So making these books started as a challenge to myself. Could I make the books that I was envisioning in my head. A mixture of usability and beautiful art using formal bookbinding techniques. Before I started I spent hours and days on you tube and bookbinding sites learning the techniques. I looked at everything from the formal book binding process to clever tricks learned by junk journal artists.
You’ll see as you browse through the store that my sizes are inconsistent. That’s because as I said, it just started as something I wanted to try out and because of this, it was the materials I was using that dictated the styles I was making. Later, as I was in full production on book making, I realized that if I didn’t make the same 2 or 3 sizes, this was going to be a packaging and logistics nightmare. And so then I came up with 3 (okay well maybe 4) different sizes and tried to stick to it. The irregularity in the sizes of course doesn’t matter when you love the book. It’s just a logistical shipping, packing nightmare – and that’s a small detail.
