Restoring Antique Books Covers with Mulberry Paper

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21 күн бұрын

Today I Show you how I restore some antique books covers which are falling apart using my beloved Mulberry Paper that I've used constantly in my Art these past 20+ years. And this time I use this paper to fix and renovate leather covers from the the early 19th and fabric covers from the late 19th century. I hope it will inspire you!
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@evelynbyrd4961 8 күн бұрын

I'm passing this on to friends all over The United States of America. Hopefully, they will enjoy everything. Thank you so much in sharing. Relaxing for sure....e

@Merveillesenpapier 8 күн бұрын

Thank you Evelyn ! :)

@jkom601 21 күн бұрын

Oh Laetitia! What a blessing you are ❣️My husband inherited an old family Bible that has really suffered, indeed the cover is hanging by a thread. You have the sincerity of giving courage to me to try new techniques and learning so many things❣️❣️❣️I am much older than you but you are my Fairy 🧚🏻 Godmother! Have to buy some more mulberry paper and will begin the Bible restoration! Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom and love for all do for us❣️Hoping you, your family and friends are having a wonderful Summertime ❣️❣️🥰🧚‍♀️🕊️🐇🦔🐸🦄🐢🌸🍄🦦💐👼😻

@Merveillesenpapier 21 күн бұрын

Thank you MaryAnne for your message, very happy if it helps you to fix your family bible, I'm sure you can do it very well ! I wish you good luck for this little challenge, Thank you I wish you the same !

@deannab9511 20 күн бұрын

What a lovely comment, I think you speak for a lot of us, she is truly an inspiration!

@deannab9511 20 күн бұрын

Amazing job, another wonderful talent to add to your many others, book restoration!

@henriettaspencer1544 21 күн бұрын

Is there anything you can't do? Your creativity and ability never cease to amaze me. Another beautiful video. Thank you for sharing. Your fan from Pennsylvania, US

@Merveillesenpapier 21 күн бұрын

Thank you Henrietta for your kind words ! Glad you liked it :)

@lacreciaturlington9215 15 күн бұрын

I would be very interested in your next workshop class Alice! I love your work dear friend!

@claremaidofthewave251 20 күн бұрын

Laetitia how lovely and relaxing to watch and listen with the music and the natural sounds around you. Excellent ❤🥰👏🏻x

@Merveillesenpapier 19 күн бұрын

Thank you, Happy you found it relaxing, it's also very relaxing to do !

@norkazegarra4319 20 күн бұрын

What a talented and gifted person you are my dear Laetitia. By the way I love all your outfits 😊

@Merveillesenpapier 19 күн бұрын

Thank you for your kind words :))

@elegantwitchery2054 21 күн бұрын

Merci Laetitia! The process of restoring your old books was truly fascinating. I too, Love old antique books. I have a few in my collection and I adore them. I love everything about them, the art, the smell and the torn pages. 💜

@Merveillesenpapier 21 күн бұрын

You're welcome, glad you enjoyed the process! I totally agree with you ,about the beauty, the smell and the torn pages and signs of time on their covers.

@2LLs53 21 күн бұрын

Oh the books look fabulous - I just love old books! They are real art pieces let alone the beauty the hold inside! Adore!

@Merveillesenpapier 21 күн бұрын

Thank you ! I agree :) !

@valerie6340 20 күн бұрын

Laetitia you did an excellent job on the books. I have a special book that I need to repair and this tutorial has been very helpful. Thank you! I enjoy all your videos very much .

@Merveillesenpapier 19 күн бұрын

Thank you Valerie for your kind words !Glad if it will help you with your books ! :)

@joycolli2023 20 күн бұрын

OH MYYYYY🎉🎉🎉🎉 THIS IS AMAZING❤❤❤❤ I absolutely love this!! Thank you for sharing this with us👏👏👏🙋‍♀️

@Merveillesenpapier 19 күн бұрын

You're welcome ! :)

@CLEliasArt 17 күн бұрын

Everything you touch is art. Beautiful work.✨❤️

@Merveillesenpapier 17 күн бұрын

Thank you Charl ! :)

@susanamann1806 21 күн бұрын

Fascinating and beautiful

@Merveillesenpapier 21 күн бұрын

Thank you Susana!

@yolandagarza7897 21 күн бұрын

Love spending time with my favorite artist, I learn so much from you beautiful princess, thank you for this awesome upload video, greetings from Texas USA 🇺🇸 😊 ❤

@Merveillesenpapier 21 күн бұрын

Thank you Yolanda! You are very sweet a lovely dayto you in your corner of Texas!

@jessicastrideart 20 күн бұрын

Such beautiful books! It must be so satisfying to repair them, you’ve done a great job.❤

@Merveillesenpapier 19 күн бұрын

Thank you Jessica, yes it really is and I have to say I'm glad I have a few more to repair after these first ones :)

@Zobeida-ep2ku 21 күн бұрын

Quelle merveille pour moi de voir ce que vous faites pour de très très anciens intéressants livres! Mille merci pour votre vidéo

@Merveillesenpapier 20 күн бұрын

Contente si ça vous a intéressé !

@312John 21 күн бұрын

Your restorations are magnificent, Laetitia! I bid you peace and comfort. Vive La France!

@Merveillesenpapier 21 күн бұрын

Thank you for your kind wishes John ! :)

@debrablack5173 21 күн бұрын

How beautiful. This was poetry in motion. You are so talented.

@Merveillesenpapier 20 күн бұрын

Thank you :))

@mariafusco7899 21 күн бұрын

What a beautiful job, the books look amazing! When I was in graduate school, I took a library science course in restoration of books, manuscripts, and how to preserve delicate, old documents. It was fascinating, I really enjoyed it. Thank you for the peek into your artistic approach to the problem. Just wonderful!

@Merveillesenpapier 20 күн бұрын

Thank you Maria !Oh I imagine such a course must be really fascinating!

@KatherineYoung 19 күн бұрын

I absolutely loved this video!

@greatedges 21 күн бұрын

Thank you. This was very interesting to watch and useful too. I have repaired books in the past in a similar fashion, however your use of mulberry paper is brilliant. I will definitely give it a try. All of your work is beautiful, including your book repair!

@Merveillesenpapier 20 күн бұрын

Thank you! I hope you will like the result if you try this technique on your books, you are very kind thank you :)

@gaslitworldf.melissab2897 20 күн бұрын

What a wonderful project. We should all be so inspired to save old things, making them beautiful again, while still able to be used/enjoyed.

@Merveillesenpapier 19 күн бұрын

Thank you Melissa! yes absolutely, just like renovating castles or old houses :)

@brendaw53 21 күн бұрын

The books look amazing! Not familiar with using mulberry paper, thanks for sharing! I love the look of old books, sometimes they need help and you simplified the artist process! Very beautiful! ❤ 📕

@Merveillesenpapier 21 күн бұрын

Thank you Brenda, yes sometimes if we don't do something they will continue to deteriorate and fall apart completely, which I find very sad.

@roksannastephens4375 20 күн бұрын

Laetitia, those look amazing! I'm going to use your technique for repairing books. And surprised how well you color matched!!

@Merveillesenpapier 19 күн бұрын

Thank you Roksanna! Let me know if you do it! yes trying to find the good colors is a fun game !

@davidjohnston9356 21 күн бұрын

Wow, you are amazing. I have passed on books I could afford, because they were too damaged or had cracked spines. I love though when they show their age. I will try this on a not so special one first. Thank you for the lesson.❤

@Merveillesenpapier 20 күн бұрын

Thank you Sabine! yes I love that their show their age too, it just becomes a problem when you can't open them without deteriorating them even more.... ;) Glad you liked the video !

@lisagignac1182 20 күн бұрын

Hi Laetitia, thank you for sharing this technique! I have some old books that I will try to repair this way

@Merveillesenpapier 20 күн бұрын

You're welcome Lisa! Let me know how it works for your books :)

@rozanidesignsmasquerade7050 21 күн бұрын

Great job❣️👍 You have given the covers a new life. 💖

@Merveillesenpapier 21 күн бұрын

Thank you Rozani :)

@rozanidesignsmasquerade7050 21 күн бұрын

You’re most welcome. 🙂💓

@sandyschell1355 19 күн бұрын

Goed idee, dankjewel...!!😍👍

@inspirationsetmerveilles424 20 күн бұрын

Helllo Laetitia. I take a few minutes to tell you I've been to the exhibition "La traversée des jardins" au château de Bouges . And I just LOVED IT! It is full of beauty, dream, and very inspiring.The history of the gardens is related with so much poetry. The Château de Bouges is a lovely box for it. It has magnificent intériors, and a large english garden with old trees (Particularly two very old linden trees in full bloom spreading incredible perfume!. I already been there twice and think I will go a third time to enjoy it again. Your piece (the manuscript) is one of my favorite between all the marvels you have created. Et je le redis en français pour les personnes qui passeraient dans la région. Ne ratez pas cette exposition "La traversée des jardins" au château de Bouges (dans l'Indre - Sud Touraine ou Nord du Berry)). C'est une merveille!... Je vais faire un article dans mon blog "Inspirations et merveilles" sur le sujet que je vais publier dans quelques jours. Merci de nous avoir parlé de cette exposition et encore Félicitations pour ton travail magnifique.💖

@Merveillesenpapier 19 күн бұрын

Ah merci Catherine pour ce message chaleureux et d'y être allée , hâte de découvrir le mois prochain ce château et ses jardins et l'expo en vrai , j'enverrai le lien de ton post à l'équipe, merci :))

@heatherchamberlin7877 20 күн бұрын

When I was lucky enough to visit France , I wasn't interested in seeing the usual tourist spots. I looked for the bookstores!

@Merveillesenpapier 19 күн бұрын

Yes much better way to explore and visit FRance and avoid tourists

@alisaaustin8431 21 күн бұрын

They look fantastic. I have old 19th century books that need fixing. I remember going to a lecture about repairing old leather books, and the instructor told someone to just use duct tape on their old book. I though my eyeballs were going to fall out!

@Merveillesenpapier 20 күн бұрын

Thank you Alisa! Wow !!!I would have been as amazed as you, I hope it was a free lecture for such bad advices !

@heatherchamberlin7877 20 күн бұрын

Beautiful!

@Merveillesenpapier 19 күн бұрын

Thank you Heather !

@user-oh9op8cj4u 21 күн бұрын

Dearest Laetitia...years ago, I enrolled in a mulberry paper making workshop offered through the paper technology department of Georgia Tech. One of the ladies taking the course was a professional conservatrix in the library archive. She was most familiar with using mulberry paper to mend paper pages, but the archival form of the mulberry paper was so expensive, she was hoping to find a way to produce it herself. What she learned was the reason the product was so expensive! You have such a good eye for color and texture, and your approach to mending is perfectly appropriate to use for books in your own private collection. John and I look forward to news of the next workshop! Fond regards from both of us.

@Merveillesenpapier 21 күн бұрын

Thank you Jane! That must have been a very interesting workshop ! I used to work with another paper when I started which was another Japanese paper much thinner than this one which was sold and used to repair pages , it was extremely fragile and delicate maybe it was close to the one you have mentioned. Yes I think this approach work for me though I guess professionals in this field would cringe a bit .....but at least my books are stabilized now . Thank you both of you and send my good wishes to John : :)

@anthonylewischurchill-theg233 21 күн бұрын

OMG, just two days ago I brought three books from 1830's and two need some attention, thank you for your timely video. THANK YOU

@Merveillesenpapier 20 күн бұрын

Thank you Anthony, I'm glad if the video can help you with your books ! Hope you will have fun restoring them :)

@anthonylewischurchill-theg233 20 күн бұрын

@@Merveillesenpapier Thank You I will Bless You

@melindaferreira9879 21 күн бұрын

Amazing!!!

@Merveillesenpapier 21 күн бұрын

Thank you Melinda !

@rl1947 21 күн бұрын

❤

@annawozniak6807 21 күн бұрын

Je connais pas ce papier...il faudrait que je fasse des recherches sur le sujet. Merci du partage....c est un sujet qui m'intéresse " la reliure" car j ai commencé à fabriquer des sketchbook pour le dessin et l 'aquarelle

@Zobeida-ep2ku 21 күн бұрын

Ah! Mon Dieu quel grand plaisir de voir quelqu’un d’autre qui écrit en Français! Moi, j’aimerais bien écouter Laëtitia parler en Français! Enfin heureusement que je parle aussi l’ Anglais! Au revoir!

@Merveillesenpapier 21 күн бұрын

Ah oui alors c'est le papier que j'utilise le plus, ce n'est probablement pas celui qui serait utilisé pour de la vraie reliure mais pour mes livres il fait tout à fait l'affaire! Contente si cette vidéo vous a plu !

@Merveillesenpapier 21 күн бұрын

Les vidéos ne sont pas en français pour la bonne raison qu'il y a très peu de francophones qui les regardent et qui sont abonnés à ma chaine. Ce serait beaucoup trop de travail et guère motivant pour moi de faire des vidéos qui n'intéressent pratiquement personne ou de les faire en 2 langues. Mais merci de votre passage par ici !

@annawozniak6807 21 күн бұрын

@@Merveillesenpapier l'anglais est plus universelle....alors je comprends...mais j'aime bien répondre en français car je sais que tu est française 😊 et moi je suis du Québec.

@annawozniak6807 21 күн бұрын

@@Zobeida-ep2ku c est plus facile écrire en français pour moi loi...et je sais que Laeticia est française alors ça doit lui faire plaisir de lire des commentaires en français

@JulieS-tr3xq 20 күн бұрын

New subscriber..I love your work you are so talented! Is there a certain type of mulberry paper you recommend? I love antique books, and have so many I would like to try to repair.

@Merveillesenpapier 20 күн бұрын

You're welcome, I use a basic 25gsm mulberry paper, but I guess for this specific pupose even a thinner one could work, Hope it well help you !

@homebodyheaven6114 19 күн бұрын

Did you put liquid wax on all of the books? If not, why not? I have antique books I need to repair. Thank you for this.

@Merveillesenpapier 17 күн бұрын

No as I explained in the video only on the leather boundbooks of course, because the cover is made in real leather and I didn't use it not on the fabric/canvas ones, why ? for the same reason you wouldn't put wax on your clothes, would you ? it would only stain the covers as it would stain your clothes.