A Hidden Art Form You’ll Flip For

Martin Frost is the last working fore-edge painter in the world. Dating back centuries, the delicate art form places intricate scenes on the side of books, cheekily hidden beneath gold gilded pages. The beautiful paintings are only visible to the trained eye, but once you unlock the secret, you’ll find pure magic.

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[JustinY.]

This is why people used to believe in magic

[skradadoodle]

i love how his passion is overflowing through my phone screen

[hafidhhh]

Amazing video !
His voice is really soothing

[handlecheese]

It's sad to know that these times of magical and beautiful pieces of art are very rare nowdays but at least they exist ^u^

[paradox...]

This is the sort of sh*t I'm subscribed for! Truly awesome!

[daddyleon]

Not just a great artist of an underrated art, but he also sounds like a really kind man.

[JarethGarza]

I want to be a Fore-Edge Painter. Perhaps Ill buy a few yardsale books to practice on?

[rynn]

WHOA I FIGURED OUT THIS ARTFORM IN 3RD GRADE WITH MY SCIENCE TEXTBOOK

[DSmith-znqf]

This art form needs to have a huge resurgence in popularity, and get to happening, like now! If cake decorating, and body painting can become hit tv shows, this artisan style work with paint and literature can surely create a noticeable demand for product delivery, and maybe save some bookstores!

[mielei]

My grandmother had a very old book with this art. We kids were not allowed to touch but it was a great treat to see.

[ChiseledDiamond]

God dammit why do I watch these before bed?! I get so inspired I sit up until 3 am sketching.

[ShylockedHerArt]

I'm a huge fan of Mr. Frost. I became a Fore-edge painter after seeing his work and Vanishing Fore-edges are my favourite kind to paint. They are simply magic ✨

[cydney]

That's awesome! I really loved the double one with paintings one side and on the other! I also really liked the harry potter one. I hope more people will do this later on, out books would look a awesome.

[imsleepingbeauty]

😲This is incredible. I read books all the time and I never heard about this art form until today. So sad that he's the last one. I'm really surprised other artists haven't picked this up.

[iuliafaur]

There was something just lovely about seeing him smiling in a kitchen stocked with copious amounts of tea, talking about the magic of book-edge paintings.

[tainadelcaribe]

His voice, his calm and soothing demeanor and then his work!! Great!

[raghurrai]

This was a really great story! It feels so good to realize that these art forms exist today.

[spiralpython]

This is the loveliest video to ever feature in my recommended list. Absolutely gorgeous artwork, and such a soothing voice.

[mariannanickel]

Unique, enchanting and beautiful. So glad he's still doing this amazing art work! wish my Harry Potter books had his work on them.

[starmoon]

Wonderful! I am glad he is doing what he is doing!