Dragon Scale Bookbinding: How This Man Revived the Ancient Chinese Art

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Pages intricately pressed on top of one another - welcome to the lost art of dragon scale bookbinding. The method, over 1,000 years old, was invented in China but was later overshadowed by the more conventional way of binding books. Now one artist is trying to bring it back.
0:00 Dragon scale bookbinding
0:50 Resurrecting the artform
1:56 How to bind a book
2:58 Why people are amazed
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Producer: Lyn Yang
Videographers: Stella Wang, Yichuan Zhang
Editor and animation: Cliff Man
Mastering: Victor Peña
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@tristanlee6538 Жыл бұрын

This gotta be the most exciting episode you ever done. I never heard of this type of bindings and thank you for bringing this dying arts to global audiences. This guy works is so amazing . You just want to touch it . You felt like you step into the pasts

@CrystalWish Жыл бұрын

I think the Dragon Scale Bookbinding is really nice but his artwork at 4:01 is super pretty and impressive too.

@woolfel Жыл бұрын

this is the first time I've heard of dragon scale binding. beautiful and graceful

@leslyc4309 Жыл бұрын

This kind of bookbinding is gorgeous, I really would love to see it in person!

@kleelee2670 Жыл бұрын

bring chills up my spine kind of 'wonderment' .... thank you to this person who dedicated his life to rebirth this book binding lost art & a piece of chinese history! I never heard of this. Breathtaking art work to say the least. Moma should have an exhibit of his work!

@angelad.8944 Жыл бұрын

I hope there is an exhibition in Ottawa, Canada someday. I would love to see all of it in person. Beautiful. I for sure would be tempted to touch it, haha!😊

@Sheepdog1314 Жыл бұрын

beautiful work

@lenanana8 8 ай бұрын

Gorgeous binding indeed, I hope that this is truly revived and more books were made this way. This man also has my dream job!

@clareblatchford-hanna4265 2 ай бұрын

Incredible!

@rossita6634 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful...

@kylinki7 Жыл бұрын

For others curious, the Chinese is 龍鱗裝

@royzhu5735 Жыл бұрын

This is so fucking cool holy shit ahhhhhhhhhhh

@evansamekudzi5612 Жыл бұрын

Why do I feel like this channel is throttled .....

@misohoney1660 Жыл бұрын

What do you mean?

@katrinlausch3078 Жыл бұрын

I think underestimated is better or I also do not understand. 🧐

@jozio8029 Жыл бұрын

i wish i would know chinese to read this book

@Eleora1997Msia Жыл бұрын

looks like domino but in book form

@wonhome2711 Жыл бұрын

How come this artist's name isn't credited?

@itsgonnabeanaurfromme Жыл бұрын

It's in the video...

@crabmansteve6844 Жыл бұрын

This is the kind of stuff you can do when you have a rich father.

@itsgonnabeanaurfromme Жыл бұрын

True. Basically most artists who can have the time and resources to "discover" this. If you're poor, you wont have access to any of the resources he used.

@jeremylee5556 Жыл бұрын

first

@timothygalisin4653 Жыл бұрын

IMO..... too bad this kind of bookbinding is only to cater for the rich, the academicians of their time, and maybe to make copies of sutras (who knows, right?)..... poor people can only afford to see it with their eyes or work hard to study in order to become a scholar and beyond.... i think tats why most arts and crafts disappear in times because no one documents it or no more craftsmen of that particular craft..... but i would love to seriously learn that art.....it looks cool, mesmerizing and challenging to make.....