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The Road’s less traveled…via hand bound books
Today I wish to showcase one of my favorite handmade artists and there are many believe me.
Her name is Andrea and I dearly admire her work.
One of these days I will own a full size handmade, hand bound book of hers. I have the fortune
to own a small hand bound book already and love it so.
Meet Andrea and this is what she says about herself:
Old road maps used to have the back roads printed in blue, they’re the roads less traveled…
those are the ones I prefer.
I am a full time book binder and artist since being laid off from my job in 2010 – Best thing that
ever happened to me! When not painting or binding I travel, garden and read
(I’m a huge book nerd) among tons of other things.
Makes you smile, doesn’t…..
She further reiterates:
All books, art & writing journals, sketchbooks & albums are made with nice thick durable fabric
covered covers, they are beautifully hand bound and have generous page counts.
I have a 3 book maximum on any one fabric design then it will be retired, even then each of the
3 will either have different paper or binding or both.
An encouragement to buyers; if you don’t see something already made that you like please
contact me so that together we may collaborate to make a custom book or journal that is
absolutely perfect for your tastes and needs. Page counts, fabrics, paper colors, binding
technique…all up to you.
Now who can resist that! I call that Customer Service at its highest, one just cannot be
disappointed.
And by the way “book binding” is a soon to be forgotten old art in the times we live in. I love her
craft.
Just check out her stores below and see for yourself. You may click on any link to admire her
creations and splurge on one, or two….
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8 Responses to “The Road’s less traveled…via hand bound books”
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Great feature! Shared 😀
Monika, you are one of the kindest hearted people I know – a pleasure to call you friend. Thank you for the sweet book love here in this post, many thanks!
I must second the comments about Andrea’s books. She made a custom bound journal with a malachite pattern on it for me. I use the journal daily in my shop, it is a fantastic beauty.
John
John, that book was fun to make – the fabric was super cool! And thank you for the nice words you always have for my work 🙂
WHOA,, that was quick, just wrote it this morning. I guess Andrea, the “speak now or forever hold you peace” message does not count anymore…..LOL….obviously you love it. you are loved and your art is appreciated.
LOL I emailed you back! Anyone would be nuts to nix an offer of a blog post touting their goods 😀
(smile)….now you all be nice and promote and share this blog…..♥
Monika
Andrea is very talented and quite the book maker! Can’t ever go wrong with one of her handmade journals, such a large assortment of colors!