The Collected works of Michael Allan Lewis

•10 A5 poetry book, commissioned by a friend of the late author

•Section sewn hardback case binding

•Typeset and printed in house with archival inks


 
The Royal Commission for Al Ula
Three sets of four volumes
Bound for HRH the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia

  • Link ‘coptic’ exposed spine binding

  • Hidden magnetic closure

  • Foil blocked leather tapes, recessed flush

  • Bound in Ratchfords matte linen bookcloth


Beata Heuman
Sample boxes and client book

  • Section sewn hardcover case binding

  • Beata’s marbleized wallpaper used for box lining and book endpaper

  • Matte bookcloth on boxes and book, foil blocked in matte indigo foil



‘Questioning The Universe’
Two books for the degree show of
graphic designer Claire McNally

  • Single sheets, perfect bound with reinforced spine

  • Blind and foil blocking

  • Smaller book custom made to fit in recess inside larger book, with ribbon tab for easy removal


Mountain Writing
Collected books of Robert Macfarlane and Nan Shepherd

  • Bound in cyanotype printed bookcloths

  • Foil blocked in house typefaces

  • Housed in a custom fitted box, lined in hand marbled paper


150 Bespoke Wedding Invitation boxes
150 A7 singer sewn books
For the wedding of Idris Elba and Sabrina Dhowre
As featured in Vogue

  • Designed to fit a printed invitation, with drawer to house a gift

  • Lined in Yves Klein blue and yellow matte bookcloth

  • Foil blocked custom wedding logo in warm gold foil

  • Accent ribbon in 3 colourways


‘In The Clouds’ by Verity Pease
Bound for her degree show 2019

  • A6 section sewn hardcover book, binding one off risograph and linocut prints

  • Custom fitted slipcase, lined in Verity’s screenprint


‘Go Around in a Circle’ by Helen de Main
150 hand sewn books

  • Single Section softcover books

  • Bound with linen thread in a running stitch

  • Paper inners and card outer, with folded ‘returns’ to protect the foredge

  • Risograph printed at Risotto



‘Hildaland’
Bound for Alannah Cooper of Teran Community
3 Hardcover section sewn A4 books

  • Bound in screen printed linen

  • Section sewn for layflat binding

  • Foil blocked in house typeface

  • Printed onto recycled paper by local partners



Libby Walker Collaboration
50 A5 and A4 sketchbooks

  • Gradient edge decoration

  • Bound in Libby’s custom printed fabric, foil blocked

  • Section sewn cartridge paper for flat opening and easy sketching



Personalised Christmas Journals
20 journals created for a whole family

  • Both lined and plain pages

  • Quarter bound with cloth spine piece and hand marbled paper

  • Foil blocking, ribbon marker, endbands and endpaper colours chosen to suit the personality


Special Edition Thesis binding

  • Hardcover Thesis binding

  • Rounded and jointed

  • Matte foil blocked to University Specification in Univers house typeface

  • Printed in house with archival inks onto GF Smith papers



Visitor Book
Created for The Nature Library

  • ‘coptic’ link stitch exposed spine binding

  • Pages milled from spent brewers grain

  • Greyboard cover, foil blocked matte black in Univers house typeface



Experiments with articulated spine bindings
As taught by Kylin Lee

  • Hand painted boards

  • Illustrations of hand mixed graphite inks

  • Carbon rod and drum leaf bindings


  • Lasercut greyboard, acrylic and ply

  • Prototyping for future projects


Living Hinge books



‘EQUUS’ photobook
Bound for photographer Yeong Yao Ting

  • Section Sewn Hardcover Book

  • Incorporating several gatefolds

  • Seamless registration for continuous spreads

  • Recessed print on front board

  • Bound in soft Rathcfords bookcloth, foil blocked in house typeface



‘The Silent Islands’
Photobook by artist Alex Boyd
Special edition of 10

  • Bound in soft dark blue bookcloth

  • Recessed print on front board

  • Foil blocking in house typeface

  • ‘Made’ strengthened endpapers of Canson Mi-Tientes paper


‘Little Black Book’ by Otegha Uwagba

  • Book bound in suede bookcloth

  • Title blocked in white foil and blind

  • Solander box with custom fitted nest to hold book

  • Book endpapers and box print of one off risograph test prints

  • Book and box edges decorated in airbrushed gradient


Archive box to hold letterpress prints
For artist Claire Barclay

  • All-in-one box

  • Bound in matte linen Ratchfords bookcloth

  • Lined in acid free paper

  • Ribbon to lift prints

  • Foil blocked and editioned on spine in house typeface



Peter Parley’s Tales of Christmas
Book repair

  • New spine piece and back board for this well loved book

  • New label, foil blocked to match front board

  • Original worn patina to be maintained

  • Strengthened spine, new custom made endbands and marbled endpapers



Lodge Innellan Ritual
Edition of 25 A6 books

  • Bound in durable Buckram, foil blocked with custom logo and elastic closure

  • Section sewn hardcover, printed by our print partner in Glasgow

  • 3 narrow ribbon markers

  • Marbled endpapers and pocket at the rear of book



Fashion Design Portfolio

  • ‘Coptic’ Link stitch

  • Custom logo foil blocked

  • Matching linen thread

  • Printed by trusted local printers



‘100 Catalysts’
Miniature book and box

  • Perfect bound book, foil blocked dustjacket, 90mm in height

  • Solander box in two-tone Ratchfords bookcloth, foil blocked in house typeface

  • 3 accompanying sketchbooks bound in a variety of GF Smith papers



Zero Waste Garment books
Bound for Cassandra at The Stitchery

  • 3 A3 Landscape books, bradel structure with lasercut boards over fabric

  • Slipcase lined in linen fabric

  • Ribbon marker of recycled raincoat fabric



Sample Books

  • Structures demonstrating different binding methods used in workshops

  • Hard and soft cover stab binding, pamphlet binding, longstitch, coptic and casebinding

  • Bookcloth, decorative papers and japanese papers

  • Custom fitted slipcase



‘Gemini’
Book and box for photographer Adele Russell

  • A4 section sewn hardcover book

  • Solander box to house prints with ribbon for access

  • Book and box bound in matte linen bookcloth, blind debossed for a subtle finish

  • Blind debossed partial dustjacket to book in Canson Mi-Tientes



‘In Between’
Bound for Colette Kerr for her New blood exhibition

  • A4 Concertina book with double sided spreads

  • Boards with debossed textured shapes which echo the content

  • Foil blocked gold title in house typeface



‘Choice’
Bound for fashion photographer Hannah Brooks

  • 2 sets of books - one coptic, one pamphlet stitch, one hardcover section sewn

  • Bound in pastel pink linen bookcloth, foil blocked in house typeface and custom die

  • Sewn with pink linen thread

  • Pocket inside front cover for smaller A5 zine



‘RECAST’
Bound for designer Julia Syrzistie

  • Section sewn hardcover binding

  • Cover bound in matte linen bookcloth

  • Hand cut raised and recessed shapes echo the content

  • Incorporating digital and screen prints, including gatefolds


English Logbook Co.
Bespoke nautical logbooks

  • Hardcover section sewn case bindings

  • Rounded and jointed spine for longevity

  • Bound in Buckram for durability, foil blocked to order with the boat’s name

  • Endpapers of hand marbled Jemma Lewis marbled paper


Bespoke Wedding Keepsake Box

  • Hinged box with angled lid, bound in matte linen botanical bookcloth

  • Removable shelf with compartments to house special items

  • Large format to hold wedding shoes

  • Recessed label on lid with initials and dates


Cyanotype Guest Book

  • Pages designed and printed inhouse

  • Cover and endpapers of cyanotype sunprints, using local plants

  • Foil blocking in house typeface


Foredge Painting

  • Book block edge gilded with oilslick foil

  • Foredge hand painted, revealed only when pages are fanned


The Outwith Agency Collaboration
Custom journals for writers

  • Longstitch journals for this Glasgow'-based writing space

  • Custom designed endpapers, printed with archival inks

  • Foil blocked on front and back boards - ‘That’s you’ and ‘That’s us’

  • Matte Ratchfords bookcloth and yellow linen thread


Bespoke Exhibition Visitor book

  • Section Sewn Hardcover book

  • Pages designed and printed inhouse onto GF Smith papers

  • Edges painted in custom mixed archival ink

  • Foil blocked in custom red foil


100 Singer Sewn pamphlets
Bound for Icecream Architecture/CHARTS

  • Supplied as A3 flat prints, cut to exact angles using custom jigs

  • Visible thread sewing