Notebooks by Paperblanks

In our Shooting Marbles journal, we feature classical characters from children’s literature drawn by artist Tim Bowers. His work is notable for its humour, craftsmanship and deep respect for story. One is never too old or too young to enjoy playtime and the company of legendary characters.

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100% recycled paper
Decoratively printed cover
FSC certified paper
Baste stitch and glue
Acid-free sustainable paper
Insert pocket
Size    13 x 18 cm
 

This blue and gold Paperblanks Equinoxe Azure journal reproduces a 1688 binding protecting Loffice de la Semaine Sainte. The original binding was adorned la fanfare, a handtooled pattern edged in gilt. Fanfare, which was a style popular in the seventeenth century, required tremendous skill on the part of the bookbinder and was reserved for books of great importance.

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100% recycled paper
Decoratively printed cover
FSC-certified paper
Baste and glue
Acid-free sustainable paper
Insert box
number of pages 240
Size 13 x 18
 

In honour of the great horror classic Dracula by Irish author Bram Stoker (1847-1912), Paperblanks offers a page from Stoker's original 1897 playscript adapted from his novel. This cover shows a piece of the Preface from the galley of proof for his play. The play stayed close to the gothic novel, but the author pared away material from thenarrative to make it more visual.

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• 100% recycled binder boards
• Decorative printed cover paper
• FSC-certified text paper
• Threaded stitching and glue, as needed
• Acid-free sustainable forest paper
• Memento pouch

One can hardly conceive of a plant more conducive to poetry than the aptly named "sensitive plant". The sensitive plant (mimosa pudica), also known as the shy plant or touch-me-not, has leaves that shrink away from the touch. It closes tight in the dark and opens to the light.

The design reproduced on Paperblanks' Poetry in Bloom cover was crafted by Riviere and Son and made with green morocco within fillets of gilt. The centrepiece is a sensitive plant surrounded by chambers containing snowdrops and other richly hued and contrasting flowers, foliage and butterflies. The original binding was used for The Sensitive Plant and Early Poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley, which employs the sensitive plant as an emblem for exploring how to find meaning and order in a world that leans toward entropy and chaos.

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• 100% recycled binder boards
• Decorative printed cover paper
• FSC-certified text paper
• Threaded stitching and glue, as needed
• Acid-free sustainable forest paper
• Memento pouch

Olena Skytsiuk is one of the foremost practitioners of Ukrainian Petrykivka painting, a technique in which each artwork is made with special brushes crafted from cat hairs to create a visual e?ect unlike any other. The style was born in the village of Petrykivka in the 17th century and is now recognised by UNESCO as part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

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100% recycled paper
Decoratively printed cover
FSC certified paper
Baste stitch and glue
Acid-free sustainable paper
Insert pocket
Size    12 x 17 cm
 

Maki-e’ betekent vanuit het Japans ‘bestrooide afbeeldingen’, een definitie die perfect de kunstvorm weergeeft die deze cover heeft geïnspireerd. De originele maki-e lakdoos met dit ontwerp, gekocht bij een privéverzamelaar in Kyoto, dateert uit de Edo- of Meiji-periode.

Een karakusa is een arabesk ontwerp van wijnstokken of takken en was een populair motief voor het maken van lakwerk. Deze stijl, waarbij goudpoeder op lak werd gestrooid, ontwikkelde zich tijdens de Heian-periode en bloeide in de Edo-periode, het tijdperk waaruit dit ontwerp waarschijnlijk voortkomt.

Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) was an Austrian symbolist painter fascinated by Japanese art and the female form. He was a member of the Vienna Secession, an art movement dedicated to introducing foreign influences into their work.

Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I (1907), which took Klimt three years to create, is a stunning example of the Viennese Jugendstil style. With the subject's face emerging from the background like a lucid dream, the portrait is hauntingly beautiful. 

Product details:

• 100% recycled binder boards
• Decorative printed cover paper
• FSC-certified text paper
• Threaded stitching and glue, as needed
• Acid-free sustainable forest paper
• Memento pouch

Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) was an Austrian symbolist painter fascinated by Japanese art and the female form. He was a member of the Vienna Secession, an art movement dedicated to introducing foreign influences into their work.

Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I (1907), which took Klimt three years to create, is a stunning example of the Viennese Jugendstil style. With the subject's face emerging from the background like a lucid dream, the portrait is hauntingly beautiful. 

Product details:

• 100% recycled binder boards
• Decorative printed cover paper
• FSC-certified text paper
• Threaded stitching and glue, as needed
• Acid-free sustainable forest paper
• Memento pouch