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Ornament as a Workshop's Signature
A binding is attributed to a specific workshop by its set of tools.
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Gold Adheres Only Where There Is Protein
Before tooling, the leather is wiped with egg white.
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The Tools Are Still Heated, for Demonstration
A cold tool leaves no mark: tooling needs heat.
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A Tool Worn on One Side
The binder held it at an angle, and it shows a century later.
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Museum holdings
From museum holdings8
Museum exhibitions
Exhibitions12
On now6
The Watermark: How Paper Tells Its Own Story
29 July 2026 – 11 March 2027
Музей книги і друкарства України
Letters from the Road: Work, Money, Health on a Single Sheet
29 July 2026 – 11 March 2027
Літературно-меморіальний музей Івана Франка
What Remains of an Evening: A Playbill Instead of a Recording
29 July 2026 – 11 March 2027
Харківський літературний музей
The Type Case: A Language's Statistics as Furniture
24 June 2026 – 24 June 2027
Музей книги і друкарства України
The Library as a Tool: Notes in the Margins
24 June 2026 – 24 June 2027
Літературно-меморіальний музей Івана Франка
Literaturnyi Yarmarok: Twelve Issues and a Whole School
24 June 2026 – 24 June 2027
Харківський літературний музей
Coming soon6
Grease and Water: Lithography as a Chemical Trick
23 August 2027 – 19 February 2028
Музей книги і друкарства України
A Doctorate from Vienna: A Degree Taken in Another City
23 August 2027 – 19 February 2028
Літературно-меморіальний музей Івана Франка
Galley Proofs of Books That Never Were
23 August 2027 – 19 February 2028
Харківський літературний музей
Gold on Leather: The Tools of Tooling
27 September 2027 – 24 April 2028
Музей книги і друкарства України
The Last Room: 1916
27 September 2027 – 24 April 2028
Літературно-меморіальний музей Івана Франка
A Reader from the Village: Letters That Were Not Meant to Be Written
27 September 2027 – 24 April 2028
Харківський літературний музей
