Much of a muchness

I was in London earlier in the week with Ludwig. I spent a very happy hour in Falkiner’s, my favourite paper shop. (see Dennis Yuen’s latest post). Ended up spending a relatively huge amount of money on gorgeous Japanese and French papers and a beautiful off cut of leather. It is my lovely boyfriend Ludwig’s birthday on Saturday and I wanted to make him a special book as part of his birthday present, so I decided to use the leather, which was a gorgeous shade of lime green and a Japanese Chiyogami paper for the lining which is lime green, black and brown. I have to say, it looks fab. It was very stressful making this book as it was a gift, used expensive materials and I wanted it to be perfect. I also wanted it to look more masculine as I think the ribbon mount books are quite ‘girlie’ books, so by tucking the ribbon back into the cover, I got rid of some of the bows and I thought this got round the problem. The leather and dark interior also helped. Just to be safe, I made another book using the remains of the leather and paper using coptic stitching and I shall decide tomorrow which to give him. I might even give him both. Just realise I can’t post this just yet as he might see the book! It will have to wait until tomorrow….

It’s now Saturday and I am off up to London to meet L so I will post this before I go! I finished second book and the two make a nice complementary pair (one has cartridge paper and the other, watercolour paper) so I shall give them both to him. Now, off to pack…