This 20-page blank book is ideal for use as an innovative sketchbook or as the basis for an art project. The pages of the accordion are a heavy art paper (250 gsm Stonehenge warm white). The leaves are attached back-to-back to form a sturdy structure and to create double-thickness pages that guarantee no bleed-through, even if you use wet media like watercolor or sumi ink. The thickness also means that you can use both front and back surfaces of the accordion. The covers are made from book board covered with a shibori-dyed cotton fabric manufactured by Robert Kaufman Fabrics. I convert the fabric into book cloth by adding a layer of sekishu‍ ‍paper to the back to prevent glue from seeping through the weave.

Accordion books make excellent, flexible sketchbooks because the artist can think in terms of a single page, a two-page spread, or the full length of the unfolded book.

Individual pages are 4.75” x 7.5”; each page spread is 9.5” x 7.5”; and each full side of the open accordion is 45.75” x 7.5”.