Fritz Otto says a professional always makes sure their Kittel (lab coat) is clean and crisply ironed to start the week... This tacking iron ...

A Bookbinder’s Journey: My analog and virtual life in the book arts 48th Susan Garretson Swartzburg ’60 Memorial Book Arts Lecture Lect...

Recently received 3 years of bound volumes of the Archive für Buchbinderei, 1930-32. 1930 featured 2 tipped in decorated samples, one past...

In the last installment, Fritz Otto Goes Fishing , our hero prepared the fish skin for making parchment, but also trying something new, egg ...

Always photo-document your work and keep notes, no matter what career stage you're at. You never know when you'll refer back. Even F...

Thanks to Fritz Otto, I'm able to dive into another round of making fish skin parchment and leather. Have three skins in this batch, one...

Below the 1928 Braunwarth & Lüthke catalog that gives a wonderful sense of the all the expendable supplies (paper, cloth, leather), hand...