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Category: Trade Secrets

November 14, 2018 Scott Perkins Writes

Ploughshares: The round plough blade of the early modern bookbinder

My work table with a stack of folded sheets of paper and a bone folder.
November 8, 2018November 8, 2018 Scott Perkins Writes

Paperfolding

November 6, 2018November 2, 2018 Scott Perkins Writes

Hammer Time (again)

October 21, 2018November 2, 2018 Scott Perkins Writes

Bookbinding Tools I: The sewing frame

September 9, 2018September 9, 2018 Scott Perkins Writes

Adventures in Pouncing

September 8, 2018 Scott Perkins Writes

Turning a 16th Century Pounce Pot

August 27, 2018August 25, 2018 Scott Perkins Writes

A needle in the haystack: Finding the Worshipful Company of Needlemakers

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The Eternal Apprentice

Picture of the author looking tired

Originally known as the “School of the Renaissance Artisan”, this began as a one year project by writer & humorist Scott Perkins exploring the trades and crafts of 16th century England: 54 trade guilds in 52 weeks.

The real story began when he failed. Join us for the ongoing story of one man’s artisanal renaissance…

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