I’m conscious of not limiting the scope of this work by burdening it with a specific occupant in mind; this envelope series is fundamentally a family of curves and proportions that can be scaled and tailored to cocoon any suitable item. more

I appreciate this item won’t be for everyone, but as I see it products like the Ipad and the kindle have a worth much greater than the sum of their parts that justifies a crop like mine. A kindles worth isn’t in its exterior veneer but in the ideas and emotions its able to contain and convey in the same way that my crop’s tangible form and function is only a facet of its worth; the tip of the iceberg propped up by a much greater mass of thought, effort, skill, intent and time. In truth the aspect that excites me the most about this item is that a machine simply couldn’t replicate it and therefore its form, its existence becomes a celebration of the craft.

Each envelope is made to order, one at a time out of ~1.4mm vegetable tanned leather, edged and hand stitched together with linen thread. The smaller envelopes take me just over two days to finish; though that time naturally increases as the size of the envelope increases. Images 1-8 are of an Ipad 2 sized envelope finished with a fair few layers of natural wax polish, leaving it with a nice radiant sheen. Images 9-14 are of a kindle sized envelope without any finish applied to the surface. Image 15 is of custom passport sized envelope in chestnut using 9spi on the front joined by the other two envelopes; a family portrait.

This journal post depicts the journey taken & this journal post outlines my capabilities.

The base price for the kindle sized envelope is £120. The base price for the Ipad2 sized envelope is £180. If you’re interested or intrigued please get in contact via the enquiry form.