Tag Archives: medieval

Worktable Weekly: Making of a Study Book for Artists (Part IV)

Posted on April 22, 2011 by buechertiger

This is Part IV of showing the process of how I made the book to the left. In the first part I cut the paper and boards, and prepared the pages for the book marks that are attached to the … Continue reading →

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Worktable Weekly: Making of a Study Book for Artists (Part II)

Posted on April 18, 2011 by buechertiger

This is Part II of showing the process of how I made the book to the left. In the first part I cut the paper and boards, and prepared the pages for the book marks that are attached to the … Continue reading →

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Another Study Book

Posted on April 15, 2011 by buechertiger

This is the sibbling of the study book that I started to make in yesterday’s blog post. The idea behind these study books was to create a book for artists who want to take more than a sketchbook outside for … Continue reading →

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Worktable Weekly: Making of a Study Book for Artists (Part I)

Posted on April 14, 2011 by buechertiger

I finished the book on top the other day. It has 200 pages, a mix of sketching- and drawing paper and watercolor paper. As the name suggests, the sketching paper and the drawing paper are both best suited for dry … Continue reading →

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Worktable Wednesday: Lace Project Book 2

Posted on March 16, 2011 by buechertiger

Welcome visitors from the Germany Street Team blog! This blogpost is featured there today as part of the work in progress series there. Thanks for that! I spent the morning of this Tuesday with some finishing touches to the lace … Continue reading →

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J. A. Szirmai: The archaeology of Medieval Bookbindings

Posted on April 8, 2010 by buechertiger

A while ago, Dymphie of papierenavonturen posted a picture of her bookbinding literature shelf. I commented on her copy of Szirmai’s famous book, and it turned out she had a spare copy. The binding was slightly damaged (this is why … Continue reading →

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A Peek Into My Studio and a Brief Explanation of the Butterfly Buttonhole

Posted on March 18, 2010 by buechertiger

I am rather busy at the moment – therefore the blogging is slowing down a little. I am very happy about a variety of commissions that I am working on. I mentioned it in a previous post: I was commissioned … Continue reading →

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Failure or New Design?

Posted on February 16, 2010 by buechertiger

This did not turn out like intended. Not sure yet, whether I have to file this under “unintentional design” or under “failure”. The book will have to stay in my studio for a while, and stand being stared at. Probably … Continue reading →

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Is it a Crossed Structure Binding?

Posted on February 10, 2010 by buechertiger

Yesterday morning I was just going to find a good way to use this patent leather for books. I thought that this would go best with small notebooks (these two are somewhere between A8 and A7). But when I started … Continue reading →

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I’m still living

Posted on October 27, 2009 by buechertiger

I am still living – though my old computer nearly died. After some severe crashes over the weekend I now have a new machine, and I am trying to recover as much of the old data as I can. I … Continue reading →

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