Hand & Grain

Notes from a small workbench

Small things, made by hand.

Practical notes on paper, simple tools, and projects you can finish at a kitchen table.

Fold a corner bookmark

One square of paper and a few folds make a bookmark that slips over the corner of a page.

Paper, grain and clean folds

The same fold can feel crisp in one direction and springy in the other. On many papers, the difference comes from the direction of the fibres.