I have started to work with the book “Japanese Bookbinding. Instructions from a Master Craftsman” by Kojiro Ikegami already in 2014, five years ago. If you don’t know it, you should at least try to take a look at it at your local library. By many it is considered THE book about Japanese bookbinding. Like […]
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New Lin Cable
Oh, yummy, yummy. There are now 14 new colours of Lin Cablé available. For the first time they are doing bright “silly” colours like cotton candy pink, and a yellow-green anis. I am so excited that I now also have them available in my Shop. With 44 colours available now, it is getting harder to […]
Journals – and a Yudu machine
I finished a first journal today, the one you can see in the photo above. I already listed it on Etsy, and realized that I have a lot of tidying up to do on Etsy as well. Then I tested new (Chinese) thread. It is probably waxed linen, although at some part of the description […]
Zwirn wachsen und entwachsen – eine Art Tutorial
Ich dachte, ich erzeuge mal ein Mini-Tutorial auf deutsch über das Wachsen von Zwirn zum Buchbinden – bzw. auch das Entwachsen, wenn man das so nennen kann. Wer lieber meine Stimme hört, kann sich das Video anschauen. Für alle die gerne lesen, hier auch in Textform: Viele Buchbinder benutzen gerne gewachsten Leinenzwirn zum Heften. Leinenzwirn […]