Crafts CouncilDirectoryBOUNDBookbinder & creative mentorDorset, EnglandBookbindingCraft educatorWebsiteE-mailInstagramTwitterAboutInfoNewsSustainabilityArtisan bookbinder Susan Green has worked from her Dorset studio since 2008 to make fine leather Artist's Sketchbooks, Journals, Memory & Wedding Guest Books, with vegan & eco-friendly options. Focusing on tactility & simple design, she makes space for others' creativity, memories & reflections. Susan offers 1-to-1 online mentoring for creatives. Susan's Ready to Ship collection ships worldwide. She also works to commission to make personalised books for special events, corporate clients, etc. Focus:Exquisitely beautiful yet practical books. Digiial downloads & 1-1 online mentoring for creatives who want to extend their practice into book forms.Stockists:The Newt in Somerset: Roman Villa retail storeSelected Find A Maker MemberNovember, 2022Find a Maker / CRAFT FestivalMaking leather books as props for Villa Ventorum2022A huge team of craftspeople, artists, historians, architects and designers brought Villa Ventorum to life. I was commissioned to design and make 12 limp leather books and several scroll fastenings.Mentoring for creatives: 1-1 online guidance and supportFebruary, 2023Bookbinder & mentor Susan Green offers individual online mentoring sessions for creatives who wish to extend their practice into book form(s). One-off or a series of sessions available, delivered via Zoom.Featured in Country Homes & Interiors MagazineNovember, 2023A 4 page feature in Country Homes & Interiors 'best of British talent' special edition tells the unusual story of how I came to be a bookbinder, what motivates me and what I focus on in my work. 15 Years as a Maker: bookbinder Susan Green celebrates a business milestoneSeptember, 2023From a chance encounter with a library book that changed the course of her working life, to her largest commission to date for an impressive reproduction Roman villa at The Newt in Somerset, Dorset bookbinder Susan Green has been looking over the past 15 years as a maker and small business owner. She says her career to date has been full of "unexpected surprises and steep learning curves".Bookbinding Digital DownloadsNovember 2024A new collection of digital resources to help anyone who wants to make handmade books.I enjoy using sustainable natural materials, such as linen, cotton rag paper made from textile industry waste, and cork textile, in addition to leather as a byproduct of the food industry.AboutArtisan bookbinder Susan Green has worked from her Dorset studio since 2008 to make fine leather Artist's Sketchbooks, Journals, Memory & Wedding Guest Books, with vegan & eco-friendly options. Focusing on tactility & simple design, she makes space for others' creativity, memories & reflections. Susan offers 1-to-1 online mentoring for creatives. Susan's Ready to Ship collection ships worldwide. She also works to commission to make personalised books for special events, corporate clients, etc. InfoFocus:Exquisitely beautiful yet practical books. Digiial downloads & 1-1 online mentoring for creatives who want to extend their practice into book forms.Stockists:The Newt in Somerset: Roman Villa retail storeNewsSelected Find A Maker MemberNovember, 2022Find a Maker / CRAFT FestivalMaking leather books as props for Villa Ventorum2022A huge team of craftspeople, artists, historians, architects and designers brought Villa Ventorum to life. I was commissioned to design and make 12 limp leather books and several scroll fastenings.Mentoring for creatives: 1-1 online guidance and supportFebruary, 2023Bookbinder & mentor Susan Green offers individual online mentoring sessions for creatives who wish to extend their practice into book form(s). One-off or a series of sessions available, delivered via Zoom.Featured in Country Homes & Interiors MagazineNovember, 2023A 4 page feature in Country Homes & Interiors 'best of British talent' special edition tells the unusual story of how I came to be a bookbinder, what motivates me and what I focus on in my work. 15 Years as a Maker: bookbinder Susan Green celebrates a business milestoneSeptember, 2023From a chance encounter with a library book that changed the course of her working life, to her largest commission to date for an impressive reproduction Roman villa at The Newt in Somerset, Dorset bookbinder Susan Green has been looking over the past 15 years as a maker and small business owner. She says her career to date has been full of "unexpected surprises and steep learning curves".Bookbinding Digital DownloadsNovember 2024A new collection of digital resources to help anyone who wants to make handmade books.SustainabilityI enjoy using sustainable natural materials, such as linen, cotton rag paper made from textile industry waste, and cork textile, in addition to leather as a byproduct of the food industry.WebsiteE-mailInstagramTwitterProjectBookbinding Digital DownloadsProjectLeather Notebook for Silk WeaverProjectLeather Journal for Personal MemoirProjectMemorial Book for Design AgencyProjectRetirement Gift for Theatre DirectorProjectLeather Journals for Roman Villa Ventorum at The Newt in SomersetProjectJapanese Sketchbooks for Rekindle The Simple
Making leather books as props for Villa Ventorum2022A huge team of craftspeople, artists, historians, architects and designers brought Villa Ventorum to life. I was commissioned to design and make 12 limp leather books and several scroll fastenings.
Mentoring for creatives: 1-1 online guidance and supportFebruary, 2023Bookbinder & mentor Susan Green offers individual online mentoring sessions for creatives who wish to extend their practice into book form(s). One-off or a series of sessions available, delivered via Zoom.
Featured in Country Homes & Interiors MagazineNovember, 2023A 4 page feature in Country Homes & Interiors 'best of British talent' special edition tells the unusual story of how I came to be a bookbinder, what motivates me and what I focus on in my work.
15 Years as a Maker: bookbinder Susan Green celebrates a business milestoneSeptember, 2023From a chance encounter with a library book that changed the course of her working life, to her largest commission to date for an impressive reproduction Roman villa at The Newt in Somerset, Dorset bookbinder Susan Green has been looking over the past 15 years as a maker and small business owner. She says her career to date has been full of "unexpected surprises and steep learning curves".
Bookbinding Digital DownloadsNovember 2024A new collection of digital resources to help anyone who wants to make handmade books.
Making leather books as props for Villa Ventorum2022A huge team of craftspeople, artists, historians, architects and designers brought Villa Ventorum to life. I was commissioned to design and make 12 limp leather books and several scroll fastenings.
Mentoring for creatives: 1-1 online guidance and supportFebruary, 2023Bookbinder & mentor Susan Green offers individual online mentoring sessions for creatives who wish to extend their practice into book form(s). One-off or a series of sessions available, delivered via Zoom.
Featured in Country Homes & Interiors MagazineNovember, 2023A 4 page feature in Country Homes & Interiors 'best of British talent' special edition tells the unusual story of how I came to be a bookbinder, what motivates me and what I focus on in my work.
15 Years as a Maker: bookbinder Susan Green celebrates a business milestoneSeptember, 2023From a chance encounter with a library book that changed the course of her working life, to her largest commission to date for an impressive reproduction Roman villa at The Newt in Somerset, Dorset bookbinder Susan Green has been looking over the past 15 years as a maker and small business owner. She says her career to date has been full of "unexpected surprises and steep learning curves".
Bookbinding Digital DownloadsNovember 2024A new collection of digital resources to help anyone who wants to make handmade books.