All these books are entirely hand made from scratch - from cutting the grey board (chipboard/DaveyBoard/book board) right through to stitching in the signatures.

Artists' Books

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Artists' books are handmade books with content, made by artists as actual objets d'art in and of themselves (as opposed to handmade books and journals constructed with blank pages ready for others to fill). Artists' books are usually one-offs, absolutely unique, although the actual construction of the book can be a particular recognised style ... or a completely unique invention.

Coptic Books

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Invented by the Coptic monks in Africa, in the 10th Century, their bibles were constructed from vellum (made from tanned animal hides) with metal or wood covers. To bind these huge books (some the size of a small coffee table) a completely different stitching method was invented, and signatures were bound with leather lacing, with exposed stitching showing at the spine.

Journals & Sketchbooks

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Blank books made with gorgeous papers, perfect for filling with collage, sketches, pen-and-ink drawings, watercolours, acrylics - or just lots of shopping lists! There's nothing sadder than a row of blank books, waiting for someone to fill them up with ideas, so just write something - anything!

Japanese Stab-bound Books

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The typical photo album - the one we think of as soon as the words "photo album" are mentioned. However, this is a book type with many possibilities and variations. All those scrapbooks (12in x 12in memory books etc) are made this way.