I'm thinking of selling and making small sketchbooks and notebooks to sell online, possibly from Etsy and big cartel.  I have been trying out a few different styles of binds and covers etc.  This one is a Japanese Punch Bind, bound with the standard linen thread which has a pretty nice contrast against the cover.  It's made with single sheets rather than folios (folded pages), so is a bit like a perfect bind with no glue.

This is a more standard three-hole bind of folios.  It opens a lot easier so I think would work better for a sketchbook if someone wanted to lay it out flat to draw in.  Both books are using a 160gsm paper, which is more on the sketchbook quality. 

If anyone wants to buy one before I have opened an Esty shop, feel free to email.

joannarutter.com

I have just finished a first design for the joannarutter.com logo/lettering.  Jo makes wicked awesome & lovely sterling silver jewellery with a definite illustrative quality.  My aim was to mirror this in the lettering, which is an altered slab serif typeface.

I was lucky enough to be given this old copy of the comedies of Shakspeare amongst a lot of other books from some lovely people on freecycle. I have done a bit of research and the book does not seem to be that valuable. As the book is mostly falling apart, I thought for another little self-project I would rebind it with a more contemporary feel, yet retain the original text as well as the beautiful plate pressings. I have decided to split the book into five equal sections and produce bound volumes. However, I am not entirely sure what binding to use. Updates shall follow...

So here are some books I have been working on. Just a simple multi-section bind of 3 folios. I have some simple covers ready, but feel that I should do something a little more interesting with them.

BRIGHTON GRAPHIC DESIGN YEAR 2 SUMMER PROJECT

The first postcard of a 15 week project aimed at being a visual diary.

'Moon Faced Goon' relates to how I felt about starting the project a late.