#handmade book

[il-castagno-press]

My newest collection is here! 🌞

These books are hand-bound and feature stamped covers designed by me. I’m moving towards making my own decorative paper designs.

This is just the beginning.

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[mooncrab]

heart shaped notebook, hand painted cover over cotton canvas

it was neat to make something new, I was pretty burnt out out of making books because I started making them for fairs and had to make a lot of simmilar ones, but hand painting covers brought some joy for doing that again

[mooncrab]

heart shaped notebook, hand painted cover over cotton canvas

it was neat to make something new, I was pretty burnt out out of making books because I started making them for fairs and had to make a lot of simmilar ones, but hand painting covers brought some joy for doing that again

[il-castagno-press]

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I’m debuting my next collection a little bit early - It is time for the Pride Collection 🌈✨🌸💕

Each book is a unique work of art made with hand-dyed bookcloths made by yours truly. This was a very labour intensive collection haha, but it was so worth it. Click on the video to see my process, it’s pretty neat.

Also,

Happy (Almost) Pride month 🏳️‍🌈

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[il-castagno-press]

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New Book Friday 🌞 5/15/26

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[il-castagno-press]

Two really cool books I finished recently 🌞

I went with some Carta Varese and Rossi paper from Italy for the endpapers. I feel like these books are for summer.

Which one do you like more??

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[il-castagno-press]

A custom book order from last year - They looked so good together 🥰 🌸 These books were for an old family friend in Germany. The decorative papers were a mixture of Cambridge Imprint, Paper Mirchi, and Wanderlust Paper Co.

Which one is your favorite?

[il-castagno-press]

Here are my 9x12 mixed media sketchbooks 🌸 you can see the size comparison in the first photo. The green marbled one is my favorite? Which is yours?

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