God's Printer - The Arion Press Folio Bible

The last Bible to be printed by letterpress in the Gutenberg tradition from hot metal type, crafted by hand in a small workshop in San Francisco - The Arion Press, under the direction of Andrew Hoyem. The video shows each step in the making of the Bible, starting in the historic Monotype foundry of Mackenzie and Harris, and also features the cylinder press in operation, the design of special initial letters, the calligraphic illumination process, and the hand sewing of books in the bindery. As seen on CBS Sunday Morning.

For more information about Arion Press and its Folio Bible:
http://www.arionpress.com/folio-bible.html

Category:

Education

Tags:

• letterpress
• Bible
• NRSV
• Gutenberg
• printing
• foundry
• Monotype
• San
• Francisco
• bookbinding
• calligraphy
• typography
• book
• arts

[jabocdawookie]

do you watch TV? That eye on the right side of the screen is the CBS logo! It's a Sunday edition of the morning news. I hope you are kidding!

[voidengineer]

If it isn't King James it isn't Bible.

[hipyshit]

first I'm a pressman and that is a lost art. and thank god someone is still willing to produce something so wonderfull as that great job guys and ladies at arion press

[alfredoeduardo1974]

What brand is the cylinder press?

Graphic Design students should go there and pay you to see how real printers works!