Upcycled Handcrafted Sketchbooks

A closer look at the handmade sketchbooks I build, use, and obsess over.

These books aren’t just made to be filled—they're built with layers of history, materials that had a life before this one, and the quiet intention of becoming a companion to your process.

On this page, I’m sharing a closer look at how they're made, what goes into each one, and a few pages from my own. Some hold experiments, some paintings, others pages of unfinished ideas. All of them hold possibility.

A new batch is currently in the works—each one different in structure, paper, and energy.

The First of their Kind

These early sketchbooks hold a kind of quiet magic. Built from salvaged cardboard, paper scraps, and repurposed bindings, they’re raw and real—the first full batch I ever finished by hand.

The imperfections are part of the charm, each one carrying its own little story in the grain, folds, or stray marks left from a past life.

A Look Inside One of Mine

Always a Lay Flat Design

When you're deep in the process, the last thing you want is to fight the page.

These books are built to lay flat—offering a true, open surface for sketching, layering, scribbling, or spilling out whatever needs to land.

One of mine lives on my desk, thick with acrylic, gouache, and messy, growing ideas. It started as a prototype, but quickly became a space for things that didn’t fit anywhere else.

That’s the hope: not just sketchbooks, but spaces for something more—experiments, layers, and whatever’s still becoming.

How They Start

Each book begins with what’s been left behind—scraps of kraft paper, discarded cardboard, and textured offcuts with quiet potential. I begin by sorting, cutting, and pairing materials that feel like they belong together. Some pages carry their past in folds and flecks, others arrive smooth and unmarked, ready to be filled.

It’s slow, intuitive work—assembling these raw parts into something solid, intentional, and entirely new.

As new batches come together, I’m hoping to share more of the making process behind these books.