Gutenberg

Today we watched a DVD from our local library (We love our library! 😀 ) It was “Stephen Fry & the Gutenberg Press”, where Stephen delves into the history of Gutenberg, along with the political and social aspects of the dawn of the information era… He also got to help in a reproduction of the original printing press (from building the press, to making the typeface and paper), as well as printing a page from the original Bible.
I could only find the first bit of it on YouTube. It’s worth checking out the library to see if they have a copy…

It has inspired me to get out our paper making paraphernalia (which we have unfortunately never used) to have a look at making some paper. The boys are keen. I love that we can watch a DVD, and get a day’s worth of learning out of it! 😀