Compton Marbling A5 Lined Hardback Journal, splatters of coral, olive and blue

A cover that exists only once

An A5 hardback journal wrapped in paper marbled by hand at Compton Marbling, on the Wiltshire and Dorset border.

Colours are floated on a bath stabilised with carragheen, an Irish seaweed, and lifted off one sheet at a time. Each sheet is made individually, and Compton describe every journal as a one-off.

The book photographed here is the book that arrives

Each cover is photographed on its own. Once this one has gone it cannot be made again.

Lined off-white pages, ready for daily use

Off-white paper rather than bright white, lined throughout, in an A5 page size of roughly 148 x 210mm. Large enough for proper writing, small enough to live in a bag.

Hardback with a cloth spine, so it survives being carried

Compton describe their journals as hardback and hardwearing, made with a cloth spine. It is a book for using rather than keeping on a shelf.

A gift with no sizing and no guesswork

For anyone who keeps a journal, takes notes by hand, or writes lists and plans on paper. The one-off cover means no two people receive the same book, which makes it an easy present for a birthday, a thank you, or a new job.