tools – Hilke Kurzke

Burning Tool / Soldering Iron

Posted on: 09/02/2016 Last updated on: 09/02/2016 Written by: Categorized in: Chitchat

Well, I really should be working on other things, namley on the completion of 346. So I just gave it a quick go – and rather like the outcome of this first…

Ruling Pens and Technical Pens – Part I: Ruling Pens

Posted on: 07/05/2015 Last updated on: 08/02/2016 Written by: Categorized in: Chitchat

I have recently started to buy some technical drafting tools and experimented a little with different kinds of usage for them. I mentioned that I could show off my (many newly acquired)…

My Water Brushes

Posted on: 26/01/2014 Last updated on: 26/01/2014 Written by: Categorized in: Review

In the past weeks I have been working a lot with water brushes, and now just love them. My first water brush was a Sakura Koi with a no. 2 nib, bought…

The Joy of Sacks

Posted on: 24/06/2011 Last updated on: 24/06/2011 Written by: Categorized in: Chitchat

Just because I am not binding books these days doesn’t mean I don’t shop for bookbinding. In the book “Going Postal” by Terry Pratchett, there is a guy named Stanley an extreme…

Selfmade Scoring Board

Posted on: 21/02/2011 Last updated on: 21/02/2011 Written by: Categorized in: Chitchat

I have had quite a couple of requests for A5 sized books in the last time. Up until now, I measured the size on each sheet of paper, and cut accordingly. That…