Many moons ago I used to import handmade leather and Sari journals and notebooks from a family of artisans in Jaipur, India. I'd gone there on holiday and next to the hotel was the most amazing shop filled to the ceiling with handmade leather and sari notebooks of all shapes, sizes and colours. Lots were bought as gifts and I stayed in touch with Sunil who ran the business with his family.
Once back in the UK, the books were so well recieved that I decided to start importing them directly from the family who made them. This was all pre-social media days and turned out it was hard on my physical and mental health selling at shops and christmas markets so after a while decided to wrap it up.
However - I do still have some of the beautiful books left and it occured to me that you might really like them and that you might actually like the opportunity to buy some, either for yourself, or as gifts for others, so here's what I have available:
Any questions - please drop me a line! Thank you x
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Elephant Design Front |
Journal / Photo album / Scrap book
Style: Elephant Hand stamped design [see picture above]
Size: 22.5cm x 18cm
Paper types available: Black
This beautiful handmade leather album comes with c.30 pages of thick handmade Indian Khadda paper which is made from handspun rag leftover from the garment industry. The pages are interleaved with protective tissue paper.
The leather, which is already soft, is dyed using natural dyes so colour may vary slightly. The leather improves with age and becomes softer the more you use and care for your lovely book.
I've only got three of these available and the patterns on the back are different on each one, so each is unique!
Price: £25 each [plus £3 postage - UK only]
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One example of the back of an Elephant design journal [designs will vary]
Journal / Photo album / Scrap book
Style: Stitched Edge Design [see picture above]
Size: 22.5cm x 18cm
Paper colour available: Flower Petal Marigold or Black
This beautiful handmade leather album comes with c.30 pages of thick handmade Indian Khadda paper which is made from unbleached, handspun rag leftover from the garment industry. The pages are interleaved with protective tissue paper.
The leather, which is already soft, is dyed using natural dyes so colour may vary slightly. The leather improves with age and becomes softer the more you use and care for your lovely book.
£15 each [plus £3 postage - UK only]
QTY available:
1 x Black Paper
3 x Marigold Paper
Journal / Photo album / Scrap book
Style: Classic [see picture above]
Size: 22.5cm x 18cm
Paper types available: Flower Petal [Rose] Marigold or Black
£14 each plus postage
QTY available:
2 x Black Paper
2x Marigold Paper
Some examples below from my own sketchbook...this is a Classic with Marigold Paper. The paper is very thick so it takes different art mediums well and you can achieve some nice effects on the tissue paper pages.
All images copyright Morwhenna Woolcock
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