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“The only thing we really need, whatever we choose to do, is to follow our passion. Mine is just binding books – the most sexy work in the world! “



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Photo © Umberto Cavenago

Ascona, 2019

Stickbinding, board, dark blue Surbalin paper, iron steel rods Ø 0,5mm, red linen thread
19,3 × 11,1 × 1,6 cm
Ascona
Erich Mühsam,
Vereinigte Texte aus den Jahren 1905, 1930 und 1931
im Sanssoucis Verlag AG, Zürich 1979
Printed in Switzerland by Druckerei Villiger, Wädenswil

The Stick Binding
is a binding technique I learned with Edwin Heim in Ascona.
He saw a book made like this on a market, reviewed and refined it in his way.
You can use all sorts of sticks and rods, threads and fishing lines, one ore multi section book blocks.