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Gold on Leather: The Tools of Tooling

Gold on Leather: The Tools of Tooling

Exhibition

Gold on Leather: The Tools of Tooling

Museum of Book and Printing of Ukraine27 September 2027 — 24 April 2028Музей книги і друкарства України

Brass tools on wooden handles, one for each element of the pattern. Here ornament is assembled from parts, as text is from letters.

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Ornament as a Workshop's Signature

A binding is attributed to a specific workshop by its set of tools.

Gold Adheres Only Where There Is Protein

Before tooling, the leather is wiped with egg white.

The Tools Are Still Heated, for Demonstration

A cold tool leaves no mark: tooling needs heat.

A Tool Worn on One Side

The binder held it at an angle, and it shows a century later.

Gold on Leather: An Exhibition of Tools, Not Bindings

Forty brass tools, each for a single element of a pattern.

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