Anna in Paperland

Anna in Paperland handmade paper treasures
by Anna in Paperland - bookbinder

Hugo | Limp bindingA binding I made last year for the Hugo Grotius challenge and is now part of the exposition Laws of W...
21/01/2026

Hugo | Limp binding

A binding I made last year for the Hugo Grotius challenge and is now part of the exposition Laws of War | Limits to violence at the Rijksmuseum Slot Loevestein.
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The binding is inspired by a 17th-century leather limp binding. These limp bindings were mostly used for functional books like records, accounts and notes for use on a daily basis. 

I felt it an appropriate binding technique for a book on the law of war and peace and specifically about protecting innocent people during times of war.

The leather of the cover has been dyed with a craquelle technique to reflect the diverse questions and perspectives within the book.
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Printed as a special edition by the Dutch Association for Bookbinding to commemorate the book of Hugo Grotius 'De iure belli ac pacis' (On the Law of War and Peace).

The starting point was a 1991 edition, "Hugo de Groot: Thinking about War and Peace," with a selection of excerpts from the original, by legal historian Arthur Eyffinger and legal scholar Ben Vermeulen.
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Techniques used:
Limp binding with indirect tacketing. The text block has been sewn on tapes with wooden strips and fastened to the cover with separate tackets. 
Craquelle leather dyeing (thank you Gilian .books for explaining!!)

Size: 170 x 255 mm | 288 pagina’s in 18 sections.
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My binding, along with 20 others, is on display till 26th of March at Rijksmuseum Slot Loevestein, NL

leather SlotLoevestein Oorlogsrecht Tentoonstelling KunstEnCultuur BookArt MuseumNederland

Hugo | Limp bindingA binding I made last year for the Hugo Grotius challenge and is now part of the exposition Laws of W...
21/01/2026

Hugo | Limp binding

A binding I made last year for the Hugo Grotius challenge and is now part of the exposition Laws of War | Limits to violence at the Rijksmuseum Slot Loevestein.
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The binding is inspired by a 17th-century leather limp binding. These limp bindings were mostly used for functional books like records, accounts and notes for use on a daily basis. 

I felt it an appropriate binding technique for a book on the law of war and peace and specifically about protecting innocent people during times of war.

The leather of the cover has been dyed with a craquelle technique to reflect the diverse questions and perspectives within the book.
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Printed as a special edition by the Dutch Association for Bookbinding to commemorate the book of Hugo Grotius 'De iure belli ac pacis' (On the Law of War and Peace).

The starting point was a 1991 edition, "Hugo de Groot: Thinking about War and Peace," with a selection of excerpts from the original, by legal historian Arthur Eyffinger and legal scholar Ben Vermeulen.
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Techniques used:
Limp binding with indirect tacketing. The text block has been sewn on tapes with wooden strips and fastened to the cover with separate tackets. 
Craquelle leather dyeing (thank you Gilian for explaining!!)

Size: 170 x 255 mm | 288 pagina’s in 18 sections.
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My binding, along with 20 others, is on display till 26th of March at Rijksmuseum Slot Loevestein, NL.

leather SlotLoevestein Oorlogsrecht Tentoonstelling KunstEnCultuur BookArt MuseumNederland

Gold tooling on leather•Finished making and gold tooling a semi-limp leather binding.Title in morse code.•Many months ag...
30/12/2025

Gold tooling on leather
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Finished making and gold tooling a semi-limp leather binding.
Title in morse code.
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Many months ago I very much enjoyed the masterclass by learning the art of gold tooling.

Finally I had some quiet & focused
time to finish my book with gold leaf tooling.
Together with we had a very joyful day getting back into tooling, handling the gold leaf and making messy tables. Looking forward to further exploring tooling in 2026!

The beatiful text-block entitled 'In alphabetical order' is a colourful alphabet designed and printed by and



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Tailor made cookbook.All the different contributions from wedding guests in one special book.•Graphic design: KelvinPrin...
05/10/2025

Tailor made cookbook.

All the different contributions from wedding guests in one special book.
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Graphic design: Kelvin
Printing: Drukkerij Mostert
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In Principio My entry for the international exhibition of designer bookbinding Scripta Manent VII.•The set book was „In ...
13/09/2025

In Principio

My entry for the international exhibition of designer bookbinding Scripta Manent VII.
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The set book was „In principio. The Word in Arvo Pärt’s Music“ - celebrating the 90th birthday of world-famous Estonian composer Arvo Pärt and the 500th anniversary of the first book published in Estonian. 
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Organised by The Estonian Association of Designer Bookbinders. 173/200 copies.
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The music of Arvo Pärt inspired me to bind the sections of the book using this adhesive-free flowing, interlocking structure, the Australian Reverse Piano Hinge binding. I also know this structure as the Steckalbum that I loved learning years ago from Nadine Werner
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On the outside: Arvo's drawing of mountains and valleys on a music staff, as shown in the book and reflecting his words: 

Iga lüli peab hingama.
Armastada kõiki helisid võrdselt,
see ongi muusika.
| Arvo Pärt 
Every joint must breathe. To love all sounds equally - that's what music is all about | Arvo Pärt.
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The sections of the book are connected by one long piece of paper that creates the spine and makes the connection with the boards. The boards have been made with laser printing and laser cutting.

The book can lay perfectly flat. Love how the hand-marbled paper by keeps it all together. 
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My binding, along with 148 others from across the world (how amazing!!) is on show in the Scripta manent VII exhibition at the Estonian History Museum in Tallinn until 16 November 2025.
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Special Edition | The Last Yellow Leaf•To mark the exhibition "Naturally Wolkers - A Century of Wonder," a special editi...
05/09/2025

Special Edition | The Last Yellow Leaf
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To mark the exhibition "Naturally Wolkers - A Century of Wonder," a special edition of the booklet "The Last Yellow Leaf: Jan Wolkers' Tulip Tree" has been published. 

In it, biographer and author Onno Blom tells the story of the tulip tree that inspired Wolkers to paint his final, large, cadmium-yellow painting, "The Big Yellow Canvas," a year before his death. The booklet is available exclusively in a limited edition of 250 stamped and signed copies.
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This special exhibition is on view at Museum De Lakenhal in Leiden until September 14, 2025
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Author: Onno Blom
Mostert Printing House, Leiden
Bound with golden thread: Papyrus Bookbindery by Anna
Exclusively available in the museum shop of Museum De Lakenhal
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Beauty in Simplicity
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🇳🇱 Speciale editie | Het laatste gele blad

Ter gelegenheid van de tentoonstelling 'Natuurlijk Wolkers - Een eeuw verwondering' is een speciale editie van het boekje 'Het laatste gele blad. De tulpenboom van Jan Wolkers' verschenen. Hierin vertelt biograaf en schrijver Onno Blom het verhaal van de tulpenboom die Wolkers een jaar voor zijn dood inspireerde tot het schilderen van zijn laatste, grote cadmiumgele schilderij 'Het grote gele doek'.
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Het boekje is exclusief verkrijgbaar een beperkte oplage van 250 gestempelde en gesigneerde exemplaren.
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Deze bijzondere tentoonstelling is nog tot en met 14 september 2025 te zien in Museum De Lakenhal - Leiden |

Schrijver: Onno Blom
Drukkerij Mostert, Leiden
Afwerking en bindwerk: Boekbinderij Papyrus door Anna
Exclusief verkrijgbaar in de museumwinkel van Museum De Lakenhal
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Mooi in eenvoud   

Flex Spine Bindingwhere rods form the structural backbone of the book, and the signatures are woven together with bands....
13/06/2025

Flex Spine Binding
where rods form the structural backbone of the book, and the signatures are woven together with bands.
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Great days exploring and creating Voluminous Volumes with

We made several book structures that can accommodate the added volume of material.
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For me, an intruguing alternative to the conventional album structure with blank pages intended for storing or displaying photos, art, prints, and documents that create added volume.
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by Kylin Lee at .

Looking forward to a long summer, playing with and finishing the other voluminous book structures!

Bound three books for photographer Tobias Keunecke | •Using a dummy photo book as a basis, we could explore ideas and de...
27/04/2025

Bound three books for photographer Tobias Keunecke |
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Using a dummy photo book as a basis, we could explore ideas and decide on a specific binding, materials, colours and textures to complement his work.

Book III - Jetzt habe Ich wieder P**i in den Augen.

A case bound book in an unusual size and sparkling colour. Title foil pressed in pinkish red.

Clamshell box with interior tray to hold a colourful liber amicorum.•The box is covered & lined in two colours of blue l...
09/03/2025

Clamshell box with interior tray
to hold a colourful liber amicorum.
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The box is covered & lined in two colours of blue linen to match the company colours. The printed book title is recessed in the outside cover.
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Liber amicorum by Uitgeverij Brooklyn, NL.
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Looking after Tintin(or Kuifje in Dutch)The client entrusted both my fellow student and me to each treat one of his trea...
09/11/2024

Looking after Tintin
(or Kuifje in Dutch)

The client entrusted both my fellow student and me to each treat one of his treasured comic books. A special project for my restoration and conservation exam this September.

The book is a first edition from 1958 and was in three pieces.

First, some small paper repairs inside, followed by resewing the one-section bookblock, then re-backing with a new paper spine matching the old, consolidation and repair of the cover sides and the corners.

Sharing some satisfying before & after photos. After the exam, the books were returned together with an extensive report. A happy client wrote: 'After comparing the book with your report, I have even (much) more appreciation for your work.'
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Graduated!!I've been quiet here, mainly because I had to focus on my college exam for book restoration and conservation ...
22/09/2024

Graduated!!

I've been quiet here, mainly because I had to focus on my college exam for book restoration and conservation in practice.
Yesterday was the last oral exam, and we all got our diploma!

Showing some of my exam books that are in different shades of brown & in paper, leather or linen.
Finishing touch for each book was the conservation enclosure, a four flap with a locking tab, made of acid-free card.

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Freestyle flexible box making ◽️▫️📐Constructed out of squares and triangles, the box folds completely flat.•I really enj...
04/07/2024

Freestyle flexible box making ◽️▫️📐

Constructed out of squares and triangles, the box folds completely flat.
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I really enjoyed this masterclass by Kylin Lee at
last May. Discovering different ways of making boxes & fresh inspiration!
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Professional photos of the box made by Justina aka at the insightful and
fun photography workshop she gave for the volunteers of

Shout-out to for hosting the event.
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