GalleryHere are some examples of my bookbinding work - new things will be added regularly. I never repeat a design, but if you see something you like for yourself, we can talk about it. While I try my best to meet every client's wishes. I am an amateur, and do not have the resources of a larger-scale operations. There are limits to what I can do - for example, I can't tool, emboss or gild leather - but there are alternative techniques available which give results that are at least as attractive and durable. You can see all images larger by clicking on them. |
Fanfic editions | Journals and sketchbooks | Fanzines | CD cases etc
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This is my own personal copy of Rain by Lobelia Sackville-Baggins - one of my absolute favourites. (If you haven't read it, you can do so here). It's printed on 90gsm acid-free ivory laid, and the binding is a black lambskin quarter-bind. The boards are covered in printed paper in black and gold. Silk headband, satin bookmark, mock parchment end sheets. |
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A perfect-bound (ie, with sheets that are glued together rather than sewn, allowing pages to be torn out without damaging the rest of the book) sketchbook, 110 gsm acid-free textured drawing paper. Quarter-bound in black lambskin, boards covered in printed paper and varnished. Satin head- and tailbands, beadwork dragonfly and raised gold dragonfly motif on front cover.
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| Another perfect-bound A5 sketchbook, this one made for a friend. It's full-bound in black glove leather with a cut-out design on the front cover. Underneath is a painting in acrylics, ink and gold leaf. The end sheets are marbled in red and dark green. The headband is silk, and the tail decoration is a Venetian glass bead. It features a three-tab closure along the fore edge, which also functions as a pen holder. |
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A sewn A5 journal - 110 gsm acid-free unruled cartridge paper. Half-bound in brown calf-skin, boards covered in gold mosaic print paper, Ingres end sheets. The headband and bookmark are silk, and the bookmark is decorated with a gold bead. |
| A sewn journal, format and paper as before. Bound in black glove leather and handmade Bangladeshi marbled paper, with design of horses painted in silver acrylic paint. Ingres end sheets, satin headband and triple silk bookmarks. |
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Full-bound sketchbook in brown calf leather with pen tab and closure made from a seashell. Twisted silk headband, seashell-print end sheets and raised gold design on front cover. |
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| This is the design that Cara Loup, the editor of Inside a Song has authorised. It's perfect bound (ie, glued), quarter-bound in sienna coloured suede, and the boards are covered in handmade paper decorated with gold dust. The end sheets are hand-printed with a pattern of leaves, and the fly-leaf is gold netting. The headband is green and gold silk, and there is a green silk bookmark. NB. The design details may change depending on material availability, cost, and the mood of the day. If one day I get a brain wave and work out a way of making a paper that I think is more beautiful, for example, then I'm likely to use that. This ensures that every single volume is unique. If you would like to buy a copy of this zine, go here. |
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| Slip cases for CDs, made for Kiwi singer Melayne Web.They have glove leather spines and are covered in hand-gilded, fibre-textured paper. Inside are two leaves of recycled paper for a personal message, and a transparent PVC pocket for the CD. |
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