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Split Spine, paper, card, nylon thread
13 × 13 × 1,6 cm
showed many of her beautiful books during the course 'I Love Japan' at the Centro del bel libro in 2019. I was immediately fascinated by this particular technique. I tried during her class, to find out how it was built, guided by Veronikas support, while she was teaching other techniques to the participants. The materials I used are those she brought from Japan and all sorts of leftovers from her prints.
She invented
this binding technique for the book Song of Songs which is Salomon's, she presented at
the 'Bel Libro' Competition 2003, in Ascona.