Think HGTV, but for books: A novel gets torn apart, its cover ripped away. Then, in mere minutes — with some glue, a utility knife, cardboard and cloth — it gets a spiffy new look. Inspired by process ...

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 ...

Enthusiasts are customising their favourite works and being rewarded with wide social media following The videos often begin with every bibliophile’s nightmare: a person ripping the covers off a book.

Ivry, who has been restoring valuable antique tomes and creating limited edition art books for more than three decades, simply replies: “The sewing machine is my hands.” Using a technique that “hasn’t ...

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 ...

Few items in the home are as ubiquitous, and as unexamined, as the bindings around our books. We line books up on a shelf, pile them on the nightstand, arrange them for display on coffee tables. But ...

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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 ...