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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 Lin Cable

Posted on: 09/02/2018 Last updated on: 09/02/2018 Written by: Hilke Kurzke Categorized in: Büchertiger Supplies

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…

Journals – and a Yudu machine

Posted on: 05/07/2016 Last updated on: 05/07/2016 Written by: Hilke Kurzke Categorized in: Chitchat

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…

Zwirn wachsen und entwachsen – eine Art Tutorial

Posted on: 05/11/2012 Last updated on: 05/11/2012 Written by: Categorized in: Chitchat, 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,…