Friday, December 16, 2011

Hong Kong ex-financier makes books out of mink, jeans, jewelry

Fine binding Hong Kong

When we see a beautiful book, our instinct is to pick it up and admire it. So wants to take it apart.

?I just want to touch it and figure it out and make it,? says So who trained under renowned bookbinder Monique Lallier at the American Academy of Bookbinding.

Percy So does fine binding in Hong Kong. That's making books by hand, from scratch, using offbeat materials.

The 27-year-old left her job at a boutique corporate finance firm about a year ago to start her bookbinding and paper cutting business.

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Source: http://rss.cnngo.com/~r/cnngo/~3/K8vpKiuDHtw/ten-curiously-cool-books-bound-hong-kong-artesan-768815

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