Handwerkskunst!

How to bind a book (3x3)

Air date: Oct 21, 2016

The centuries-old craft of bookbinding goes back to the monks - “bourgeois bookbinding” has existed since the 15th century. Master bookbinder Johannes Schneider shows step by step how a book is bound by hand in his 125-year-old bookbindery in Mainz. In the manual bindery, Johannes Schneider produces individual pieces and small series - from simple brochures to magnificent leather volumes. He restores and repairs historical books for private collectors. He has bound the Golden Book of the city of Mainz and has also worked for the Pope. It takes around 30 steps to bind a stack of paper and combine it with a leather cover to create a small work of art. Even in digital times, family chronicles, booklet collections and high-quality books are still lovingly produced in small editions for book lovers.