I'm delighted to introduce two new 'bundles' of my bestselling cotton rag sketchbooks: The Starter Set and The Complete Set. With combinations of Japanese, Wabi Sabi and Concertina Sketchbooks in different sizes, they're designed to encourage creative experimentation, play and expression!
Learn more in this blog post, or just click here to purchase the new Cotton Rag Sketchbook Sets
A great introduction to not your 'run of the mill' sketchbooks and cotton rag paper, this set (pictured above) has a Japanese Sketchbook at A6 small size that's great for travel and drawing or painting en plein air. You can hold it in portrait or landscape format. It's stitched in the traditional 4-hole pattern in Light Blue linen thread. There's also a small Wabi Sabi Sketchbook that's incredibly versatile thanks to its flexible yet secure exposed spine binding. Both have 210gsm handmade paper for all wet and dry art mediums.
Dive into the Complete Set (pictured above) to enjoy three styles of sketchbook, in three sizes! An A4 large 'Hemp Leaf' Japanese Sketchbook stitched in Teal, a medium Wabi Sabi (the most popular size that's incredibly versatile), and a small Concertina. The Concertina (aka Accordion / Leporello) has cotton rag covers you can title or decorate, and heavyweight cartridge pages. It's popular as an art journal and as a photobook.
These art journals are finely crafted with just two natural materials - linen and cotton - that are such a pleasure to handle. They deliver extra feel-good factor because the handmade cotton rag paper is fairtrade and eco-friendly (it's made with offcuts from the fashion industry otherwise destined for landfill). It's seems to have it's own warm 'presence' that soothes away blank page fright and invites you to play!
The 210gsm 'medium-surface' paper elevates all artwork, whether you enjoy working with wet mediums like watercolor, gouache and ink, or dry mediums like pencil, pastel or charcoal. The slightly ruffled, textured paper is even great for embroidery stitching.
Of course you can still buy the Wabi Sabi, Japanese and Concertina cotton rag books individually to choose from the full range of sizes and colours. But I've taken the uncertainty out of the process by bundling together only bestsellers. And what's more, these new gift sets save you 10% compared to buying the books individually. You can buy the Starter Sketchbook Set here and the Complete Cotton Rag Sketchbook set here.
I hope they're just what you need, whether you're looking for a thoughtful, quality gift for the artist in your life, or you'd like to treat yourself.
Embrace the beauty of handmade cotton rag paper and see where these sketchbooks take your creativity! And don't forget - I ship worldwide with door to door tracking for peace of mind.
Susan
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