Carole designs silkscreens to print her own colourful, papers or book cloth, from which she makes the covers. Many of the designs are inspired by the Welsh countryside, featuring the local flora and fauna but also by motifs from other countries- particularly Japan. Each layer of colour requires a separate screen which is then printed separately. Some designs have 3 or 4 layers of different colours making a wide variety of colour options available for each design.

All the books are all filled with hand stitched quality paper pages, cut and sewn into  a variety of different formats. Decorative stitching, pockets, page markers and smart endpapers complete each book.

Carole also uses fabrics from around the world and repurposed household objects for other unusual books. Remnants from Japanese kimonos  have recently inspired a series of tall portrait format journals. Kimono fabric was traditionally printed on narrow strips of fabric which were then pieced together to create garments: this dictates the width of fabric available to wrap around a book and therefore its shape and size.

All the books are all filled with hand stitched quality paper pages, cut and sewn into  a variety of different formats. Decorative stitching, pockets, page markers and smart endpapers complete each book.

Carole enjoys teaching the craft of bookbinding and is always ready to take on commissions for special books.