Bürgenstock 2007 in Montreux > Parallel Activities
Companion Program (on registration only)
sponsored by Derivacom - Paul-André Jacot
The fascinating world of book-binding
Mr. Thomas Isaak and Mr. Franco Mombelli, two bookbinding professionals, will lead you into the fascinating world of bookbinding. They will give you a crash-course and also make a demonstration of some specialties.
Crash-course in simple binding, working with the materials leather, cloth, paper, decorfoils on the blockingpress and colouring marbeled paper
- binding a simple, fancy fotoalbum, with sewn in, molded paper pages for notes, blockingpress tooled cloth covers.
- creating a notepad called 'Swiss Paper Twister'
- coloring ink-marbled paper
- binding a 'BBQ - Book' essentiell for every grillparty in house or garden
Demonstrations
- sewing of a french headband with silk thread
- handtooling with leavegold
- paring of goatskin bookbinding leather
