Saw Jiro Dreams of Sushi last night, amazing food porn that was filled with thoughts about how we learn and master a craft, apprenticeship,...

Fritz Otto's latest adventure. As usual, he only gets to do the dirty, thankless tasks, never the whole thing. At least the eatin' w...

Translation of "Der Pressbengel," from  Der Buchbinderlehrling , vol, 13, nr, 11, 1940. By Schlaghammer (beating hammer), pseudon...

Willi Pralle, Papier- und Papparbeit . Schulzesche Verlagsbuchandlung, Oldenburg, 1938. Given the date of publication and the torn-out ti...

I'm continuing to go through my old trade manuals and journals scanning the materials swatches that were so often included. This time th...

I've long been enamored with the work of David Bourbeau, and had to jump at the chance to acquire this design idea for a binding on Barr...

More materials swatches from the apprentice journal, Der Buchbinderlehrling.  These were a regular fixture and informed about all manner of ...