A blank journal, hand-bound by me. The covers and interleaved pages are paper made from crocosmia grown in my cottage garden, pulped and turned into paper.
The binding is hand-sewn, using a link stitch so the book will lay perfectly flat when open. The pages are laid paper in cream, with a few sheets of crocosmia paper interleaved.
The cover rosette is made of a double layer of linen bookcloth-covered stars, with a hydrangea flower at the center, made from loops of silver filled with handmade paper, hand-dyed, and sealed.
You'll also receive a crocosmia paper bookmark.
You can watch the entire process of making these books, from leaves to paper to hand-bound books, on my Patreon : Verso Studio.
