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in hundreds of paper patterns. This beautiful blue palmette pattern
is made by Rossi.
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| An Archival Storage Box made with one of our favorite papers, a vintage Italian map design, made by Cavallini. |
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| A new Petite French Curve Letter Sorter, made with a cheerful fleurs de lys patterned paper by Rossi. |
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| A bespoke Hexagonal Pencil Cup and Note Tray with matching golf pencils made with our client's vintage hand-blocked paper. |
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| A Stacking Desk Organizer and matching Pencil Holder, made using our client's Italian wedding paper. |
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| A Desk Set including a desk pad, lidded pencil tray, a pen and pencil holder, 8 1/2" x 11" paper tray, and 2 note folios. In this case, our client selected a beautiful turquoise Florentine paper by Rossi and dark brown Italian book cloth. |
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| A bespoke Journal and matching Archival Box, jacketed in a beautiful Japanese Chiyogami paper in shades of gray and orange. |
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| A couple of views of our new Paper Trays, made in four sizes and an array of stunning patterned papers. |
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| A refillable Notepad Folio in one of our new paper selections, a pea-green hand-marbled paper from France. |
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| A bespoke modified Clamshell Box, made to our client's specifications, and using another French hand-marbled paper, this time in shades of violet. |
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| A bespoke Desk Set in a paper chosen by our client, a green and blue floral by Rossi. |
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| A Desk Pad and Petite Letter Sorter made in Cavallini's vintage world map paper, paired with Italian book cloth in a deep wine color. |
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| A gaggle of Travel Picture Frames made for a wedding party, again featuring the turquoise Florentine paper by Rossi. |
.....And so on, and so on... The cheerful work continues...!
Hello Erika, I understand the value of having beautiful and high quality desk accessories. When I did printing, I worked with some extremely beautiful papers, and it always struck me as incongruous that their future storage until used would be in cheap paper wrappers or flimsy pasteboard boxes.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I have often noted in rare book libraries how older collectors had beautiful Solander cases constructed, featuring leather, marbled papers, and of all the book-binder's art, in order to honor and befit their precious contents.
--Jim
Dear Jim,
DeleteHello and thank you for your message! I think the root of my work at the bindery (and most likely for all 'book art people') is an incurable case of bibliophilia... I love working with papers and tools that have such long histories. One of my first pieces was an archival box for my collection of 16thC Rabelais books... They deserve a special home, surely! I can't wait to visit your blog and see what's new after all this time!
Warm regards,
Erika
Oh my, Erika, you have been busy! I like your new French Curve Letter Sorter and the hexagonal pencil holder, and also that you are showing how papers from clients can be used. I can imagine that the wedding picture frames were quite the project! Welcome back to the blogosphere from your hiatus, and I look forward to more postings!
ReplyDeleteHello hello Mark!
DeleteThank you for your note-- my 'busy-ness' pales in comparison to yours! I've just been binge reading over at ATR, and am stunned and inspired by your work... Amazing. It was like a dose of visual caffeine, and now I'm ready to dive into the day's work! It is a lucky thing to have a full plate of creative work, isn't it?
Warm regards,
Erika
Hi, Really great effort. Everyone must read this article. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteHi Erika, are you still selling the Archival Storage Box?
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