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Commissions and Bespoke Work
Working on bespoke commissions is creative, challenging and rewarding. To me, this aspect of my practice is a real joy! Over the years I have been asked to work on a variety of commissions such as artist portfolios, wedding and baby albums, small printed book editions, slip cases, guest books, log books and bespoke boxes. Each project is individual and calls for its own book or box structure and for an individual, personalised finish.
The process starts by considering different types of book or box structures which would be suitable for the project before discussing the colour scheme and the materials to be used. I usually send samples of book cloth to my customers because it is really important to get a feel for the materials. We then move on to the personalised aspects such as title inlays, blind embossing or the use of original artwork to be incorporated. The project is then ready to start and is scheduled to fit in with your requirements. So, if you have a particular project in mind, please do get in touch with any ideas or questions you may have or be inspired by what you see below!
Customers Feedback
'The log books arrived safely last night and I just wanted to say how delighted I am with how they have turned out.
In normal times I would have sent you a photo of the first log entry being made onboard the boat at anchor off some distant shore - sadly that won't be possible just now but it doesn't diminish how pleased I am with the quality and bespoke individuality of our logbooks. Thank you for the care and attention you have invested into their production. We shall treasure them; not least for the memories and experiences they will capture as we continue on our travels once we are all allowed out to explore once more.'
Andy Bristow – bespoke log book customer
Customers Feedback
'The book I ordered arrived safely this morning – thank you. I would also like to say how beautifully it is made, so much skill and love went into the making – always so good to handle something of great quality!'
Peter Ayre – mail order customer
Customers Feedback
'I knew I wanted beautiful boxes to house my practice led PhD for exhibition, I also knew I wanted a collaboration with someone with an aesthetic and a creative way of working so we could play with ideas until they worked.
Corinna was exactly that person and much more, Corinna has perfect skills in book binding, box making and is an artist in both.
Corinna not only understood my design request she also guided me through my very precise requirements regarding texture, colour, font, dimensions, practicality and individuality. All of our conversations and deliberations were a pleasure.
Not only did the collaboration exceed my vision, it developed into new ways of presentation specifically for PhD's as practice.
It has been enthusiastically received and highly regarded both within academia and as exhibition.
I can recommend Corinna completely and hope to continue to work with her on future projects.'
Irene Orr – bespoke presentation box customer
Customers Feedback
'We commissioned these two conservation quality, storage and display boxes from Corinna after a chance visit to her studio, where we were so impressed with her superbly made papers, boxes and books. She was excellent to work with, very thorough and professional in her whole approach to this special project for the Library of Innerpeffray. The finished boxes are absolutely beautiful and we are delighted to recommend her work to anyone, no matter what the project.'
Gillean & Bruce Ford, Crieff – bespoke presentation box customer
These can be artist portfolios, for instance, with an original art work inlaid into the lid of the portfolio or with original art work showing on the spine. Past projects have included presentation portfolios for exhibitions and for art-based PhDs as well as portfolios for the ‘Association Chaîne de Papier’ in France.
Baby Sets and Albums
Recent projects have included baby sets with a journal and keepsake box with the baby’s initials blind embossed on book and box or baby photo albums with a photo of the wee one inlaid into the front cover.
Wedding Sets
These can be wedding sets with a wedding guest book and photo album presented in a box with blind embossed initials or title inlays. Or it might just be a special, personalised guest book for the big day.
Log Books
A log book can be a blank journal or it might feature bespoke log pages as part of the inner book. These pages can be personalised to suit the type of log book, whether ‘sea’ or ‘air’, and the individual data that needs to be recorded. The book block is made from an acid free off-white 170gsm paper which is beautiful to write on. Bespoke inlays or blind embossing can feature a name, a title or an image on the front cover.
Guest / Visitor Books
Guest books can either be blank or they can feature printed pages with a guest book layout. The cover can be a hard cover case or a 2mm leather for a coptic binding. In both cases the name of the guest house for instance can be blind embossed on the front cover.
One Offs
And then there are those small one-off projects which are also a real joy to work on such as a memory book, an original art work collection, a life time collection of academic papers, a travel journal, a slip case for a treasured book or a bespoke box. Every project is different and requires a bespoke book structure as well as attention to detail. Here book structures such as a single sheet coptic binding are a beautiful way of binding pages together but by no means the only way.
Menu and Information Folders
The menu folders are designed and handmade in collaboration with a small graphic design studio based also in North Uist – Hebridean Graphics. Together we work with great attention to detail and offer a friendly island-based customer service that will incorporate your own ideas.
These menu folders are beautifully made with an elegance of design that will display the information and images that make your business special. The art work will be designed according to your specifications and can be inlaid permanently into the front, back and inside of the folder and it will be sensitive to your existing branding.
The book cloth used to cover the folder is a durable cloth with a lovely surface texture and a water resistant coating ideal for a restaurant/cafe environment. It comes in a beautiful colour range that has both warm and vibrant shades to choose from.
Your menus can be finished either as screw post folders or as folders carrying plastic sleeves.
