Arts Society North Bucks
Thursday, 9th May 2024 at 11.00 am
Lovat Hall, Silver Street, Newport Pagnell MK16 0EJ
Dominic Riley, bookbinder, artist and teacher, tells the fascinating story of everything that makes a traditional hand-bound book.
Why was the best paper made from the worn out clothes of peasants? Why did leather have to be tanned outside the city walls? Why is gold leaf so thin that it is measured in atoms and cannot be touched with the hands? Why do printers have to do everything upside down and backwards? Why did gold finishers get paid more than other bookbinders despite not washing their hair?
This lecture will deliver some of the answers.