Products
A combined love of paper, binding, printing and making has led Alison to make several editions of artists’ books as well as creating a range of commercially available notebooks and small whimsical books.
The books and kits often centre around everyday events and scenarios and usually present some amusing elements or phrases coupled with interactive pieces such as sections to complete, stickers and other ‘extras’.
Alison regularly exhibits her artists’ books at various book fairs around the country and also runs small bookbinding workshops. For upcoming courses please visit the blog or get in touch with Alison.
Notebooks and other books are available to order wholesale.
Bright Ideas
Somewhere to write all those bright ideas, flashes of inspiration and brain waves. 20 pages of screen printed and blank pages. Also includes a pack of lightbulb stickers to mark those especially bright ideas.
Hand screenprinted stapled cover.
10 x 13.5cm
Security Gate
Using the simple pattern taken from a security gate as a basis for the screenprinted cover this hand notebook comprises of 28 pages of blank recycled paper for all your notes, doodles and creative flashes.
Each notebook is stamped with Handmade by Alison Hardcastle.
10.5 x 14.5cm
Fence
Inspired by the rows of fencing passing the train windows for the screenprinted cover this hand notebook comprises of 28 pages of blank recycled paper for all your lists, notes, and scribbles.
Each notebook is stamped with Handmade by Alison Hardcastle.
10.5 x 14.5cm
Flowery
A handmade notebook with a jolly retro flower design screenprinted onto the cover. 20 mixed pages of recycled, plain and graph paper.
Each notebook is stamped with Handmade by Alison Hardcastle.
11 x 11cm
Bunting
You can’t go wring with a bit of cheery bunting. This notebook has a hand screenprinted cover and 20 mixed pages of recycled, plain and graph paper.
Each notebook is stamped with Handmade by Alison Hardcastle.
11 x 11cm
Shoots
Inspired by the first signs of spring Shoots is a handmade notebook with a screenprinted cover. 50 sheets of recycled paper.
Each notebook is stamped with Handmade by Alison Hardcastle.
9.5 x 13cm
Irregular
A handmade notebook with a bold geometric screenprinted cover.
50 sheets of recycled paper plus a glassine pocket at the back for all those little momentos.
Each notebook is stamped with Handmade by Alison Hardcastle.
11 x 13.5cm
Off-Cuts
Waste not want not. A notebook made of off-cuts from the making of other books. Each book is unique but usually comprises of 28 recycled, plain, coloured, screenprinted and graph pages plus whatever else is around at the time.
French-folded and with a recycled card cover.
9.5 x 14.5cm
Brew
Inspired by a love of afternoon tea and morning coffee this diary helps you to keep all those arrangements in order. Perhaps you go for so many coffee ‘dates’ you lose track or maybe you want to make more of an effort to fulfill all those ‘we must meet for a coffee’ promises. Either way set a date, write it in the diary and give your friend a coffee date card to seal the deal. The diary also features entertaining things to do while you’re waiting for your friend or coffee.
Screen printed cover on recycled card.
11 x 9.5cm