Studio 5 Book Arts

Having returned to the UK all was well. Memories of the garden near the coffee shop shop were still vibrant and will form the basis of a boo...

A little more on books and boxes in the Tokugawa Art Museum. Often the bindings of the individual books would be very simple, practical and ...

After a busy and rewarding two days of work shops in Osaka and the visit to Himeji Castle it was on to Nagoya. Thinking of the castle, one o...

After a couple of days rest an other train journey to Osaka. Two days of work shops with students making some four books. Lots work in keepi...

There are many sights in our shopping areas, some of the every day. Others, well perhaps I will let you make up your own mind. Bond, shoppi...

A chance to do nothing in particular, take photos of places and things that catch the eye. Happy memories for the long, dark nights in the U...

The work shops are going well. The students are as keen as mustard, intelligent questions, all take notes and all listen. The schedule is PU...

Tokyo, great place to be and a great place to have work shops. Hard work but good fun, the students work hard and produce some excellent wor...

After the rush to finish all the work on the bench in the U K and a flight with B A (coffee in paper cups... how naff is that ?) it was goo...

A few weeks ago I had a bit of a block with boxes. There is much to be said for the two tray drop back box, but they can be a bit on the dul...

Recent Bindings. SALAMBO. A hand dyed, full leather binding with gold and black line tooling. Front end paper and doublure. The paper has be...

The last month or so has been rather hectic and now that the Man Booker has finished, I can get back to a more normal life and work. Though ...

A week of stuff, so far, good stuff. A week or so ago, I had the pleasure of working with a new studio guest, a Mr Tom McEwan. A Bookbinder ...