Bookbinding
Are you looking to create a storybook, collection of poems, or a personalised notebook? Finya can make it for you!
Finya specialises in personalised notebooks, as well as collaborations on creative bookbinding projects.
Wether you want hand-bound editions of your poetry bundle, a custom-made book for your story, or personalised book to use for writing, sketching, or painting, Finya can realise your vision. She has a particular affinity for working with linen cover material, and feels most comfortable making elegant, smaller-sized book, but she's ready to take on any of your dream-projects.
To get an impression of her work, below are some of the books Finya has crafted.
Stories
Vos en de zoektocht naar liefde
Vos en de zoektocht naar liefde (translated to; Fox and the search to love) is Finya's first self-made book. Inspired by her brother's journey through life, Finya originally wrote this allegorical story as a personal birthday gift. Finya felt a need to make the story into something physical, and that is what sparked her interest in bookbinding.
The story follows a fox—representing her brother—on a quest to find a place of love. Along the way he encounters a cat, a bunny, and a bear, who symbolise Finya and their parents.
The book features many colourful illustrations, also made by Finya.
Details
The cover is black linen, with gold foil lettering pressed into it. It was hand stitched together using kettle stitch. The book is A6 size.
us • stories of him and her
us • stories of him and her is a collection of fictional yet realistic stories that capture the essence of Finya and her partner. Each story is inspired by real or imagined moments the two of them were in, or could be in, and are based on who the both of them are as people, both individually and together.
This book is about playful exploration, warm intimacy, and being a team.
Details
The cover is made of Efalin, with purple flowy art and the title of the book printed on it. It was stitched together using kettle stitch. The book is A6 size.
Sterren met staarten
Sterren met staarten (translated as; Stars with tails) is a collection of short stories about fatherhood. Created as a gift for her father, Finya wrote multiple stories about her dad and her youth. Some stories are based on actual moments in their lives, while others are imaginative interpretations of their lives together—one story reimagines a day from his childhood, and another is simply a funny metaphor about the people in Finya's family.
The title is a play on words, an inside joke, that Finya's father's father used to say when Finya's father was little.
The round shapes on the cover of the booklet represent what Finya's father's voice looks like to her, synesthetically.
Details
The cover is made of dark blue linen, with the title and some rounded shapes printed on it. The book is A7 size.
Music
Broken Open CD and lyric book
This unique handmade hardcover book serves as both a lyric book for Broken Open, and as a sturdy sleeve for the CD. Originally made for Finya's EP release and graduation concert, all 30 copies sold out. If you missed out, Finya can make one specially for you!
The book features an open spine with a French link sittch, and the front cover is made from Efalin with cutouts for the letters; revealing a white background.
Inside, the front cover includes a slit to hold the CD securely. The rest of the book includes the EP credits, lyrics for each song from Broken Open, accompanied by a collection of various photographs of the sky.
Musicians on the EP; Finya, Vincent Nolden, Djoszuwa Zwier, Damian Bosch, Benjamin Stryder.
Produced by Finya. Mixed and mastered by Damian Bosch.
Pictures by Erik Verhoef, and Benjamin Stryder.
Design and bookbinding by Finya.
Paper-based graphic design
Graduation concert flyer
For Finya's graduation she designed a tri fold flyer to promote the concert. The front of the flyer uses a similar design to that of the concert poster, while the inside features a cloud photograph, reminiscent of those in the EP book, taken by Erik Verhoef.
In the flyer includes a piece about Finya as an artist, a description of the event, and details about her team. It also included concrete information about the time and date, ticket purchasing information, and where to find more about Finya.
