Category Archives: Review

February’s Literature List

Febuary’s list is a little late because I wanted to actually look at the books I bought this last month before writing about them. When I wrote last month’s list I couldn’t say anything yet about “print workshop” by Christine … Continue reading

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Literature List for January

Literature lists are back! When hubby and I visited Chicago a couple of years ago we saw a special exhibition with works of Olafur Eliasson which we both thought was amazing, and we kept talking about it every now and … Continue reading

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Literature List for May

This month the list is rather large, larger than usual for me, and for the first time since writing these lists I don’t feel like I have to apologize for it being so short. These actually still got ordered in … Continue reading

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Literature in April

I was mostly interested in boxes this month. Most of them will get delivered at the beginning of May. Some of those are also in English language. Only German this month. Diesen Monat habe ich erst relativ spät begonnen, überhaupt … Continue reading

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Literature March Post

A picture from the archive. But assume the platen there is my bookbinding kit and you get an idea what I am working at: I am using all power I can get for polishing it up for the first testing … Continue reading

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Worktable Weekly + Literature List

Picking up older threads. While I am waiting for a delivery of fresh paper for the Coptic binding kits, I am working on the mini pop-up book again. The magnifying glass is necessary because my eyesight isn’t as well as … Continue reading

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Review: Jannine Stein, Re-Bound

Mal wieder ein Review eines Buches in englischer Sprache, und deshalb auch der Blogpost auf Englisch. Ich hab’ auch noch 3 deutsche Bücher auf meiner Liste derer, die ich hier vorstellen möchte – die werden auch bald mal drankommen. Das … Continue reading

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Review: Alisa Golden’s Making Handmade Books

Ich hatte ja schon vor einer Weile eine Reihe von Reviews angekündigt. Dies ist nun das erste davon. (Worktable Wednesday wird vielleicht morgen nachgeliefert, falls ich heute nachmittag noch was vorzeigbares produzieren kann.) Weil das Buch auf Englisch geschrieben ist, … Continue reading

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My new corner chomper

I bought a corner chomper recently. It was on sale, and I thought, I would find a use for it eventually, and bought it. Now I made the first book which makes use of the new tool. I am both … Continue reading

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Brade und Winklers Kleisterrezepte

Dieses Buch hat gerade eben (leider nur im Faksimile Nachdruck) meine Hände erreicht: Ludwig Brade und Dr. Emil Winkler, Das illustrierte Buchbinderbuch, Leipzig 1860. Das Exemplar, das ich habe, ist fadengeheftet, in Leinen gebunden, das Papier fällt schön zur Seite, … Continue reading

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