Full leather bindings filled with watercolor paper

A full blooded Properly Made Book, beautiful and practical, made to be used in the creation of fine art, especially drawing, calligraphy and painting.

Lino printed, hand coloured leather and blind tooling cover this binding. Created using a similar process to printing on paper, printing on leather is a complex and time consuming technique. 

Size - 5⅛ x 4 inches, 134 x 103 mm

Inside, the binding is filled with160 pages of natural white, slightly textured watercolor paper, perfect for paints, inks and pencil work.

As with all Properly Made Books , this notebook opens totally flat

and even beyond flat (the photo above showing the covers folded effortlessly back a full 360 degrees) ensuring it will withstand years of rigorous real-life, every day use.

ABOUT PROPERLY MADE BOOKS.

Properly Made Books are made over a period of weeks and months.

Imagine how a book was made in the 18th century - this is how our books are crafted. They are bound entirely by hand in Scotland to the absolute highest standard using traditional techniques and only the finest quality materials

All Properly Made Books are LayFlat allowing them to open fully without causing any structual damage and making them completely usable in the field or studio.

Properly Made Books can be found in countless collections around the world including the Met Library in New York City, Harvard and Yale Special Collections, Miami U and many more.

Every Properly Made Book is unique - VPCo never makes the same book twice

MADE ENTIRELY BY HAND IN SCOTLAND