Shop the January Sale with 25% off selected hardback journals, fine leather journals and sketchbooks. Here are a couple of examples. Prices start at £18.75 and the books are ready to ship, worldwide.
Back in October I shared news of photographer Robin Hutt's open studio exhibition Dawn and Dusk: the Fairlight End Garden Journals. Robin commissioned a series of Accordion Sketchbooks to display some of the work, combining images with handwritten text to stunning effect. Much to my regret I was unable to visit, but Robin kindly sent me some pictures of her exhibition and I'm pleased to share them here with you.
See more exquisite images in their full, utter glory at Robin's website.
And thank you to Robin for generously sharing the images here - what a treat and inspiration to see how you have used the Accordion Sketchbooks and to get a glimpse into your studio.
All images copyright © Robin Hutt, 2015.
If Robin's work has inspired you, you can buy Accordion Sketchbooks in a variety of colour ways and sizes or get in touch to discuss a bespoke commission for your project: info@boundbyhand.co.uk
Susan.
Inspirational weddings, a celebration of equal marriage rights for same-sex couples and a dare to be different feature with steampunk style are all featured in Dorset, Wiltshire & Hampshire Bride 2015 edition. There's also a guide to making your white wedding as green as possible.
From choosing a vintage dress and tableware, an eco-friendly venue or turning an old family heirloom into a new wedding ring, Bride has lots of ideas, with a particular focus on using locally-sourced produce and products.
Which is where I come in - if you're a bride planning your big day in Dorset, Wiltshire or Hampshire, get in touch with me to discuss your options for a Wedding Guest Book bound in leather, and Mini Journal favours for your bridesmaids and guests.
You can choose an off-the-peg Guest Book in White & Neutral or ask me to a create a perfectly bespoke, personalised book to co-ordinate with your colour scheme and to print your names and wedding date on the frontspage.
My thanks to Heidi Watson, images copyright © 2015 Dorset, Wiltshire & Hampshire Bride magazine
Shop the Ready to Ship collection or view your Bespoke options.
Susan
e: info@boundbyhand.co.uk t: 07748 759 371
My super fresh and pretty Journal / Sketchbook in Pink & Green is featured in this month's VOGUE! You can buy it here, I ship worldwide and can deliver directly to your gift recipient, with a presentation box, if you would like. My thanks to Natalie Moss-Blundell and VOGUE.
'She works hard for the money, so treat her right by giving a chic gift that will make the morning commute more stylish'. I'm super proud to see one of my leather sketchbooks featured alongside covetable gifts from Prada, Burberry, Alexander McQueen and Diane von Furstenberg in this 9-5 Christmas Gift Guide from ELLE Malaysia.
My thanks to Associate Editor Jamie Khoo.
Shop Journals & Sketchbooks here.
Susan
Visit Handmade for Christmas at The Workhouse Chapel for a glorious selection of unique and beautiful gifts from 35 of Dorset's finest local artists and makers, including my fine leather books.
The chapel is an amazing space for an pop-up shop. Sadly I forgot to photograph it, but the massive woodburner makes you feel very welcome... and warm!
My work: 
I don't know the maker's name, but I covet this jug!
Richard Gibson makes beautiful boxes in the Shaker tradition:
Rose Hatcher is not only the owner of The Workhouse Chapel, she's a talented textile artist: 
Artist-educator Laura Joy and I ran a second one-day workshop at Artisan Community Art Studio at the end of September. We had a full house of 10 participants and made a simple but pleasing Single Pamphlet notebook, then moved on to the main event, the Medieval Journal.
The Longstitch with Linkstitch binding is the one I specialise in because it's so simple yet effective in design and function. It was a real pleasure to pass on some knowledge and hopefully some useful techniques to our wonderful, enthusiastic and creative workshop participants. A 15th century German style originally used for council documents and accounts, the Longstitch with Linkstitch makes a great journal or sketchbook as it lies flat on a desk, takes some inclusions and although very beautiful, is practical and sturdy.
Thank you to everyone who came and generously allowed us to photograph you hard at work. It was particularly wonderful to be able to include some of your work in Stitch & Bind: an exhibition of handmade books and textiles at Bournemouth Library as part of the Arts by the Sea festival in October.
I'll be running further 1-day workshops as well as a 6 week short course, please email info@boundbyhand.co.uk to be notified of future dates and venues.
Susan
At Artisan Studio:
Folding and tearing paper down to size:
Choosing a colour scheme and selecting a variety of decorative papers to use as endpapers and section dividers:
A bright colour scheme, all the signatures assembled:
A muted and atmospheric colour scheme:
Sewing the final signatures:
The room was very quiet at this point:
Some of the finished Longstitch with Linkstitch journals, some bound in leather, others in synthetic PU, a vegan alternative. Some 'icebreaker' activity prompts which we used to select colour schemes are also seen with their corresponding books.
A happy bookbinder:
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— BOUND (@boundbyhand) October 20, 2014
Best of luck and see you there - do introduce yourself! Susan
If you find yourself in or near East Sussex over the coming week you might like to visit Robin Hutt at Fairlight End, who is showing her photography work in Dawn and Dusk: the Fairlight End Garden Journals, a PhotoHastings open studio exhibition.
Robin chose my Accordion Sketchbooks to display her work: "I love your Accordion Sketchbooks because of their simplicity, the quality of the paper and their understated stylishness.... They are really helping me refine my ideas for this exhibition".
At dawn and dusk Robin Hutt has been making journeys of discovery with her camera around her 3 acre garden. Mutability and imperfection are realities, which gardeners have to embrace all the time. The work shown in this open studio shows the ways in which a photographer grapples with and conveys these elements through chance encounters as the sun comes up and goes down.
Venue: Fairlight End, Pett Road, Pett, East Sussex (opposite the Two Sawyers’ Pub) TN35 4HB
Dates: 18th and 19th October, 24th 25th and 26th October
Opening times: 11-4 pm
Save the date for the following exhibitions, Christmas fairs and artist book events where I will be exhibiting, selling and sometimes demonstrating.
Stitch & Bind Bournemouth Library for Bournemouth Arts by the Sea Festival: an exhibition of handmade books made by workshop participants, myself and fellow tutor Laura Joy during two recent bookbinding workshops at Artisan Studio. Runs til 24 October.
Handmade 4 Christmas at the Workhouse Chapel, Sturminster Newton Open daily 8 November until 24th December. A wonderful collection of work from renowned local makers.
Etsy Dorset Team Christmas Fair 6 December 10-4 at the Allendale Centre, Wimborne. One of only 17 official European Etsy Christmas craft fairs, I'll be joining fellow members of the Dorset Etsy Team and I can't wait to spend the day with my fellow team members and welcome lots of local visitors. Come and say hello!
BABE: Bristol Artists' Book Event 11 - 12 April Arnolfini, Narrow Quay, Bristol. Over 100 national and international artists, publishers, presses, dealers and organisations come to BABE over the weekend to show their artists' books at this two-day event. The last BABE in 2013 was a busy weekend with 7,530 visitors! I'm looking forward to meeting up with other book artists and seeing their amazing work. I'll be there with my work in Gallery 3 on the 1st floor.
Hope to see you there!
Susan
STITCH & BIND: exhibition at Bournemouth Central Library Gallery for Arts By The Sea Festival.
Bookbinder Susan Green and artist-educator Laura Joy recently ran 1-day book making workshops at Artisan Community Art Studio in Moordown, Dorset. The result is this exhibition of a variety of interesting book forms made by workshop participants, accompanied by examples made by both Laura and Susan.
Several kinds of bindings are on display in the glass cabinets, ranging from the 15th century Longstitch with Linkstitch in both leather and vegan alternatives, the Japanese Stab Stitch, to the more unusual Concertina & Double Concertina forms, the Single & Double Pamphlet notebooks.
Most participants were new to bookbinding, some came to the workshops from a background in fine art, craft or design, and many others simply enjoy crafting or creating in their free time.
Some brought their own artwork, such as cyanotype prints, to incorporate into their books, others used a variety of handmade plant fibre papers. We also recycled pages from withdrawn library stock otherwise destined for landfill, and culled fashion and lifestyle magazines for inspiration and decorative book covers.
Stitch & Bind runs at the Gallery on Level 2 of Bournemouth Central Library until 24 October. Also on display are contemporary textiles made by workshop participants and tutor Leah Watts, including examples of patchwork and quilting, as well as sketchbooks filled with textile and stitching examples.
Tutors Laura Joy and Susan Green continue to run their 1-day workshops and are also developing a 6-week bookbinding short course to run in the Spring term at Artisan Community Art Studio.
To find out more about these book making workshops & register your interest in the short course, contact Susan Green: 07748 759 371, email susan@boundbyhand.co.uk or sign up to her newsletter.
Some images from Stitch & Bind:
Here you can see examples of Accordion fold books, also known as the Concertina fold. Some have been left blank, others digitally printed, one has been filled with mementoes from a holiday, the covers feature a map of the start and end points of the trip.Also on display are two examples of the Japanese Stab Stitch, with cyanotype prints incorporated into the front covers.
Case 2 includes some examples of the Longstitch with Linkstitch binding - these were made with synthetic PU, a vegan alternative to leather. 
The Gallery area on Level 2 of the library, with textiles by workshop participants and tutor Leah Watts: