{"id":5170,"date":"2022-08-24T22:14:34","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T22:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allaboutbookbinding.com\/wp\/?page_id=5170"},"modified":"2023-06-10T10:06:59","modified_gmt":"2023-06-10T10:06:59","slug":"an-introduction-to-traditional-gold-tooling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.allaboutbookbinding.com\/wp\/an-introduction-to-traditional-gold-tooling\/","title":{"rendered":"An Introduction to Traditional Gold Tooling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5156 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbookbinding.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Page-thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbookbinding.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Page-thumb.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbookbinding.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Page-thumb-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbookbinding.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Page-thumb-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbookbinding.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Page-thumb-324x182.jpg 324w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbookbinding.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Page-thumb-416x234.jpg 416w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>In this 2-hr+ tutorial Trevor Lloyd MBE, one of the UK\u2019s finest and most highly respected traditional bookbinders, takes us, step-by-step, through the preparation and procedure required to tool a simple traditional design on a leather-bound volume using gold leaf.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The time-honoured craft of gold finishing \u2013 the application, by hand, of gold leaf to leather-bound books \u2013 is often regarded as something of a black art. This is largely due to the dearth of experienced and authoritative practitioners willing and able to pass on their skills. With almost 40 years \u2018at the bench\u2019 Trevor Lloyd is ideally qualified to demystify this arcane craft and ensure that the next generation of binders need not fear the laying on of gold.<\/p>\n<p>This tutorial video not only serves as an introduction for beginners but also contains many invaluable tips and tricks that are sure to be of use even to more experienced binders.\u00a0Tools and materials are discussed, as is the importance of the atmospheric conditions in the bindery!<\/p>\n<p>With an ease and assurance born of hard-earned knowledge and a genuine passion for his work, Trevor happily dispels myths and draws back the veil from a technique that has \u2013 for good reason \u2013 changed little during the past 500 years.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/ondemand\/aab1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5200 size-full alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbookbinding.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/BUY-NOW-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"106\" height=\"32\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>(free Vimeo account required)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this 2-hr+ tutorial Trevor Lloyd MBE, one of the UK\u2019s finest and most highly respected traditional bookbinders, takes us, step-by-step, through the preparation and procedure required to tool a simple traditional design on a leather-bound volume using gold leaf. The time-honoured craft of gold finishing \u2013 the application, by hand, of gold leaf to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allaboutbookbinding.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5170"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allaboutbookbinding.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allaboutbookbinding.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allaboutbookbinding.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allaboutbookbinding.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5170"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.allaboutbookbinding.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5204,"href":"https:\/\/www.allaboutbookbinding.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5170\/revisions\/5204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allaboutbookbinding.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}