From Scratch – A Medieval Binding

The goal is to make a medieval book in Romanesque style with a clasp. We will split the wooden covers ourselves and plane them by hand to the desired thickness. Using a drawknife, we will trim the book block to its final size - to rediscover real cutting marks as they were 1000 years ago. We'll learn one of the early stitching techniques, create historical capitals, and practice using tools of the time. We follow the technical traces of the medieval bookbinders and work as historically as possible.

Teacher: Kevin Cilurzo