merci d'avance pour ta réponse et encore bravo pour ce partage!
Wow, that’s beautiful 👍
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@@AMPreliures if you look in the description there is a link to making the hardware
A "like" is simply not enough. This is incredible craftsmanship at its finest. Mesmerizing to watch. Thank you for sharing your amazing talent.
As an aspiring Silver Smith and Jeweler I LOVED THIS! Makes me want to create a Chased Silver book cover. I also prefer older hand tools myself.
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Wtf no recuerdo haber escrito nada de esto o.O
I must say, that this was definitely one of the better videos that I've seen on the Internet. Well done, it's a beautiful piece of craftsmanship.
Absolutely beautiful. It feels like it holds a thousand stories even with the pages empty.
I had no idea so much was involved in creating a book. It's amazing! You're more than a craftsman, you're an artist!
As a fellow paper enthusiast, I can’t even begin to express into words how much more appreciation I have for the ART of book binding after watching this video. Absolutely amazing 📚🤗
What an amazing job as always.
I can see why books were highly treasured back in the early days of bookmaking. I know that even today I would treasure a beautiful book like that. But I could never afford one like this.
If you didn't go for parchment and used modern tools only thing here that is really expensive is leather and getting leatherworking tools. So you could make one for yourself probably around 200$. Or maybe cheaper if some stuff is cheaper there compared to here. And most of that cost is for tools and leather. Then again getting to a point where it looks so good is years of practice probably
@@jamessan3404 yeah, I think it's much like traditional art, you don't NEED expensive paints and brushes and such, even though they improve the final result (a bit like the gold and brass parts and the embossing, here), you just need practice, and a bit of imagination on knowing what would probably look good, like, this would probably be a high-end book even by their standards...
but I bet anyone could make a reasonable book themselves, using cheaper stuff like textile instead of leather, and such, but yeah, it certainly takes a lot of time to do it manually, and even longer for a beginner, although there are much simpler options, to start out with, not to mention smaller books
@@jamessan3404 conveniently youtube recommendations include "make faux leather and "suede" from a paper bag!" lol
Wish I knew this existed years ago! I would love to learn how to do even a bit of this !
This book is stunning. I’m in awe of the skill and craftsmanship that goes into creating a work of art such as this. I thoroughly enjoyed watching every step of the process.
Out of all the careers in the world, there are few like the dedicated arts that I could imagine satisfying a person to such a great length with happiness. To work on a piece is like crafting a new being- it is like becoming a God, and designing a new man. You study, fine tune, and create. There is nothing else to be said other then this is true beauty.
I was at peace when I was in my ceramics I class. I could be there for hours, just carving, planning, deciding. I wish I could do art all day in my life. This is hope, inspiration!
Wow! I never realized bookbinding was such painstaking work. No wonder we have 1,000 year old books that still look and feel like they're hot off the press. Folks back then built them to last. Very fine work, Sir. Clearly this is an ancient art that should never be forgotten.
the fact that you made those brass furnishings YOURSELF is just the icing on top of the cake. this is beautiful. amazing job and incredibly well done :]
he did??
I had no idea how laborious it is to build such a book. I make my own books, but they are far from being the same as this one. Want craftsman, what a work of art. Congratulations. Gained one more subscriber.
The talents exhibited by a genuine craftsman are truly extraordinary, and in today's world, they serve as a source of inspiration, especially when we reflect on the era when printing was regarded as the epitome of artistic mastery.
Смотрю, затаив дыхание. БРАВО мастеру. Работа поистине уникальная. Невозможно описать такую красоту. Дай Господь мастеру здоровья, сил, вдохновенья в его нелегком и прекрасном труде.
Тот случай когда книгу точно можно судить по обложке, особенно учитывая что в данном случае сам носитель информации и является произведением искусства, а информации там нет.
If I was a patron, I'd give people like you work for decades.
Few days ago I told my father that I want to have a leather covered quran he told me it's rare and expensive
After watching this I just decided to make it myself
Thanks for inspiring me 💖
I'm not a Muslim, but I find the Quran so beautiful, the details are so delicate and gorgeous. I hope yours look just as beautiful.
Greetings from Brazil
الله أكبر
بالتوفيق❤
U made it?
Чудо совершалось на моих глазах!
Низкий поклон мастерству человеческому! ❤❤❤
I have no idea why but I actually felt so sentimental watching this video. I cried a little thank you ❤❤❤❤
I was moved as well . . .
The accompanying music is so appropriate . . .
Truly astonishing. You are a master and I've never seen a more beautiful book. The leather tooling is immaculate and the burnished block edges are an inspiration. Thank you so much for sharing your talents with us.
Fantastic! "The Red Book of Westmarch" is the only name that came to mind when I saw this gorgeous work of art. To have Tolkien's works inside would be a dream-come-true.
Yes to hold it in your hands and to read from its leaves.
I thought of tolkien as well. The music.
That may have been the most beautiful thing I've ever witnessed.
I am absolutely SPEECHLESS. I had no idea of the INCREDIBLE intricacies that could go into making this level of handcrafted book - rather, you were able to answer: "how on earth did they do that?" You should be very proud of your work!
I can't really explain why, but I did feel like crying once I saw the book finished. THIS is art!
I've always known that books in the Middle ages where hard to make, expensive to produce, and beautiful works of art. However, I never realized how intricate the entire process was. Thank you for this. It's both informative and wonderful to watch a lost art such as this. I am definitely going to watch the individual videos. You have a new subscriber!
Making covers isn't even why they were expensive. They rewrote it on lamb skin by hand, using very precise and slow form of writing, adding images and initials ( first word of a page of chapter which itself was an image). Copying a book could be years of man work
By the nine! The craftsmanship. The eye for detail. I have no words for how beautiful this book has become. This is an art in itself.
When I was a kid, I remember my grandfather used to deal in old Jewish religious books. Occasionally, I used to meet some bookbinders which he hired to restore these old books. I remember going to their workshops, but I never appreciated just how much work was involved.
It was such a gread job!!! This is a fragile and delicated job which doesn´t allow mistakes. One of the best bookbinder I have ever seen. Congratulations!!!
That book is so gorgeous that I can't think of anything worthy to go inside it! 😸
the quran
@@Hakim-Tahri I don't think a fantasy novel fits.
@@MrSurrealKarma novel 💀 all funs and games until u die
@@Hakim-Tahri Agreed. Once you're dead you're gone. As conscious as a rock.
@@MrSurrealKarma u have so much to lose i got nothing to lose
Beautiful.
I would never be able to use a book like this - I cannot come up with something worthy of being inside such a work of art.
Tolkien could have
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Judge Holden could use this book to sketch the world into it.
Actually I have one. Little bit lesser quality, but close enough. I write one page per month with my thoughts and memories for my daughter for the time when I'm gone. Don't ask what I paid, but I think it's money well spent when my child will hold it in later days and remember me.
@@kaidrache2395 you make an expensive (I'm really sure of it) thing truly priceless, thank you for sharing this golden truth, it reminds all of us that there is something that has no price.
This is just fabulous....I like one too, with dark green leather....
Congratulations, beautiful work
That was 20 minutes of sheer poetry. Such beautiful craftsmanship. ❤
You have forever changed my relationship with books. Impressive!
That was a pleasure to watch. Thank you for sharing your amazing talent with us. Reminded me of the beginning of the sword in the stone.
i’m speechless. at the end all i could think was imagine someone gifting you something that amazing and rare. i don’t even think i could write in something so beautiful.
Amazing and incredibly fascinating! What have I done with my life - compared to masters such as yourself? I am in awe, congratulations on attaining a level of skill & perfection most of us, at least I, humanly reverence & respect! Simply masterful!
This is incredible! I need one 😂
Me and my three year old daughter has just sat and watched this three times! The amount of detail and work that went into just this one book, amazing!
so incredible! thank you for keeping such an artform alive, and for sharing the process with all us viewers!
Я получила ответы на многие вопросы относительно переплета книг, мучившие меня с детства 😊 какая чудесная у вас профессия!❤
Simply WOW, absolutely stunning.
The books we bound at school were flimsy and sloppy compared to this.
I just came from reddit, where you linked your original work under an uncredited upload.
It's always great to find the source for creative work, especially if it's something so beautiful and intricate. Amazing work!
Thanks for that!
Thanks for that!
Oh that was super interesting! It was so illuminating understanding where the "book aesthetic" comes from beneath the leather finish, such as the bands on the spine. Makes you appreciate the details so much more.
The written language is the single greatest invention of all time. With that we have been able to precisely pass down our knowledge for future generations. Knowledge passed orally gets corrupted over time. Books are vaults designed to protect our knowledge and when made correctly can protect it for hundreds of years. No commercially manufactured books today will last even 1/4 as long as high quality books built 400 years ago which is a great tragedy.
Which is scary to think how information will be manipulated in the future when everything is going digital. Printed words are solid, immutable. There are already cases of corporate news outlets silently and insidiously editing their articles without mentioning it to their readers. Can't do that on printed editions.
Society has evolved past printed books
@@juanlui284 No, a bad trend given how manipulatable digital media can be without notice. There should always be a physical copy available at the very least in case digital means are not accessible.
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I wouldn’t consider that “evolved”. More of “devolved”.
Good morning ! Just great ! I'm speechless! Congratulations ! 👏👏👏⭐⭐⭐
Being a print finisher. I appreciate the craftsmanship in making the book. Beautiful
The cover process completely mesmerized me.
This is absolutely insane, this is a masterpiece!
I've never seen anything like that and I madly love it!
I hope that these types of works will never be lost
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Lived for several years in Williamsburg, VA and frequently visited Old Colony Williamsburg. Along Main Street, behind a General Store, was a book binder. Whenever we visited, we made time to stop and watch craftsmen make books similar to this but with leather covers. Struck up several conversations with the craftsman and eventually had the courage to ask if they would make me two books. They eventually agreed and after several weeks, I got both. One went to my young daughter and the other I kept. Mine is still blank and is sitting on a shelf by my desk. True craftsmanship.
Amazing to watch, I'm a paper crafter and enjoy making albums and journals from scratch, nothing like your work I hasten to add. My late aunt was a book binder by trade, she started training at 16 and worked in the factory all her life, I remember watching her do some gold leaf work and used to get me creasing the pages with the bone folder, happy memories.
This has become a lost art. I love making books but I could never compare to this. This is absolutely breathtaking!
This is incredibly beautiful. Thank you for taking the time to document and share your highly skilled, painstaking process.
24:16 as an avid book lover you have made my day a whole lot better ❤️
I am so impressed by the making of this book. It was nice to see how a book would be made back in the day.
Да...На наших глазах появился шедевр. Таких мастеров следует объявлять национальным достоянием! Успехов вам в вашей работе.
Ce n'est pas un livre, c'est un bijou, une œuvre d'art !!
24 minutes de pur bonheur, merci infiniment pour ce beau moment partagé 💗
Really impressive and spectacular!! I love it! ❤ When I was little I looked at old bibles as they were made. And I had always wanted to do a book like that. It is very beautiful. Congratulations on your talent. ✨
整个制作的过程细腻而饱含深情，成就了如此精美绝伦且古意盎然的一本书。
我十分好奇，谁会成为这本书的主人，又将在本子上记录怎样的故事，抑或怎样的心绪。
I loved watching this! Was recommended this by TH-cam and I'm still not really sure why, but I'm very glad I checked this out lol. Such incredible skill, detail and artistry that went into this book, really a sight to behold. Beautiful work!
I had NO idea the insane amount of skill and craftsmanship that goes into making a book. I'm absolutely blown away.
I've seen thousands of craftmanship videos of all kinds. This is the closest I've gotten to tears. What an amazing craft. I feel like I now understand why you do what you do. Blown away!
Very very nice work! I can tell by the corners that you really put in the work!
I got inspired by your book and made one of my one. Thx for the video instructions. Super awesome work. I will admit that your book turned out better than mine ☺️
But it’s yours alone and so unique and special. I still use my first clumsy bindings almost daily.
@@FourKeysBookArts i made a TH-cam short if you like to see it
@@thepolyhobbyist unsolicited opinion here, but I took a look, I think it’s quite lovely! And no, I am not just being polite, it really looks pretty nicely done in my opinion. Congratulations. I want to make one too but it seems like it takes so much time! I’ll think about it.
@@EternalShadow1667 thx m8
We really take for granted how easy and accessible most things are to us. Beautiful job, I think my favorite part was the leather tooling. Everything you did was so precise and detailed from start to finish. I cant help but be awestruck watching because I would have too many doubts and worries I would mess things up. Love this video and thank you for sharing ☺️
You are indeed a "Master Craftsman" and it was a privelege to watch you craft this book so beautifully. thank you
You are an artisan who shows us what can be done with hand tools. It was a joy watching you work.
Wonderful! Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
This is truly amazing to watch. I would love to have a book like this. Beautiful.
I started out watching thinking "oh man, I could totally do this as a job, making custom books for people!"
I finished watching thinking "no one would be able to afford them."
This puts a whole new meaning on "knowledge is priceless." An outstanding craft and beautiful craftsmanship.
Bom dia esse trabalho sem dúvidas nenhuma, é excepcional. Parabéns mestre.
*FANTÁSTICO!*
Back then books were extremely expensive, precious, rare, and considered a luxury. It feels like society has declined in some ways.
I agree.😢
Other than most people can read and have access to millions of books.
How is that worse?.
I honestly didn't even know that this was an art that was still in existence. I love this.
Very fitting that creating a book, which in itself encapsulates such a wide array of knowledge, requires such a wide array of skills
Великолепно ❤❤❤
_"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit."_
I finally understand why it's called a book SPINE
There are NO WORDS to express how I feeling and how much enjoyment I have received from this video!
I just wish people with all these skills and art NEVER goes exticnt in this world! How much we have already lost of ancient art!!
I just wished they had included where we can buy these diaries!
An absolutely astonishing journey of an incredible and magnificently talented artisan making a masterpiece! THANK YOU!!!! and WOW!!!
Now I know why these books last forever
Sir I cannot put into words the immense respect I have for your skill. A pleasure to watch a true craftsman. Beautiful work.
I have never seen such craftsmanship before.
It was very interesting to see how such a beautiful book is made.
You have to be able to work accurately and precisely.
But you can do that very well.
Burning the ornament freehand or pressing it in hot is a challenge in itself.
And sewing the individual sheets of paper with needle and thread so skillfully.
You must surely have years of practice in this.
You can see that too.
In any case, your work is outstanding.
Very good.
Thank you very much for the insight into your work.
Let's see what other super good things you've done.
Thanks again for showing us
I have taken old prayer books that have lost their spine covers, or the cover has come completely detached, and with paper and Elmer's glue, fixed them. It fascinated me, their construction, and this video goes even farther. Thank you!
Wow, I've just come across you on here and I'm blown away. You're amazing. I love how things used to be made by hand and true professionals. This book is beautiful. So glad I found you.
So much admiration for your work. I've always seen old books with the ridges on the spine and never knew what they were for. To see the inside of a book in this way was so enlightening. Thanks for this video.
What a wonderful craft. I was intrigued the entire time. I so admire a person who makes beautiful things with their hands. Kudos to the person who filmed it so well!
All i can say, is wow! This is so cool! Im glad you can share your work with anyone who happens upon it!
A wonderful bookbinding work. If you now imagine the duration of the inscription of the pages and a complex carving of the book cover (one mistake and it was gone), you get an idea why books were so expensive in the Middle Ages and people who could read so few. Excellent job!