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A New Book – Greek Eco Journal

Posted on: 04/07/2021 Last updated on: 11/07/2021 Written by: Hilke Kurzke Categorized in: Chitchat

Things move slowly along their projectory in this house. And I have to learn to come to terms with that. In the artist book/scroll that is today for the last day on…

detail (bird baby) of pregnant papermache sculpture by H. Kurzke

Milk and Blood and Thing with Feathers

Posted on: 03/10/2020 Last updated on: 03/10/2020 Written by: Hilke Kurzke Categorized in: Chitchat

I posted here before about my statue that pretty much took me the last 12 months to finish. Those who follow my instagram stream have seen images of first the feet, the…

Things are Moving Again – Slowly

Posted on: 22/07/2020 Last updated on: 22/07/2020 Written by: Hilke Kurzke Categorized in: Chitchat

Did you know tigers hibernate? I didn’t before this year, but experience now has shown they occasionally do, at least the book tigers… Officially, the UK went into lockdown on 23rd of…

Silk Thread for Asian Bindings – General Talk, Pictures, and Call for Applications

Posted on: 12/09/2019 Last updated on: 11/09/2019 Written by: Hilke Kurzke Categorized in: Büchertiger Supplies, Chitchat

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…

New Work,New Bottles, and New Plans

Posted on: 20/10/2018 Last updated on: 20/10/2018 Written by: Hilke Kurzke Categorized in: Chitchat

Since my last blogpost I have several works and experiments with paper mache. The fact that it always requires drying time between layers goes well with my often scattered bits of time…