Hey, Moleskiners. We’re new to the scene. Sojourner Leatherwork is an artisan group for Christine and Luke Thompson. We don’t put our art in the Moleskine, but rather we like to put it around the Moleskine. We do leather art, and we especially like Moleskine covers.
This is our first run at making a cover for a moleskine pocket with a leather flap that wraps around the cover (especially popular these days in journal designs). What’s nice about the style is that it gives us an entire third side to do our toolwork on. The toolwork uses almost all hand-made leather stamps from Argentina, and toolwork method is Argentinian in nature. The outside is tooling hide, and the inside is lined with suede, which we won’t do again since you can’t do any toolwork on it. But this one turned out alright.
http://www.sojournerleather.com
Leo 8:07 am on January 21, 2009 | #
Welcome to ‘skine.art, Luke and Christine!
Putting SKIN back into MOLESKINE, literally.
bontemps 8:25 am on January 21, 2009 | #
mmmmm… not sure i like advertising here? Just want to see the art thanks unless this website needs this kind of advertising?
Personally one of the things i love about my moleskine is the feel and size/handiness of it. And there is something nice about holding a ‘naked’ moleskine. Looks like a ladies purse too when folded.
Leo 9:01 am on January 21, 2009 | #
@bontemps
You’re making a valid point, however:
- This is not a blunt advertising, but rather a trade. ‘skine.art is getting selected covers, some of which will be later given away to our contributors as prizes. Stay tuned;
- These pieces are one-of-a-kind hand-made artisan production. A few people would argue – this is an artform, and it relates to Moleskine. After all, this IS ‘skine.art;
- Personally, I would simply use one of these covers for my current ‘skine. Finish the sketchbook, remove the cover, wrap a new one. Just to protect it from wear and tear while carrying around.
Who’s with me?
Rudat 9:14 am on January 21, 2009 | #
I think they are wonderful, I’m with you! Are there small moleskine sized covers? I promise to have a look at the website later today.
bontemps 9:18 am on January 21, 2009 | #
yeah fair enough. just my opinion of course. They are very nice i must say.
Margie 11:01 am on January 21, 2009 | #
nice! thanks for posting.
sojournerleather 11:40 am on January 21, 2009 | #
Thanks for quick comments. One quick clarification in reply to bontemps’ comment above:
We won’t ever post pictures on this site of leatherwork that’s for sale, including this first post; it’ll either be leatherwork that we’re never going to sell (like this one), or it’ll be work that’s already been sold (that we want to show off). Rather, we’d just like to share our work here as artists looking for feedback and fun. But like other artists here, you can check out our website and maybe find stuff that is, in fact, for sale
. Thanks for bringing this up, bontemps, so that we can clear it up right away.
Rudat: We create covers for pocket, large, and the occasional extra-large cahier. (We’re playing around with reporters, too.) Thanks for the kind words.