Pothi Seva

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We are pleased to announce that the documentary 'From Likhaee to Parkash' is now available: https://t.co/lFitJ2e924
The documentary is the first of its kind and includes insights into Pothi Seva’s philosophical and technical approach to the binding and rebinding of Pothi Sahibs.

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* NEW SIKH DOCUMENTARY RELEASED *

Respected international Sikh org Pothi Seva have released a documentary on their much celebrated work of restoring Sikh scriptures. In the Sikh faith, GurBani (Guru's words, Sikh scripture) is considered sacred.

Watch it
https://t.co/hkMxi02unF

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Just posted a photo https://t.co/N5VIvKIwX8

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@BodCons @mcburney_nick @ilikeoldbooks @simon_beattie @eckropf @dan_a_lowe @Jake___Benson @tuhfatulhind @BodCons Very interesting surviving Indian decorated papers can be found on 19thC lithographed books. People like Ulrike Stark and Graham Shaw may be able to recognise them.

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Pothi Seva overseas member Surjit Singh is currently an MA student at the National Museum Institute, New Delhi. As part of his MA studies, he attended a printmaking workshop in which he experimented with various… https://t.co/1OFcLt5lTK

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Stone Lithography: Part Two
A short blog-post on transfer lithography in the Gurmukhi tradition covering the basic steps in this fascinating process. We hope you enjoy!

https://t.co/GI3ws60ojd

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|| Pothi Seva 5 day course at Montefiascone, Italy @themonteproject ||Fortunate opportunity creating a replica of an 18th Century Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, based on two original Adi Guru Granth Sahib Ji manuscripts. Thank you for allowing us to teach at #Montefiascone this year.

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||#BabaShaamSinghScholarship 2019|| Week 4 & 5: Surjit Singh spent time at #PothiSeva building models of bindings based on various historic bindings; Coptic bindings, Islamicate bindings, Gurmukhi Pothi Sahibs etc. in order to to explore how book structure effects movement.

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||#BabaShaamSinghScholarship 2019 || Week 5: Pothi Seva run workshop - building models of #Islamicate (partial leather binding with decorative marbled paper) and late #Copticbindings (papyrus boards and some papyrus sections). The workshop helps students to understand structures.

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|| #BabaShaamSinghScholarship 2019 || Week 4: Surjit Singh spent time at #PothiSeva building models of bindings based on historic Gurmukhi Pothi Sahibs as well as structures with adapted conservation features, which is an essential part of book conservation training.

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|| #BabaShaamSinghScholarship 2019 || Week 4 and 5 (In focus): Surjit Singh spent time at #PothiSeva building models of bindings based on historic various historic bindings. This included Coptic bindings, Islamicate… https://t.co/cbkpMKxBjP

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|| #BabaShaamSinghScholarship 2019 || Week 2: Funded study trip - Surjit Singh spent time at the Oxford Conservation Consortium, participating in preventive conservation projects at #mertoncollegeoxford, @trinitycollegeox and @univcollegeoxford

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||Baba Shaam Singh Scholarship 2019|| Week 1: Surjit Singh spent time as a volunteer at Victoria Stevens Conservations. Working on book cleaning projects at #winchestercathedral, completing paper repairs from the #salterscompany and starting his first project at Pothi Seva.

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||Baba Shaam Singh Scholarship 2019-Surjit Singh Week Four| In week four of his #BabaShaamSinghScholarship funded study trip, Surjit Singh spent time at Pothi Seva building models of bindings based on historic… https://t.co/WLvQ1NqnB5

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Week two of Surjit Singh's #BabaShaamSinghScholarship funded study trip involved volunteering at the OCC to work on the collections at @MertonCollege @TrinityOxford and @UnivOxford

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Our first recipient of the#BabaShaamSinghScholarship is Surjit Singh, an MA Conservation student from NMI New Delhi. Thee first week of his study placement was with Victoria Stevens from @TinMillPress. Read about it below!

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||Baba Shaam Singh Scholarship 2019-Surjit Singh|| The first recipient of the #BabaShaamSinghScholarship was Surjit Singh, an MA Conservation Student from the National Museum Institute in New Delhi. Surjit Singh is… https://t.co/MoAZdg2D2A

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”Pothi Seva #Workshop || #Sikh2inspire Camp ‘19. Part 1: presentation on the historical creation of Sikh Manuscripts. Part 2: Teaching Sangat how to bind a book using traditional techniques used to bind historical Maharaj Saroops. Thank you @Sikh2Inspire for the opportunity.”

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II Mending Using an Infill II Image: The bottom left hand corner of this #endpaper was missing/damaged. The new #infill was toned with acrylic and pasted down using starch paste, and Japanese repair paper. It is toned in further using powdered pastel pencils.