The third edition of notebook offerings from Bounty Archive (previously BA-1 and BA-2) is designed to be your daily companion for work and play.

Where former Bounty notebooks have flexed robust closure mechanisms and a commanding desktop presence, the BA-Mini chooses subtlety and convenience. While its smaller size allows it to easily feel at home in a shirt pocket, toolbox, or purse, it still boasts the quality and durability that field agents have come to expect from Bounty Archive's handmade books.

In this video, Bounty Archive showcases each step in fabricating the BA-Mini Pocket Notebook.

Luxurious Japanese and Italian bookcloths are cut to size, along with natural liner paper and washi endleafs. Fabric covers are secured to a crisp cardstock in the name of durability and functional aesthetic. Using a basic awl and a paper guide, sewing holes are punched corresponding with a proprietary binding pattern. Next, hand-waxed embroidery floss is sewn through the pages, making a secure and stylish presentation and binding the book FOREVER.

After resting overnight under intense pressure in my homemade book press, the books are briefly liberated before heading the "Yopper" (heavy-duty paper cutter) to be trimmed to their final dimensions.

This video marks the debut of my corner cutter machine, which gives each volume a polished look and protects against excess fraying. Each notebook is stamped with a field for writing your name, some information about the book's contents and the date. Each book is signed and dated by the artist. Finally, a branded washi paper sleeve is slipped around each one, ensuring the book looks the same when it reaches your hands as it did when it left the offices/studio of Bounty Archive.

MATERIALS:

Paper - 24/60lb Acid-free, cream (96 pages)

Thread - Waxed embroidery floss

End Papers - Natural textured washi

Liner Papers - Natural textured cardstock

Book Cloth - Asahi (Japan), Canapetta (Italy) from Talas in Brooklyn, NY

The BA-Mini will be available Tuesday October 22, 2024 at 10:00am EST only on Bountyarchive.com.