Being a major center of the fine art of book-binding,Abdel Zaher atelier is an extrapolation of one of the oldest and unique crafts in Egypt's history.the Ancient Egyptian's spiritual interest in recording and preserving the events of their lives for the afterlife drove them to bind their diaries and manuscripts.in this context,the art of book-binding emerged and developed as an integral part of Egyptian cultural history.
Since antiquity,Egypt has thus abounded array of workshops and skilled craftsmen in this fine art.Unfortunately,with the advent of the modern binding machines,the traditional art of book-binding started to slowly subside and disappear.
Amid this gradual decline of the profession,only Abdel Zaher atelier stands as the home that preserves this fine art.In1936, Mr. Abdel Zaher Ibrahim started reviving the traditional methods of book-binding and refining them.This revitalization project was then taken over and sustained by his son Mr. Mohamed Abdel Zaher for more than five decades.By 1993,radical renovations took place .The Atelier starts to use imported materials to add variety to the appearance of the bound books while maintaining its classical quality.we worked for more than seven years on developing the performance of all of the craftsmen in the Atelier and giving them more latitude to polish their skills and express their ideas.In addition and through dealing with customers with variegated backgrounds,the Atelier started to introduce a number of new products like Notebooks, Photo Albums,Drawing Sketchbooks and Documents Boxes,along with a whole list of other new items.
This huge development attracted a lot of local and international attention to the work of Atelier.In this wake,an entire company was established in France ,under the name of Elam,to market and distribute our products.In addition we have started to promote and sell our products in UK,USA and the rest of Europe.
In the recent years our customers have expanded to include big corporations and institutions both in Egypt and worldwide like EFG Hermes for whom we make their annual gifts,Alexandria Bibliotheque for whom we design and produce Art Catalogues and Galleries and a number of American companies.
Since antiquity,Egypt has thus abounded array of workshops and skilled craftsmen in this fine art.Unfortunately,with the advent of the modern binding machines,the traditional art of book-binding started to slowly subside and disappear.
Amid this gradual decline of the profession,only Abdel Zaher atelier stands as the home that preserves this fine art.In1936, Mr. Abdel Zaher Ibrahim started reviving the traditional methods of book-binding and refining them.This revitalization project was then taken over and sustained by his son Mr. Mohamed Abdel Zaher for more than five decades.By 1993,radical renovations took place .The Atelier starts to use imported materials to add variety to the appearance of the bound books while maintaining its classical quality.we worked for more than seven years on developing the performance of all of the craftsmen in the Atelier and giving them more latitude to polish their skills and express their ideas.In addition and through dealing with customers with variegated backgrounds,the Atelier started to introduce a number of new products like Notebooks, Photo Albums,Drawing Sketchbooks and Documents Boxes,along with a whole list of other new items.
This huge development attracted a lot of local and international attention to the work of Atelier.In this wake,an entire company was established in France ,under the name of Elam,to market and distribute our products.In addition we have started to promote and sell our products in UK,USA and the rest of Europe.
In the recent years our customers have expanded to include big corporations and institutions both in Egypt and worldwide like EFG Hermes for whom we make their annual gifts,Alexandria Bibliotheque for whom we design and produce Art Catalogues and Galleries and a number of American companies.
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