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Holly is a bookbinder and book restorer working in Brighton. Her work focuses on marrying the beauty and craftsmanship of traditional bookbinding with contemporary design. Holly creates a variety of affordable, handmade books. The materials she uses have been carefully selected for their quality and beauty to create books that are celebrations of pattern, colour and texture.
GALLERY OF WORK
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- Coptic bound memo books : Four books bound in the ancient coptic style with a selection of coloured paper covers and visible yellow stitching.
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Hand tooled gold decoration :
A decorative feature using the ancient art of gold tooling where heated brass tools are applied to the cover of a book to create a gilt impression.
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A luxury leather binding :
Inside the cover is a striking decorative paper, screen printed in Japan with a cascading pattern that flows across the surface.
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A utilitarian long stitch binding :
A long stitch binding with contrasting red stitching, visible from the outside. This binding style uses no glue and relies completely on the intricate sewing structure to function and as a result, it opens completely flat in the lap.
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A stack of marbled notebooks :
A selection of hardback notebooks, covered in silky rayon bookcloth and hand marbled papers, sourced from one of the last remaining paper marbling studios in the UK.
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A beautiful wedding album :
A wedding album created with the most luxurious combination of parchment, Japanese paper and a timeless pressed flower captured beneath the surface of the spine cover.
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Sculptural structures :
A top view of a sewn-board binding which shows off the sculptural structure.
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A personal touch... :
Initials can be added to books to add a special personal touch, making your book completely unique to you.
