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Saturday, February 22, 2020

Old Man and the Sea

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We saw Fritz Otto helping turn that delicious mackerel into parchment . Here the binding one of the half-skins was used on, Hemingway's ...
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Saturday, February 15, 2020

Holz-Werkzeuge für Buchbindereien (Wooden tools)

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Habe vor kurzer Zeit noch einen Katalog für Buchbindereibedarf erworben. Der unten, Holz-Werkzeuge für Buchbindereien , stammt von der Firm...
Saturday, February 8, 2020

Springback Fine Binding

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I love springback bindings, especially the German version I learned during my apprenticeship. Below images of one I completed on the textblo...

Buchbinder-Fachschule Berlin

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Ernst Collin (5.31.1886-12.1942), the grandson of Wilhelm and son of Georg, followed in the family tradition and learned the trade of bookbi...
Sunday, February 2, 2020

Ignatz Wiemeler and Gerhard Gerlach Together at MoMA

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MoMA in NYC has placed records of its exhibitions from the founding in 1929 to the present online . Included are some catalogs, some images ...
Saturday, February 1, 2020

Lunch Instead of Fish Skin Binding

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Back before Christmas, Fritz Otto was on vacation in Greece (aka Wegmans like any good fisherman) and caught a bunch of sardines. Finally, ...
Saturday, January 25, 2020

Fish skin fashion: a dying craft by China's 'mermaid descendants'

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A small minority along China’s ‘Black Dragon’ river have a long history with the water. According to legend, the Hezhen people descend from ...