Binding.

I've been taking part in a series of book-binding workshops, hosted by Hilary Judd.

It sounds pretty tedious, but I have loved every second of this process. Book making is such a fine craft; I love how hands on it is. We spend the majority of the sessions cutting, measuring, gluing, and stitching, often frustratingly, yet I find it all quite exciting. Will the book stay together? What will it look like? That's part of the fun.

Here is a selection of the books I have made/sweated over in the past few weeks. Although pretty simple, a lot of work goes into them all. I particularly like the pale green hardback notebook.