Arion Press Tour - Letterpress Printing & Hand Bookbinding

This tour of Arion Press in San Francisco showcases one of the last traditional book-making facilities in the country where all the processes take place under one roof: the hot metal type foundry, letterpress printing facility, and hand bookbinding studio. Originally featured on the A&E Open Book program, this tour features the Arion Press Folio Bible, probably the last Bible to be printed from metal type in the tradition of Gutenberg.
Part 2 of the tour (separate YouaTube video) focuses on the Monotype foundry:
• Hot metal is still hot...
For more information see:
www.arionpress.com

[@DarjanSergiu]

This was a very inspiring video. Reading aloud so many books, requires LOVE for the art of printing. Gutenberg said that printing was "an adventure and an art".

[@whitebunny2000]

love the invisible cities book concept.

[@KindleAuthority]

Some people practice simple bookbinding techniques at home because of the ease with which it can be done. Bookbinding is fast becoming a lucrative hobby. Letterpress printing is more time consuming technique than offset printing. It also results in higher costs. There have been several methods developed to make the process more effective.

[@selfpublishing01]

well done!

[@groovygalj]

wow, very interesting! Wish i could get one of those bibles too! $11,000! whooor! And he read the ENTIRE bible outloud! A very committed worker!

[@le217c]

It would be an honor to be a part of that project!

[@IanBoyterJazzsax]

If you want to see more of this subject, have a look at my website about hot metal printing in Edinburgh which is the website of 'The Adventures of the Gutenberg Boys'. Just Google The Gutenberg Boys.

[@whitebunny2000]

love the invisible cities book concept.