Video: Printing and Binding a Handmade Book
This video shows the stages involved in creating a hand-printed and hand-bound book. The book is a size known as an octavo, which means that it is made up of pages that have been printed eight to a sheet of paper.
The video has no sound and is 3 minutes and 29 seconds long.
Event - Handmade in Britain
Thu 20 June 2013 14:00
V&A Curator Joanna Norman discusses the ongoing V&A/BBC4 television series Handmade in Britain.
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V&A Japanese Woodblock Prints Postcard Book
This book of 16 postcards showcases Japanese prints from the V&A's collection of ukiyo-e. With over 25,000 prints, paintings, drawings and books, …
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You may not have thought of including a gift to a museum in your will, but the V&A is a charity and legacies form an important source of funding for our work. It is not just the great collectors and the wealthy who leave legacies to the V&A. Legacies of all sizes, large and small, make a real difference to what we can do and your support can help ensure that future generations enjoy the V&A as much as you have.
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