embossed leather journals with handmade cotton pages

In the villages and district around Jaipur in India, the traditional fabric industry is a major employer. People are employed in indigo dying, block printing, block-print carving, fabric weaving and more. And, interestingly, they're also employed in the handmade paper industry. Why, you may ask? Because the paper that's made around Jaipur is cotton paper, which uses cotton waste from the cotton fabric industry, producing beautiful paper.

Merchant Campbell sources our paper products from a small family-owned business in the heart of the fabric making area of Jaipur. This family is well-known and awarded for its beautiful products and has an emphasis on recycling, which gets a big tick from us. The leather used to cover the journals is also tanned locally, by artisans who've learnt their trade from their fathers, and their fathers before them.

Any irregularities are characteristics of handcrafted and recycled origins. It is only natural that occasional variances in colour, grain, texture and consistency occur. The originality of the leather, paper and slightly distressed finish are what make these journals beautiful.

Care Instructions: Wipe with a damp cloth