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I've always been fascinated by ancient cartography and by how our ancestors perceived and mapped their world. During the years I have created a few journals on this theme but lately I've been drawn to it more than ever and, inspired by the originality of the ancient maps and by the talent and patience of the artists who made them, I took the hand painting details on my leather covers to the next level. It is worth mentioning that all these journal are sold. They were one of a kind, I receive many requests to reproduce my previous work but...

It's a question I often ask myself in this day and age when technology is taking over little by little each part of our life. It's a subject that often comes to mind specially when my job is to create and sell journals. Moreover, it's not just my job, it's my biggest passion and something I want to do every day of my life, so I do fear the fact that technology may replace the simple habit of writing by hand and consequently of journaling. So I went ahead and asked "know it all" gpt chat "Why do people still journal?" and actually...

As the end of the year is approaching, I felt I wanted to finish this binding that I started a couple of months ago as a side project, as I wanted to document for you my entire bookbinding process. Turns out I am still working on improving my film editing skills so for the time being I just wanted to share the final result in a few photos and a simple video.A few thoughts I'd also like to share looking back at this year, it's not been the easiest for me I must say, I had a lot of challenges on both...

In this post I am going to give you an insider's view to the path I took to bookbinding and share with you what I believe makes Teostudio books unique. But before all I want to thank you, my friends, my readers and my customers, to you I owe the constant support and passion that enabled me to continue to bring my creations to the world.    I think of my work as being is quite diverse within the small niche of  bookbinding. However there's a common element to it, and that's their antique style which surely comes from my formal background...

After a somewhat long break from this space, more exactly two years without posting anything new, I'm happy to be back with renewed energy! It's been quite a challenge in many ways to keep my small business up and running throughout the crazy times we've been living, and while the pandemic is still not over and my heart goes out to all of you who live in parts of the world which are still struggling with the present situation, I am relieved to say that here in Portugal we have achieved a momentary state of stability. I hope you stay...