About us
Our artistic and creative family business was established in 2007 near Tobelbad, south of Graz, Austria. We specialise in the restoration of written cultural assets as well as in crafting new, unusual bookbinding products as well as facsimiles. With our professional and dedicated team, we fulfil even the most unusual request and are always ready for new challenges.
Throughout her studies of art history, Gudrit specialized in the restoration of books and paper. She trained in several bookbinding and restoration workshops throughout her studies, completed restoration trainings at the Centro de bel libro in Ascona (Switzerland) and gained profound expertise in this area. After completed her MA in Art History, she completed a bookbinding apprenticeship and became a master bookbinder.In addition to giving several specialized lectures, she has also been teaching the subjects of the vocational program “Bookbinding and Postpress Technology” as a vocational school instructor at the Landesberufsschule Graz 2 since 2006, and serves as an examiner for the master craftsman’s examination in bookbinding. She has made it her mission to teach students not only industrial book production but also traditional techniques. The profession of bookbinding, which is taught as a major subject at the vocational school, was added to the “UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage” list in 2020. In this way, the ancient knowledge of this craft is also being passed on to future generations.
