Jill Setterington United Kingdom

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I am a bookbinder and work from my garden studio in Leeds. I love making notebooks using traditional bookbinding methods. Each one is unique and made with good quality cartridge paper and sewn together with linen thread. I have recently started making my own designs for the covers using watercolours, wooden block prints. I also make cyanotype prints using pressed leaves and flowers.

I was introduced to bookbinding about 10 years ago and fell in love with the process. Since then I have completed several courses and learnt to make a wide variety of books using traditional bookbinding techniques. These include Japanese stabstitch, Coptic stitch, concertina books, Secret Belgian Binding, Sewn Boards binding, pamphlet stitch and more.

I use a variety of papers and fabrics to cover the notebooks, including batik cloth, recycled maps, decorative paper and my own prints. I have recently been developing my own designs using watercolours and block prints. I also make cyanotype prints using pressed leaves and flowers. Some of these are used in my bookbinding workshop, others are framed as artworks.

I sell my books at Art Fairs and have had stalls at Sunny Bank Mills and Left Bank in Leeds and the Great Northern Contemporary Art Fair in Manchester. My map books were part of a "Paper" exhibition at Heart Gallery in Hebden Bridge earlier this year. I also have an Etsy shop and make books to order.