Starch paste is absolutely awesome! It is great because it is so very available, the healthiest glue I know (you can literally eat it) and therefore the best glue to use when crafting with kids. It smells better than most glues, and is – within certain limits – reversable. I have written about paste several […]
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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 […]
Paper Repair and Philosphy
How much can you add to an item to repair it, without it loosing its identity? The classical problem is formulated by using a ship as an example: Every now and then a plank would get replaced, and by and by at some point, every piece of wood will be different from when it first […]
Letterpress
I want to learn to operate a letter press! Unfortunately this is one thing that I can’t learn in my studio by reading a book, so I’ll have to earn some money before I can do this. There are many things that I want to learn, I would like to learn a whole bunch of […]
Artist
“An artist is a human who looks into the world, sees that there is something missing, and then has to make it since no-one else seems to do it.” I read something along these lines from somewhere, probably a quotation of someone famous and I ought to know from whom it is. Not for every […]