Decided to pull out the old, analog Pentax again to put Fritz Otto in front of the lens ... Can you guess what kind of binding he's work...

In a world that is verSPINnert, ahem spinning, it's important to tell up from down, right from wrong, ... So too in bookbinding. That...

It's scary when the hired help has a tidier studio than the "Meister" ... I better clean up my own studio before I start any p...

Been a rather busy and tense few months since "the Meister" decided to retire from his "day-job" at a large library effe...

 A new fish skin binding acquisition for the piscatorial collection. The Salmon of Wisdom from the Folklore Fish series. It is bound in sa...

Despite how easy it is to take pictures these days, Fritz Otto prefers black and white film. It's the tones and graininess he likes. Her...

There was once a bindery in Berlin that was situated under railroad tracks ... Incorporating that into my train layout seemed like a wonderf...

It's always wonderful when different parts of our lives and interests can intersect. In addition to bookbinding and conservation, model ...

Back in 2014 I had shared images of what used to be a bindery located in an arcade under the Railroad and S[tadt]-Bahn tracks in Berlin. Th...

 A looooooong time ago, not to long after I started this blog, I introduced the Aufschabebelch , a simple tool that one could purchase or ma...