September 12, 2013
I make my work as simple and striking as possible and a recent commission for a bride in black leather with white accents couldn't have embodied that spirit more. That commission inspired more work in monochrome, exploring new binding styles including the Accordion and Double Gatefold, as well as theLongstitch with Linkstitch style you're familiar with.
Journal / Sketchbook: White & Black £39 ships worldwide
Journal / Sketchbook: Monochrome £99 with natural raw edge. Ships worldwide.
Miniature paperback sketchbooks currently exhibiting in 'By The Book' at Hawthorn Contemporary Craft Gallery. POA please email info@boundbyhand.co.uk
Accordion binding:
Double Gatefold binding:
September 11, 2013
The red / pink colour clash trend continues to be smoking hot for clothes and accessories. Fashionistas in the know - Emma Watson, she who can do no sartorial wrong - have been rocking the trend and here's my take on it:
Journal / Sketchbook: Red & Pink £99 ships worldwide
Mini Journals: Red/Pink £10 each ships worldwide
Linen Threads: Country Red, Baby Pink, Hot Pink
If you'd love your own on-trend Wedding Guest Book, Memory Book, Journal or Sketchbook please get in touch to discuss your ideas: info@boundbyhand.co.uk or call 07748 759 371
Or shop more red right now!
Susan
August 19, 2013
Black and white is the trend for weddings this season. Elegant and striking, a nod to Art Deco.
A fashion conscious bride contacted me a couple of months ago and asked me to bind her this bespoke Wedding Guest Book:
She chose a devastatingly romantic frontspage - as well as her and her husband's names and the date of their wedding, she included Cathy's words from Wuthering Heights: "Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same".
A set of matching Monochrome Mini Journals completed her wedding package - I believe she planned to delight her bridesmaids and best men with them.
If you'd like a bespoke Wedding Guest Book - and perhaps a set of Mini Journals - to co-ordinate with your colour scheme, take a look at your options here and write me an email: info@boundbyhand.co.uk - I'd love to hear about your plans! If you need something classic in a hurry, my White & Neutral guest books are just the thing.
July 22, 2013
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July 16, 2013
BOUND will be showing at By The Book: an exhibition of Book Art and Illustration - a variety of work by 16 artists and makers working with, and inspired by, books and illustration. Please join us for the Private View on 1 August 6-8 pm.
It's a great opportunity to view and buy art on a bookish theme, and we'll be showing our leather journals and sketchbooks, and introducing a new range of paperback notebooks and sketchbooks in unusual binding styles.
The exhibition is at Hawthorn Contemporary Craft Gallery in Blandford Forum, Dorset and runs from 2 August - 12 October 2013.
July 16, 2013
Scrapbooks never looked so fine! I call mine Memory Books and they're great for family albums, wedding planning and recording your adventures - fill it with photos, mementoes, writing and sketching for analogue storage and display of your wonderful life.
I make your Memory Books to order so from the get-go you can customise yours exactly how you like it. So whether you love monochrome, bright citrus or muted tones, you'll have your perfect book. Ask me to print bespoke text on the frontspage: your family name, the year, an inspiring quotation... whatever you like.
Bound with extra space in the spine to allow for your inclusions, these books lie flat on a desk and will never fall apart, thanks to their archival materials and binding style - that's the Longstitch with Linkstitch, in use since Medieval times. They have 128 pages of heavyweight quality cartridge paper which will take all dry medium artwork and glue.
Your options are:
Size: Extra Large A4 (12 x 8.5 inches); Large A5 (6 x 8.5") or Medium A6 (4.5 x 6")
Format: landscape or portrait
Leather: 52 colours
Stitching: 22 colours
Bespoke frontspage text.
Prices are £199 for Extra Large, £119 for Large and £90 for Medium plus postage by secure service, which is £9 UK, £15 EU, £19 non-EU. I ship worldwide with an impeccable track record and if you'd like to know the costs in your currency, just ask. To order, just email me to discuss your requirements: info@boundbyhand.co.uk
Susan
July 05, 2013
We're pleased to announce our first stockist is Walford Mill Crafts in Wimborne Minster, Dorset.
Walford Mill is a centre for excellence for high quality craft, runs an exciting series of exhibitions throughout the year and has a superb shop always fully stocked with a huge diversity of items from 150 British designer-makers, which is where you'll find BOUND's leather Journals, Wedding Guest Books and Miniatures.
Walford Mill also runs an excellent education programme for all ages including textiles, silversmithing, printmaking, leatherwork and writing.
Their current exhibition, Don't Look Back / I Told You So, is a thought-provking examination by silversmith Chien-Wei Chang of the way in which artists influence and reflect national identity through their work.
Walford Mill Crafts is open daily with free admission: www.walfordmillcrafts.co.uk
July 04, 2013
BOUND's prepped for summer with a set of fresh new visuals you'll see on our homepage and heading up each of our collections.
We love the new colours and illustrations that depict the variety of uses our books can be put to during the hot summer months, from ships' logs, to fishing journals, wedding guest books and family memory books.
These fab new ribbons are part of the comprehensive branding service we receive from our super-talented graphic designers Stone Design and as always we send them our thanks.
As always, if you see something that grabs you but you think "oh, if only it were in xyz colour" - do get in touch, we'd love to help! Just email info@boundbyhand to enquire about our Bespoke Service.
June 19, 2013
We thought you might enjoy this article Shepherds Bindery - London's Artisan Bookmaker from The Holborn, a blog and quarterly magazine that appreciates 'heritage, style and hard work'. Click the link for image of sumptuous bindings and a Titanic-related curse.
April 05, 2013
It's cold and grey but thanks to Country Living magazine we're dreaming of brighter times. With our heart firmly in the country, we love Country Living and are so very pleased to see our Mini Journals featured in the April edition!
This spring BOUND's customers have been using Mini Journals for Easter treasure hunts with their grandchildren and as longer lasting gifts in addition to the much loved but quickly devoured Easter egg!
Check out the Emporium pages for 'inspiring ideas for simple country style'. There are gorgeous bird themed suitcases from The Oak Room, a quirky one-off teapot from Virginia Graham and lots of useful, pretty and highly individual ideas for home and garden.
Huge thanks to Celia Stuart-Menteth and the rest of the Country Living team for producing, month on month, year on year, such a well-loved and inspiring magazine and for featuring the work of independent designer makers such as BOUND. We think you're great!
Magazine images copyright Country Living Magazine.
March 29, 2013
February 21, 2013
Inspired by our recent feature in Dorset Magazine's All White Now piece on white interiors, we'd like to introduce our latest leather journals which feature white.
As you can see from BOUND's logo, white and grey is one of our favourite colour combinations.
Journal / Sketchbook: White & Grey
£99 shop now
Mini Journal: Powder, in White & Grey
£10 shop now
Leather Journal / Sketchbook: Grey & White
£70 shop now
These books feature beautifully tactile Fine Goatskin, which has a warm, soft feel in the hand.
They are available to purchase, or use our Bespoke Service to commission something similar, perhaps in your preferred size, with differently coloured thread, a personalised frontspage or with extra space in the spine as a Memory Book for your mementoes.