bookbinding – Hilke Kurzke

Codex Binding with an Asian Look

Posted on: 12/07/2019 Last updated on: 12/07/2019 Written by: Hilke Kurzke Categorized in: tutorial

This year I am participating in Sommerpost (summer mail) a swap project for which I am to make a single signature exercise book, well, 7 in fact, and send them to other…

Mini Coptic Binding

Posted on: 19/05/2019 Last updated on: 19/05/2019 Written by: Hilke Kurzke Categorized in: Chitchat, tutorial

It’s been a while since I have shared any making of here on this blog. But while I made this mini book the other day I remembered taking some photos: Step 1:…

Look, I made a Book!

Posted on: 26/02/2017 Last updated on: 28/02/2017 Written by: Hilke Kurzke Categorized in: Chitchat

The last three weeks have been exhausting: My plan had been to finish with 346 before I start my writing course, but of course that didn’t happen. Actually I am still not…

Single Signature Crochet Chain Stitch – Tutorial

Posted on: 20/03/2016 Last updated on: 19/03/2016 Written by: Categorized in: tutorial

I made a quick journal for me today, and decided to try a binding method I have been wanting to try for a while. And I thought, I’d make a couple of…

Jeansbooks Work in Progress Continued or Cutting Jig II

Posted on: 07/10/2015 Last updated on: 08/02/2016 Written by: Categorized in: Chitchat

Hello once more. I just wanted to show you today’s progress on the jeansbooks. I started this morning with putting together the signatures for the small books. For the bigger ones I…