Review of a Handmade Journal with Until Utopia Bagasse Paper

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By null at 2010-05-11

 

Recently I had an idea of creating a prototype handmade journal using my own bagasse paper. I thought: why not turn this idea into a reality? And so I approached TMLee, who has an excellent reputation for making hand-made journals well-loved by FP users on this forum.

 

The photos demonstrate the outcome of our experiment: a TMLee-made journal using Until Utopia paper. Because bagasse is thinner and lighter than the usual stock TMLee uses, there were some challenges in binding bagasse but nothing TMLee's own innovations could not overcome! The journal comes with everything one can expect from TMLee's journals except for the 'bare bone' cover, which was meant as a way to test the robustness of this experimental journal and is unadorned except for my callsign. I deliberately painted the two 'O' to symbolize the black round eyeglasses once prized by the architect Le Corbusier. Any crime of art committed on TMLee's cover design is mine alone . In any case, you can always select through a range of cover designs from TMLee's own thread on FPN.

 

The paper has everything one can expect from Until Utopia: fountain pen friendliness and a sustainable source of paper. While the paper is thin, it is nonetheless still exceptionally suitable for FP usage. This suitability converges splendidly with TMLee's thoughtfulness in journal design, where all his journals are bounded in such a way where they can lay flat--a feature not found in many mass produced journals. So what we have here is a high performance but lightweight journal made specifically for the FP user in mind.

 

And a big Thank You to TMLee for helping me realize this vision! If you like to try one out, please contact TMLee (no affiliations, just a satisfied customer!)

 

 

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By null at 2010-05-11

(Details of TMLee's construction)

[TMLee]

You are most welcome ....

 

How about drawing in the spectacle frames ? haha ...

 

I am actually rather impressed with the bagasse paper.

Its thin and uncoated but no bleedthru.