Persian traditional crafts: Traditional Bookbinding

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  • Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
  • #Traditional #Bookbinding
    The art of traditional persian leather bookbinding
    Bookbinding is a #specialized trade that relies on basic operations of measuring, cutting, and gluing. A finished book might need dozens of operations to complete, according to the specific style and materials.
    Director, Camera & Editing: Amin Safaripour
    Feature for Iran program, Hispantv
    Year: 2016
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  • @AminSafaripour
    @AminSafaripour  4 роки тому

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  • @townesquarestudio651
    @townesquarestudio651 4 роки тому +5

    So beautiful. This is art. I am thankful that there are artisans in the world continuing to create this beauty. Thank you for sharing this with the world. We must never allow this to be lost.

  • @bella-bee
    @bella-bee 3 роки тому +2

    Great way to do nice flat corners, much flatter than radiating pleats, by the look of it. And lovely headbands!

  • @KyngofJewel
    @KyngofJewel 4 роки тому +4

    Been watching bookbinding stuff and I'm amazed at the skills of these people. I wish I could do that.

    • @fakiirification
      @fakiirification 3 роки тому

      you can. just takes practice and a few tools

  • @7atima
    @7atima 4 роки тому +5

    Amazing quality and details!

  • @denysephenix2349
    @denysephenix2349 4 роки тому +2

    we can see , Amin that you are also putting a great deal of tenderness in making this beautiful book

  • @GQ3MindSpeaks
    @GQ3MindSpeaks 4 роки тому +1

    What artistry and skill. Mastery that will exchange hands for years to come. I just might learn how to do this.

  • @georgiewalker1069
    @georgiewalker1069 3 роки тому +2

    Wow this work is truly amazing. Thank you so much for sharing. Such a beautiful workshop and the tools are incredible. Best regards from South Africa 🇿🇦💫

  • @ArtaCartii
    @ArtaCartii 6 років тому +23

    With all due respect to the people involved in this hard work and detailed art, this is not traditional Persian binding, it s modern bookbinding, casework to be more precise, done by hand bookbinders. That is, a very, very new technique. The traditional methods I believe are only done today by restorers and conservators. A modern binder would say he was taught this method by his master, who was taught by his master who was taught by his master and it would seem quite a long lineage, but it would be in reality no longer than 60-80 years. Check out the work Sherif Afifi does when it comes to traditional styles.

    • @claudiusambrosius38
      @claudiusambrosius38 6 років тому +1

      This may be modern but it isn't common anymore, this type of work is pretty expensive to be used broadly or commercially. Having done some book repair in the past, I wouldn't want to touch one of those books for fear of destroying it further.

    • @ArtaCartii
      @ArtaCartii 6 років тому +3

      nobody says it s common. It s just not Traditional Persian binding, but modern casework. Traditional binding is oftentimes done on the finished sewn book by stretching the leather and covering the boards, then tooling it.

    • @michaelb2999
      @michaelb2999 5 років тому +1

      @@ArtaCartii I was thinking the same thing...within the first few seconds I was saying to myself, "looks like they do it just like everyone else!"

    • @476429
      @476429 5 років тому

      Thanks for the info. I was wondering if this was how ancient texts (early codices) were bound.

    • @Dave_en
      @Dave_en 5 років тому

      Bro, the design over the binding may be persian art but binding technique is modern. But at least they should preserve these art for future generations.

  • @amabdullah9678
    @amabdullah9678 4 роки тому

    This is what you call art and skill! Our traditional knowledge and skills are on the brink of extinction, we should cherish and protect our valuable traditions with everything we can, because if we loose our traditional knowledge we lose our identity and culture as well, to secure your future you must protect your past!

  • @mostmoursi3239
    @mostmoursi3239 5 років тому +2

    عمل اكثر من رائع..شكراً علي المجهود.. كم انا قلق علي انقراض هذا الفن من مصر

  • @user-pf6ot2ow2e
    @user-pf6ot2ow2e 2 роки тому +1

    درود بر شما و پاینده باشید .

  • @zahariastoianovici8590
    @zahariastoianovici8590 3 роки тому +2

    Amazing skill and quality!

  • @MsValentino2
    @MsValentino2 3 роки тому +2

    Это просто произведение искусства.

  • @thevdevitor
    @thevdevitor 4 роки тому +1

    This guy is a beast o_o his work is so beautiful

  • @johnjarvis8731
    @johnjarvis8731 5 років тому +1

    Such beautiful and skilled craftsmanship. So good to see these traditional skills continue into the modern age.

  • @mohamadyasinowadally8564
    @mohamadyasinowadally8564 2 роки тому

    Great craft..while this video is in the persian art and craft.. comments are irrelevant by bigoted people. Hats off to your team.

  • @mirkhwand
    @mirkhwand Рік тому +1

    I'm in awe of your work. Allah bless! I've always wondered how it was done. Thank you for the video

  • @rondumontier1187
    @rondumontier1187 4 роки тому +1

    Wow!!!
    I really think I should give this a try, just once. You are an amazing craftsman

  • @Rednines
    @Rednines 4 роки тому +2

    Wow they do the finishing before attaching the cover

  • @4everpurplecreationslorell659
    @4everpurplecreationslorell659 4 роки тому +2

    Omg what amazing and detailed books!

  • @tannerpittman
    @tannerpittman 4 роки тому +1

    Gorgeous. It's a work of art as much as it is a craft.

  • @marybarratt879
    @marybarratt879 4 роки тому +1

    Wonderful workmanship. A pleasure to watch. Thank you.

  • @paulwomack5866
    @paulwomack5866 4 роки тому +1

    When you sharpen your knife on the big stone, it that an abrasive kind of sharpening (removing metal, like a Norton stone) or a butcher's steel kind of sharpening (moving and manipulating metal).

  • @lindafuller9529
    @lindafuller9529 3 роки тому +1

    Amazing! Thank you for this.

  • @FAMILIAJIMENEZ-eg8jj
    @FAMILIAJIMENEZ-eg8jj 5 місяців тому +1

    magnificos

  • @sirrykr1679
    @sirrykr1679 2 роки тому

    Beautiful. Just beautiful. I wish I could read/write/speak Persian.

  • @suzanz2589
    @suzanz2589 7 років тому +12

    Very lovely! So much love and dedication goes into the art of book-binding. Thank you.

  • @39matheson
    @39matheson 6 років тому +2

    How absolutely wonderful

  • @58orchards
    @58orchards 3 роки тому +1

    Stunning, how I wish I could do that.

  • @diegooland1261
    @diegooland1261 3 роки тому

    that's awesome. I'm a few tools short of this but it gave me ideas, thanks for posting.

  • @prof_werneck
    @prof_werneck 5 років тому +1

    Cool music too!

  • @breeevian7015
    @breeevian7015 5 років тому +1

    That looks stunningly beautiful

  • @39matheson
    @39matheson 6 років тому +2

    vry nice music, too . . . .

  • @nadjaextraordinary
    @nadjaextraordinary 2 роки тому

    wow, this is so, SO beautiful 😳 I am absolutely in awe🥺

  • @amayaelessar
    @amayaelessar 6 років тому +1

    So amazing to watch him crafting that book 🙏

  • @rickmorgan3930
    @rickmorgan3930 5 років тому +3

    The book is beautiful. Makes me wish I could read the language. Thanks for the video.

  • @vigabrielli7552
    @vigabrielli7552 4 роки тому +1

    Absolutely wonderful!

  • @ayklization
    @ayklization 4 роки тому

    Superb craftsmanship. Simply awesome.

  • @Nissimus
    @Nissimus 7 років тому +1

    Wow, the amount of details is incredible...

  • @annedaligault3832
    @annedaligault3832 6 років тому +5

    Bravo, quel magnifique savoir-faire, très inspirant. Merci.

  • @tuesdaymoriarty8655
    @tuesdaymoriarty8655 3 роки тому

    Great craftsmanship. Beautiful work.

  • @anka_bindery3187
    @anka_bindery3187 Рік тому

    Nice video! The leather here is amazing)

  • @TheLovie999
    @TheLovie999 4 роки тому +1

    This is plain magic.

  • @zulfasaudi6727
    @zulfasaudi6727 2 роки тому +1

    My beautiful religion.. Maşallah

  • @charleshuggins7072
    @charleshuggins7072 5 років тому

    The most elegant and high style w/ craftmanship unsurpassed in any country or land.Greetings and thank you for sharing this beautiful bookbinding knowledge we are blessed to see.

  • @walkiriadesousa5304
    @walkiriadesousa5304 3 роки тому

    Absolutely beautiful! Fantastic! I never saw such perfection before! Congratulations!
    If I am alive after this pandemic, I wish I could go to your country to see this wonderful place in person! You are indeed the most educated people on Earth! No one else does bookbinding as you do in Iran!
    Best regards from Brasil!

  • @randstv6498
    @randstv6498 2 роки тому +2

    Here in the Philippines, it's the same, what I do when I book binding.

  • @userador
    @userador 6 років тому +1

    So beautiful!

  • @sniperrana
    @sniperrana 5 років тому +1

    Excellent Art

  • @daniell993
    @daniell993 4 роки тому +1

    🤓Magnífico trabalho artesanal. Mas profissional 🤩

  • @annaruthborges7879
    @annaruthborges7879 4 роки тому +2

    Está muito lindo esse Trabalho .

  • @cbaker1249
    @cbaker1249 5 років тому

    Amazing quality of craftsmanship!

  • @1776TomPaine
    @1776TomPaine 6 років тому +1

    Very nice.

  • @someseanu7341
    @someseanu7341 5 років тому

    This is true ART!

  • @zahranasiri9172
    @zahranasiri9172 Рік тому

    خیلی عالی بود لذت بردیم

  • @lauraswan8647
    @lauraswan8647 5 років тому

    So beautifully made

  • @familyplannumbrer2424
    @familyplannumbrer2424 5 років тому

    Thank you for sharing this video with us.It is some of the most beautiful bindings I've ever seen the art a spectacular creation true masters in the craft of book binding.Thanks again.Charles E.Huggins Jr

  • @starruchan3798
    @starruchan3798 7 років тому +1

    Another style of traditional bookbinding. Similarities but some differences

  • @carlosobjetiva
    @carlosobjetiva 4 роки тому

    Muito bonito o trabalho. Totalmente artezanal.

  • @Loveg00dMusic
    @Loveg00dMusic 6 років тому +11

    I wish it weren't so heavily overedited. It would have been great to see a master work without all the quick cuts. beautiful craft.

    • @hosseynshanbehzaadeh213
      @hosseynshanbehzaadeh213 6 років тому

      In fact, most of the books you see, are poem books.

    • @AminSafaripour
      @AminSafaripour  6 років тому +9

      Thanks, but it was a 5 minutes feature for TV, it had to be short and edited with quick cuts.

  • @sukina6528
    @sukina6528 6 років тому +1

    ماشاء الله تبارك الرحمن.

  • @collettecaraway2759
    @collettecaraway2759 5 років тому

    BEAUTIFUL! if these are journals, I want one. Thank you for sharing this.

    • @fidulario
      @fidulario 4 роки тому

      Those are poem books:
      "The divan of Hafiz"

  • @inkland2003
    @inkland2003 2 роки тому

    beautiful work

  • @abdurraquib387
    @abdurraquib387 6 років тому +1

    Super artistry

  • @shunga1962
    @shunga1962 5 років тому

    HANDSOME...WOWWWW...WONDERFUL

  • @sayurikitaya3604
    @sayurikitaya3604 6 років тому

    😍😍😍 meu sonho é trabalhar em um lugar assim.

  • @CaptWesStarwind
    @CaptWesStarwind 5 років тому

    Fantastic!

  • @colinsmith6116
    @colinsmith6116 Рік тому

    Beautiful .........

  • @pasajetejada
    @pasajetejada 5 років тому

    Espectacular!!!

  • @mohamadyasinowadally8564
    @mohamadyasinowadally8564 2 роки тому

    Amazing!!!

  • @golbaad
    @golbaad 4 роки тому +1

    Precioso trabajo

  • @mindfreakmovies9586
    @mindfreakmovies9586 4 роки тому +6

    Why fake the spine? I don't understand it.

    • @marecof864
      @marecof864 3 роки тому

      To make pages flatter

    • @robertphillips93
      @robertphillips93 3 роки тому +1

      If you're referring to the raised hubs, as they are called, just beneath the leather cover material -- these are in imitation of the heavy cords upon which earlier books were traditionally sewn. The cords were then integrated into the cover boards as a means of attachment. Lastly, the leather material would be pasted onto the spine (by means of a flattened tubular paper structure) and the cover boards, afterwards being "turned-in" around the inside of the boards and spine.
      Quite a lot of work compared to the case binding used here. What makes that feasible is modern adhesives and reinforcing materials.

  • @zahdelzk875
    @zahdelzk875 5 років тому

    تشكر ابداع

  • @ElPasoJoe1
    @ElPasoJoe1 6 років тому

    Khaleh khoub. Merci..

  • @MHOvi-nj6dv
    @MHOvi-nj6dv 6 років тому +2

    Masallah.

  • @user-wi6uk2ok7h
    @user-wi6uk2ok7h 6 років тому +2

    رائع رائع

    • @hossamashour2680
      @hossamashour2680 5 років тому

      نلاقي الادوات المستخدمة و الجلود دي في في مصر

  • @eng_kalil787
    @eng_kalil787 6 років тому

    ابدااااااااااع تسلم الايادي

  • @user-geo149
    @user-geo149 4 роки тому +1

    красиво))

  • @celsonascimento5235
    @celsonascimento5235 6 років тому

    Genial !!

  • @sylviestar8666
    @sylviestar8666 2 роки тому

    WoW!

  • @mohammedHassan-kj1qv
    @mohammedHassan-kj1qv 6 років тому

    والله فنان وتسلم ايدك ممكن الاقى الاشكال الزخرفه دى من اى مكان انا موجود فى قطر ممكن اى بلد اشتريهم وترسلهم

  • @printandsignagethinkbox1627
    @printandsignagethinkbox1627 6 років тому +2

    teach me oh master

  • @juliamanolova6453
    @juliamanolova6453 5 років тому

    Hi , thank you for the enchanting video. can you send details on the craftsmen shown . I would like to seek their services for a book to be bind

  • @tauvid9798
    @tauvid9798 5 років тому

    First Video i see someone do the book corners right

  • @mikemurphy8067
    @mikemurphy8067 2 роки тому +1

    soo, judge a book by it's cover?

  • @InterrobangMusique
    @InterrobangMusique 6 років тому +2

    Is there a link to a website or a way to buy or support this artisan?

    • @navidak
      @navidak 5 років тому +2

      Beautiful video. I am also interested in buying these books. Please let us know the name of the book binder and how to purchase that version of Divan of Hafez. Thank you.

    • @es001
      @es001 5 років тому +2

      Found one for over $650:
      www.biblio.com/book/divan-hafiz-bi-lingual-edition-semi/d/1009601805?aid=frg&gclid=CjwKCAjw39reBRBJEiwAO1m0OXUN6oVZZKw4nyGV9wLMMMkBlxuQGf8289wwTwPMkzRjHcoPkDNzBRoCMQEQAvD_BwE

  • @A.A1888
    @A.A1888 2 роки тому +1

    What is the name of the shop?

  • @adamalone4644
    @adamalone4644 4 роки тому +1

    عمل جميل جدا , ارغب في التواصل معك هل هناك رقم هاتف , والمكان وين

  • @omurakbay14
    @omurakbay14 Рік тому

    Maşallah barakellah..Hafız mı

  • @user-eq9se5wy9h
    @user-eq9se5wy9h 8 місяців тому

    أين هذا المعمل
    ؟؟؟؟

  • @hirdeshsharma8527
    @hirdeshsharma8527 5 років тому

    What is that thing that is used for rounding and backing the book?

  • @dello8421
    @dello8421 4 роки тому +1

    🇸🇦❤️🇮🇷

  • @robbinhood1730
    @robbinhood1730 6 років тому +2

    What is the name of the book?
    What is it about?

    • @claudiusambrosius38
      @claudiusambrosius38 6 років тому +5

      The title says the Divan (Works) of Havez, a very well loved poet among Persians, who love their poetry quite a bit.

  • @limeya4099
    @limeya4099 3 роки тому +1

    Wonderful workmanship but this is traditional french bookbinding

    • @robertphillips93
      @robertphillips93 3 роки тому +1

      Well, yes it is traditional French binding -- and English, Russian, even American. See this from the Chelsea Library youtube/DtJK_fcrLlY

    • @ranjanbiswas3233
      @ranjanbiswas3233 Рік тому

      This is traditional every country bookbinding lol.

  • @christineisaac4999
    @christineisaac4999 5 років тому +1

    where can i buy a blank book made this way?

  • @winro7436
    @winro7436 4 роки тому +1

    Noice

  • @scintilladargento4217
    @scintilladargento4217 Рік тому +2

    Not traditional at all! Just modern bookbinding, resembling somehow ancient.

  • @harunbora2059
    @harunbora2059 4 роки тому +1

    خيلي قشنگ استادم،اسم موسیکی چه؟

    • @AminSafaripour
      @AminSafaripour  4 роки тому

      خواهش میکنم
      متاسفانه موسیقی که استفاده کردم هیچگونه مشخصاتی نداشت

    • @artyomandreasyan7858
      @artyomandreasyan7858 Місяць тому

      "Bayate Raje" by Faramarz Payvar. ua-cam.com/video/NFW4C-yCy7o/v-deo.html

  • @timhyatt9185
    @timhyatt9185 5 років тому

    why the false back binding strips? they could have been actual if they'd used a thicker cord to stitch to.....

    • @Zeelian
      @Zeelian 5 років тому +1

      Probably makes it faster and easier to craft the entire cover separately from the book instead of crafting it onto the book.

    • @fidulario
      @fidulario 4 роки тому

      There are different thechniques.

    • @timhyatt9185
      @timhyatt9185 4 роки тому

      @@Zeelian strikes me as "false advertizing" trying to led an air of gravitas that is underserved. if the book isn't worth binding with proper cords, just do a flat binding and let it be.....

    • @Zeelian
      @Zeelian 4 роки тому

      @@timhyatt9185 I fully agree on that, but unf ppl tend to take shortcuts when possible.
      The binding i have done all have "real" ridges from the actual cords.

    • @robertphillips93
      @robertphillips93 3 роки тому

      @@Zeelian Of course you probably know that when sewing books on cords was the principal method used, materials and adhesives were very different from what is available today. Wheat paste and animal glue require a more integrated method because they have shortcomings that PVAs do not. So yes, it is possible to take shortcuts without losing durability and utility. And our lives are full of decorations and design elements with many different aims -- are books somehow apart?