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Made in the loft studio every book is handmade and unique. I start by taking the best paper, trimming and folding into individual signatures. The signatures are sewn together to make a book-block. Page-marking ribbon(s) are added as a flourish along with decorative end-papers and header tapes.

Vintage maps, marbled papers and music score are used to complete the binding. In summer I create Blueprints using gathered leaves or seed-heads captured in print by strong coastal sunlight.

I also use recycled stock for lined journals, Victorian ledger and even old window envelopes have been intertwined to make an interesting bind. Together, they make ideal sketching, notebooks, wedding planners, guest books, bullet journals...

See us at artists fairs and markets across Scotland and northern England. Visit the Facebook page for news on latest events...

Type & Maps Love

Tracey Millier Radnall discovered bookbinding at art college prior to a career as a creative graphic designer, adventure writer, illustrator and photographer.

A former editor of the Outdoor Adventure Guide, her design work, together with travel writing has led to a love of maps. I indulge in the cartographers detail and particularly enjoy how the map becomes three-dimensional when used as a book binding. Old maps have a unique charm of their own too. The way place names have altered over the years is fascinating.

Tracey is a former lecturer of Foundation Design at Cordwainers – London College of Fashion.

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"There is nowhere else in the world that offers the quality of teaching and breadth of creative thinking."
Jimmy Choo, OBE
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What

• Dog Walk Guides
• Typography
• Bookbinding
• Journals
​• Notebooks
• Blueprints
​• Screen Prints
• Block Prints
• Art & Classes

Payment, Delivery & Sustainability

All parcels dispatched same day (if ordered before noon on a weekday). Royal Mail first-class tracked. Free in UK when spending £50 and over. Payment is secure and via PayPal. For other forms of payment please contact me direct.

All my book-boards are made from recycled materials. Maps, marbled paper bindings are vintage up-cycled. My book-block artists drawing paper is acid free made from FSC sources in a mill 60% powered by Hydro power. All other materials including Kraft papers are recycled.
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