Revive the traditional craft of bookbinding and make this travel diary. It’ll make a wonderful, personal treat for a friend – whether it’s to record impressions of their everyday adventures, exciting travels, new course or job.
You’ll need to gather: a piece of leather, 22 x 38cm (8¾ x 15”), strip of leather, 0.7 x 70cm (¼ x 275/8”), 10 or more sheets of paper, old map cut to A4, tracing paper, neon string or thread, neon cord or yarn, neon paint (optional), needle, scissors, scalpel, ruler and superglue
1. Our book is A5 size. One by one, fold 10 A4 pages in half, pressing down on each fold. Place them inside one another to form a ‘signature’ (or section) of A5 size folded paper.
2. We’ve used an old…
