Bound By Chris Hicks using Pentland Goat

Water, a miscellany of poems and pictures, was Chris's entry in the recent Designer Bookbinders international competition. Bound in blue goatskin with a multi-coloured design onlaid in various leathers and gold tooled.

As well as fine bindings Chris also undertakes a wide range of work from straightforward cloth binding through to the restoration of antiquarian and modern books often using Archival Repair Calf supplied by Hewits.

Chris and his family recently moved from Oxford and are now living in Castle Cary in Somerset.