Ingela Dierick shows you step by step how to work with a sewing frame and how to finish the bookblock afterwards.

The video was made for the 100th anniversary of the MDE (master of the art of binding e.V.) and will be presented at the exhibition "Masterful Unique pieces – 100 years of binding art".

We congratulate to this anniversary and are proud to be a part of the exhibition.

You can visit the exhibition in the following 3 German cities.

Leipzig Jan. 29 to May 7
https://www.druckkunst-museum.de/de/t...

Oldenburg Jun. 8 to Aug. 19
https://www.lb-oldenburg.de/

Hamburg Oct. 12 to Dec. 18
https://www.sub.uni-hamburg.de/starts...

-- Content --

00:00 Intro
00:08 What do I need?
00:10 (1) Spreading the Twill sewing band
00:56 (2) Pre-stitching the layer with the awl
01:11 (3) Stitching with Linen sewing thread
01:40 (4) Ply stitching
02:04 (5) Tying the weaver knot
02:14 (6) Processing further layers
02:23 (7) Finish stitching with stitching
02:52 (8) Gluing down
03:14 (9) Align book block
03:23 (10) Rounding the book block
03:47 (11) Pressing the book block
04:30 (12) Stitching of french headband
05:02 Outro

-- Material & Tools --

Sewing frame: https://www.schmedt.com/art/6080-060
Beeswax: https://www.schmedt.com/art/38950000.B
Twill sewing band: https://www.schmedt.com/art/50600000.B
Bookbinders' needles: https://www.schmedt.com/art/60870000.B
Pricking bar: https://www.schmedt.com/art/59000001
Awl: https://www.schmedt.com/art/6265-001
Bookbinding glue: https://www.schmedt.com/art/3708-001

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Directed by Robbe Maes https://www.robbemaes.com/
Bookbinder Ingela Dierick http://mde-einbandkunst.eu/