Handmade Nature Journal Book • 2018 Nature Journal

2018 Nature Journal Book

My 2018 Nature Journal Book is the culmination of a year of documenting the changes in the seasons where I live.

I used a hand made concertina watercolour sketchbook to paint my observations from January to December. I had such a huge response and interest in my finished journal, that I began to look into having it published and printed for sale.

Being a concertina/accordian style I found it hard to find a printer that would take it on, and had no idea where to start with having it properly published.

So I began learning how to make books myself, in order to create a handmade version of my journal.

The end result is a hand fabric bound book, with a concertina pull out of my years journal, and a written section.  The book covers 1 year, 4 seasons, 30 pages and 122 drawings, approx. 3 1/2 metres of paintings.

Books are generally made to order, unless I have one already in stock, lead times are approximately two weeks from payment.

You can find more photos and videos of the book on my Instagram account @raspberrythief.