Concertina Sketchbook - handmade accordion art journal

This Concertina Sketchbook is popular with artists, photographers and illustrators and has so many uses. It makes a great art journal, photo book, narrative sketchbook, travelogue or swatch book. 

With versatile 200gsm cartridge pages, this expandable accordion sketchbook is ideal for artists working in wet or dry media including watercolour and pencil. Use page by page or work over pages for innovative layouts. Display your leporello book page by page, or extend to its impressive full width.

"This is a perfect way to start a sketch book. I love the accordion pages. It’s very well made." - Nancy, Michigan

Concertina: an expandable yet portable sketchbook

Although it's portable and compact, your handmade concertina sketchbook extends to over 1 metre when fully opened! It has 12 x pages of heavyweight fine grain 200gsm Seawhites cartridge paper. This acid-free paper is suitable for all dry medium artwork, as well as light watercolour, gouache, acrylic and ink. Available in A6 small or A5 medium sizes, both portrait format.

Features & Benefits

The sketchbook's cartridge pages are carefully hand stitched through the cover in Olive* waxed linen thread. The sturdy paperback covers are tactile handmade cotton rag paper, with turn-ins to keep the pages safely folded up for travel or archiving.

One of the benefits of this handmade concertina sketchbook is that you can title and decorate the covers with your own artwork to truly personalise your book! There are two joins on the reverse of the pages made with transparent archival hinging tape and you should be able to work over these in your preferred medium.

"Simply beautiful and exactly as in the photos, plus packed with care and love!" - Florentine, Switzerland

Sizes

• A6 small portrait: 15 x 11 cm, extends to 1 metre 26 cm
• A5 medium portrait: 21 x 15 cm, extends to 1 metre 78 cm

Buy Concertina Sketchbooks

Delivery

• Free UK delivery. I'll send your sketchbook within 3 working days from my bookbinding studio in Dorset, UK. 
  
• Bespoke options are made to order, please allow up to 2 weeks plus delivery from the UK.
• International standard & express delivery also available. Any shipping overpayments will be refunded.
• Sent in attractive, sustainable packaging with a postcard from my creative space to yours. All orders include door-to-door tracking for your peace of mind.

Concertina Sketchbook Options

• Standard: Olive spine stitching
• Bespoke: choose your own colour of thread - view options here & write your choice in the 'note to BOUND' box at checkout. If that doesn't appear, just email me.
• Pagination: can be made with a smaller or larger number of pages, do get in touch to enquire.

Featured Artists

Photographer Jeremy Hastings used a bespoke Concertina Sketchbook in his documentary series 'Where Are You Going? / Ku po shkon?' which recorded his 20 day walk across Albania and Macedonia (final image, with kind permission and Copyright Jeremy Hastings, 2019).

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