The biggest shop update in a while! I just added a giant stack of new kimono books in two sizes. The larger size is about the size of a postcard, and the smaller is about the half of it. I decided to call them small and tiny, instead of medium and small, as even the larger one is of a highly portable size. This dusty purple silk is one of my all time favorites. I’m allowed to keep quite a few of those, aren’t I? It’s the same with my linen stash – some colors I’m always itching to use! I also happen to love bold asymmetrical geometric patterns. Some of the books shown in the group photos ha ..read more

I think this year is the 20th year I’ve been actively binding books. After some earlier random craft projects I taught myself to make proper books around 2002, but 2003 was the year I started selling them. In just a few years (in 2026) I’ll be celebrating my 20th years as a master bookbinder! The time has truly flown by. Linen has been at the top of my list of cover materials right from the start! First it was simply more accessible to me than actual book cloth, but I quickly started to prefer it as it has so much more character and it significantly nicer to touch. In 20 years one also accumu ..read more

The Paperiaarre studio has been rather quiet for much too long, but after my fourth book of poetry was published in early September, there was finally space for bookbinding! I've made a huge lot of tiny pocket size kimono notebooks, the remaining handful of which are now available in the shop, as well as a fairly big lot of small linen covered notebooks, dozen of which will be available on Friday 2pm (UTC+2). These little ones are so cute I want to eat them or at least never ever separate them for one another, but both would be professionally and personally become somewhat of an issue. Hardl ..read more

Thank you all so very much for your orders and kind messages! I will be taking a brief break from shipping soon, but any orders placed by Wednesday will be promptly shipped. The next shipping date is July 24th. Today I'm folding a big stack of paper for some tiny little notebooks. I often try to make sure there's something nice to get back to after a break, so once back at work, I don't end up procrastinating for too long. A little procrastination is always allowed, detours can be quite inspiring at times ..read more

And here it is, my biggest shop update in a very long time! Working quite slowly and in very limited lots has always been my thing. Not only is it a meditative and physically and mentally sustainable way of working for me, I also feel there’s a connection between a thoughtful creative process and value. And by value I don’t simply mean the price I ask for my work, but the value I wish people put on their own thoughts and surroundings. I genuinely think we feel better when the items we surround ourselves with are beautiful items, functional items, items we form a meaningful connection with. A n ..read more

This week I finally finished-finished my next poetry book (out in September) as well as a stack of pretty little notebooks. You can find them in the shop now. While working on these I realized I’ve really missed bookbinding! Shouldn’t come to me as a surprise anymore how much I enjoy it, but it was still somehow better than I remembered. I ordered a huge pile of new-to-me vintage kimono fabric and it was such an inspiring yet meditative process to pick prints and colors that go together. I’ve prepared a larger lot of books to finish this spring and in this first set I included several beautif ..read more

Some new books, at last! These kimono journals have been in the making since July and I’ve finished a step or two while waiting for my editor to read my poetry manuscript or while trying to figure out how to write a particularly tricky line where I was clearly missing one. I hope to finish writing my book in the next couple of months (it’s not due to be published until September, though), so maybe I’ll start my new year with blank pages instead of ones full of my own scribbles. I’ll still be a full time poet, but starting a new book requires a lot of time just pondering stuff and I ponder best ..read more

Wow. Opening my own shop here is a huge milestone for me. I had my Paperiaarre shop on Etsy since 2007 (bye bye, Etsy!), but it’s very different to have it right here, on my very on site. And now it’s live! And I don’t know if anyone’s coming! (I tried to invite absolutely everyone!) This change is honestly quite terrifying, even though it feels more right than I could’ve imagined. I want to thank everyone who has ever supported me and Paperiaarre – I love receiving your orders, messages, comments and likes, from faraway places and from across the hallway. This job is something I’m so passiona ..read more

When I think of books the image that comes to my mind is always of case bound hardcover notebooks. Definitely not printed books, definitely not softcovers. As a bookbinder it’s important to me that all the basics are as affectionately made as the more elaborate structures. Simplicity works. I love it. In my new shop there’ll be medium size hardcover journals with linen covers (56€ incl. worldwide shipping) and tiny hardcover notebooks with book cloth covers (23€ incl. worldwide shipping). View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize V ..read more

Earlier in the winter I quickly sold out my last lot of kimono books, so I knew I needed to make a bunch more for the shop opening. Now there’ll be 15 new repurposed vintage kimono notebooks available on Tuesday when I open my new shop. They come in two sizes, large (82€, incl. worldwide shipping) and small (72€, incl. worldwide shipping). The large ones measure 14,9×20,5×1,2cm / 5.9″x8″x0.5″ (around size A5) and the small ones 10,7×14,6×1,2cm / 4.2″x5.7″x0.5″ (postcard-ish). Both sizes have 72 pages of off-white 90gsm drawing paper. This first lot of photos is of the large ones: View fullsize ..read more