This bespoke leather journal was a suprise retirement gift for a gentleman leaving his profession to help run a charity that supports The Plantation Garden, a Grade II English Heritage Victorian 'secret' garden in the heart of Norwich. The title page aptly featured this quotation...
As I work on a new line of journals and send out Mother's Day orders, here's some joy, inspiration and creative soul food from Swedish artist Jonna Jinton, Japanese ceramicist Midori Takaki and blogger Sara of Me & Orla.
Did you see the December cover of ELLE Decoration? For their sparkling, seasonal Winter Luxe edition Kyla McCallum, founder of Foldability design studio, created dozens of paper snowflakes using Fedrigoni's Pearlescent papers. Here's how she did it.
The binding I most commonly use is a late Medieval style known as the Longstitch with Linkstitch. Before I became a bookbinder I studied Old and Middle English at university, and spent a fair bit of time on Medieval texts. If only Twitter had been around then for a bit of light relief...
This month I worked on a completely one-off, never to be repeated leather journal / sketchbook for a very special person. An artist-educator who herself works with books in their many forms including altered books
I've been busy behind the scenes refreshing this website with some changes that should improve your experience using the site, with currency conversions, back in stock notice, customer reviews, advanced search, social feeds and it's now fully optimised for mobile.
I'm so happy to be taking part in Handmade for Christmas at The Workhouse Chapel again this year - it's the most wonderful cornucopia of gifts from a curated selection of 50 of the finest West Country artists and makers.
There seems to have been a flurry of interesting altered books, artists books and bookbinding activity lately in Dorset and beyond. Here's a round up:
Why not order a bespoke book to mark a special occasion or for a memorable gift? It's a popular option for Wedding Guest Books, Memory Books for anniversaries, scrapbooks and family albums; and Journals and Sketchbooks for birthdays and Christmas.
We'll work together to make your perfect book, including a dedication, quotation or similar on the title page and your perfect combination of leather and binding colours. You also choose the size and format that best suits your needs.
These fine leather scrapbooks are a brilliant way to collect mementoes from your adventures, to record family milestones or for use as a photo album. With 128 pages of heavyweight paper for all dry medium artwork, light wash and mixed media they are bound with spacers in the spine to allow for the extra thickness of your inclusions. Use with acid-free photo spray mount, photo corners, glue dots or washi tape.
Ideal for daily use for taking notes, making sketches or keeping a diary. They have 224 pages of Mohawk Superfine Smooth plain white paper that is a dream to use with all writing instruments.
Sketchbooks can alternatively be bound with specialist artist's papers on request, including watercolour and pastel papers, and a mix of types of paper.
An elegant addition to your wedding day, these books lie open on a table to collect your guests well wishes. These have 224 pages of Mohawk Superfine Smooth paper (a slim version with 112 pages is also available).
Quick click to your Bespoke options below, or just keep scrolling down.
Please get in touch to discuss your bespoke book.
Susan Green
info@boundbyhand.co.uk
+44 (0) 7748 759 371
When you commission a bespoke Journal, Sketchbook, Memory or Wedding Guest Book you have 31 colours of linen binding thread to choose from, from muted natural tones to bright bursts of colour. So it's easy to co-ordinate with your wedding's colour scheme, your home decor, corporate identity or simply choose a colour combination that pleases you.
Black, Grey, White
Check out your bespoke leather options here and why not browse the online store where you'll find inspiration from many books based on colour themes requested from previous bespoke clients.
Do get in touch so we can talk about making a book especially for you!
Susan Green
info@boundbyhand.co.uk
+44 (0) 7748 759 371
