A hobby is not only a highly enjoyable and energizing activity, it can help you pick up a lot of new skills that you never know how they might help you at […]
9 skills you’ll pick up as a hobbyist DIY bookbinder
10 reasons why learning bookbinding is a great hobby during the pandemic
The pandemic has forced all of us to spend most of our time indoors. This is annoying for sure – we all miss the activities we did outdoors. But, if you look […]
How to make a DIY leather journal using reclaimed leather
While leather makes for a great material for bookbinding, using new leather has its downsides if you’re trying to minimize your impact on the environment. I’ve therefore been exploring using leather from […]
How to make a DIY soft bound leather journal
I love making handmade leather journals. One of my favorite methods of binding a journal, is what I call a “soft bound leather journal“. It’s not very hard to make, and produces […]
Getting over your creative funk in bookbinding
After having made over 30-40 books by hand, you might begin to feel as if you’re just doing more of the same thing. This has certainly been true in my case – […]
Anyone interested in bartering DIY handmade Art products?
If you’re an artist and would like to trade your art for handmade journals, please let me know! Drop a note below along with a description of what you’d like to barter, […]
Craftsmanship – Mistakes add up
In building a physical structure such as a book, it is so evident that mistakes, even if they’re quite small in isolation, really add up and get magnified when the final structure […]
Ideas for reusing old materials in bookbinding
You never know where you might find something that could be a useful material for your bookbinding projects. Now that I’m learning book binding, I find that I can use a lot […]
How to make a DIY hardcover journal using case book binding
Case book binding is one of the most popular methods of binding books. Also called hardcover binding, it almost encases a book in a “case”, hence the name (I think!). If you […]
Use your own products to find areas of improvement
The best way to understand how to improve your product, is to use it yourself. If you’re a regular user of your own product, you will notice the small details and bugs […]
Sonali Mangal 